:00:00. > :00:00.in the quarterfinals of the Capital One cup. And Chelsea plans for a
:00:00. > :00:17.brand-new home. That is in 15 minutes. First, the papers.
:00:18. > :00:25.Welcome to the look ahead at what will be in the papers tomorrow. With
:00:26. > :00:29.this is the political correspondent from the London Evening Standard and
:00:30. > :00:34.broadcaster John Stapleton. We can take a look at the papers, starting
:00:35. > :00:41.with the Financial Times which says the Bank of England has drawn a line
:00:42. > :00:45.under the era of bank bashing by signalling it will not tighten
:00:46. > :00:55.restrictions on financial institutions. And in the Independent
:00:56. > :01:02.newspaper, saying air strikes on Syria is based on wishful thinking,
:01:03. > :01:06.it says. In the Daily Telegraph... David Cameron branding Jeremy Corbyn
:01:07. > :01:14.and allies as terrorist sympathisers. Anti-war demonstrators
:01:15. > :01:17.pictured in the Metro. And a poll in The Times newspaper suggests UK
:01:18. > :01:24.taking action is serial is now supported by less than half the
:01:25. > :01:30.country, falling from 59% down to 48%. The daily express has on its
:01:31. > :01:39.front page the story of a cure for type 2 diabetes. Let's begin with
:01:40. > :01:45.the Independent newspaper and a dramatic front page. It quotes from
:01:46. > :01:51.one of their most famous correspondence, saying strategy is
:01:52. > :01:57.based on wishful thinking and poor information. It is a striking and
:01:58. > :02:05.typical Independent front page with a strong quote from Patrick Hoban's
:02:06. > :02:12.peace. It probably does not -- Cockburn will stop this is an issue
:02:13. > :02:16.that will be debated at length tomorrow but it is one that has
:02:17. > :02:21.divided the Labour Party, dividing Westminster and dividing the
:02:22. > :02:25.country. I think there will be readers and viewers tuning in
:02:26. > :02:29.tomorrow, probably to get clarity themselves, because there are many
:02:30. > :02:34.conflicting arguments and I think a lot is struggling to come to a firm
:02:35. > :02:38.view. The result of the vote is probably not in much doubt. It is
:02:39. > :02:45.not in much doubt tonight but who knows what will happen? There are
:02:46. > :02:51.undecided MPs. Quite a lot and some on the Tory side and on the Labour
:02:52. > :02:58.side. I think what he has in mind while writing this, the political
:02:59. > :03:02.and military strategy being based on wishful thinking is the fact we do
:03:03. > :03:07.not know the end game and we will probably send aircraft to bomb Syria
:03:08. > :03:14.on the basis prices do not recognise borders, so why should we? We bomb
:03:15. > :03:22.in Iraq, so why not in Syria, it is like bombing in Dresden and not in
:03:23. > :03:31.Berlin for example, is one argument. We are told about the 70,000 or so
:03:32. > :03:36.free Syria army people. There is no doubt air strikes alone will not
:03:37. > :03:41.solve the issue so what will the 70,000 people, if they exist, will
:03:42. > :03:48.they do to help? Do they agree among themselves, do they agree with us,
:03:49. > :03:52.do they agree on an outcome for this troubled country? The Times
:03:53. > :03:56.newspaper has a front page of public opinion, what the polls seem to
:03:57. > :04:00.think public opinion is. They say less than half of voters now back
:04:01. > :04:08.air strikes having gone down from 59 down to 48%. Will that be a fact on
:04:09. > :04:13.the minds of MPs when they vote? If some are undecided and the latest is
:04:14. > :04:21.about 50 Labour MPs are likely to vote for and 30 have not made up
:04:22. > :04:28.their minds yet, public opinion is a key element on what's they will
:04:29. > :04:32.decide to do, as is opinion in their constituencies and constituency
:04:33. > :04:36.parties. A lot of Labour MPs backing action are complaining they are
:04:37. > :04:41.coming under pressure indirectly from the leader's office and
:04:42. > :04:47.directly by comments we have seen from Jeremy Corbyn suggesting there
:04:48. > :04:51.is no hiding place for his MPs and there would be repercussions for
:04:52. > :04:58.those pushing for war. Not exactly veiled threats. I think public
:04:59. > :05:02.opinion is at variance with the mood in the House of Commons. I know
:05:03. > :05:08.Jeremy Corbyn got stick for taking the line he took, eventually
:05:09. > :05:13.allowing a free vote. You could argue he was bullied into it and he
:05:14. > :05:18.had no option because the Shadow Cabinet would resign but I suspect
:05:19. > :05:22.outside the Westminster bubble a lot of people respect Jeremy Corbyn for
:05:23. > :05:27.taking that line and saying yes, it is a matter of conscience, it is
:05:28. > :05:32.important, nothing more important than putting armed services at risk
:05:33. > :05:37.and possibly killing innocent people in Syria and it should be a free
:05:38. > :05:41.vote. In that sense the House of Commons is out of tune with a lot of
:05:42. > :05:52.people. And the controversy with David Cameron and Tory backbench
:05:53. > :05:56.MPs. Saying those who oppose this are terrorist sympathisers, which
:05:57. > :06:01.does not go with the sentiment that people can vote according to
:06:02. > :06:07.conscience. This was striking and it is at odds with Cameron's general
:06:08. > :06:11.tone during the Syria statement in which he replied to Jeremy Corbyn
:06:12. > :06:15.after he issued his list of seven questions and said he respected him
:06:16. > :06:20.for his long-held beliefs and understood where he was coming from,
:06:21. > :06:27.even if he did not agree and he took a calm and measured tone. A lot of
:06:28. > :06:33.Labour MPs and some Tories, who possibly do not support him, said
:06:34. > :06:38.they appreciated that and said it was a sensible approach. Why has he
:06:39. > :06:41.used the harsher language now? Because it has got political. I
:06:42. > :06:49.think it is extraordinaire me, he has been mindful of opinions and
:06:50. > :06:52.measured. To come out with a statement like this on the eve of
:06:53. > :06:58.the vote is extraordinary. Is it because he was in a meeting of Tory
:06:59. > :07:05.MPs and a heated atmosphere? Is he saying David Davis is a terrorist
:07:06. > :07:10.sympathiser? And also the 50 Labour MPs, most of whom have valid
:07:11. > :07:16.opinions. It is the Flashman side of his character. He had an audience of
:07:17. > :07:19.the faithful and came out with this comment. Tom Watson has called on
:07:20. > :07:27.the Prime Minister to apologise for saying that. On Twitter he said it
:07:28. > :07:31.was appalling. I think it might be counter-productive. It might be
:07:32. > :07:37.there are some MPs who had not made up their minds who will have their
:07:38. > :07:44.mind made up by that comment, not necessarily to influence the vote.
:07:45. > :07:49.In terms of public opinion, as well, I think people will think it is
:07:50. > :07:55.disrespectful. We will run through quickly the other stories on the
:07:56. > :08:00.front pages. We will stay with the Telegraph and they have a story how
:08:01. > :08:05.foreign students will be excluded from migration figures and
:08:06. > :08:14.accusations it is an attempt by the government to massage the figures. A
:08:15. > :08:18.lot of international allies and universities and business in Britain
:08:19. > :08:23.will think it is good news because what is happening to date, because
:08:24. > :08:29.the government has set a net migration target, it which it is not
:08:30. > :08:35.meeting, it is concerned about breaching that and anything that
:08:36. > :08:39.might push them higher they have resisted. Students are being
:08:40. > :08:43.penalised and universities are penalised and businesses who need
:08:44. > :08:49.well-trained people are being penalised by this arbitrary
:08:50. > :08:54.immigration target. It looks like he has decided to remove them from the
:08:55. > :09:01.cap. The Financial Times, John, the end to an era of bank bashing. It
:09:02. > :09:06.means they are shying away from more regulation of the banks and giving
:09:07. > :09:11.them an easier ride and there will be no restrictions on buy to let
:09:12. > :09:15.mortgages and unsecured lending. I thought you were going to refer to
:09:16. > :09:21.the story about Manchester City. Let's talk about that. John, you are
:09:22. > :09:29.a Manchester City fan. And I think your husband is a Manchester City
:09:30. > :09:37.fan. The Chinese have taken a stake in Manchester City. They have taken
:09:38. > :09:43.13%, worth about ?250 million in total. Good news for everyone around
:09:44. > :09:49.Manchester and good news for the club, the area, because the people
:09:50. > :09:54.who own the rest of the club have done a great deal to redevelop the
:09:55. > :09:57.area in terms of housing, building a training complex, and brought
:09:58. > :10:06.employment there and it can only strengthen the hand of the club.
:10:07. > :10:10.Does it give them more money? It gives them equal market
:10:11. > :10:13.capitalisation to Manchester United. The Chinese president visited
:10:14. > :10:19.Manchester as part of his Tour of Britain. And we are told he is a
:10:20. > :10:26.Manchester United fan. What about the Chinese human rights record? It
:10:27. > :10:29.has not come into it in Chinese investing in power stations and
:10:30. > :10:34.infrastructure so I cannot imagine it would come into it when investing
:10:35. > :10:40.in football. The Chinese are prepared to put money into British
:10:41. > :10:45.businesses, there seems to be an ability to overlook genuine
:10:46. > :10:58.concerns. It is encouraged by George Osborne and the main beneficiary is
:10:59. > :11:02.Sheikh Mansoor cause he spent money investing in Manchester City. Thank
:11:03. > :11:13.you very much. We will see you in an hour. You will be back at 11:30pm to
:11:14. > :11:14.look at the stories making the news