:00:16. > :00:18.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers
:00:19. > :00:22.With me is Parliamentary Journalist, Tony Grew and Caroline Frost,
:00:23. > :00:24.who's Entertainment Editor at the Huffington Post Tomorrow's
:00:25. > :00:35.The face of Marie Le Pen dominates the front of the Guardian,
:00:36. > :00:38.after her far-right National Front Party failed to win control of any
:00:39. > :00:42.The Times goes with the same story, saying the National Front bandwagon
:00:43. > :00:44.had been brought to a juddering halt by French voters.
:00:45. > :00:47.The Metro has more from Shaker Aamer, who claims that Tony
:00:48. > :00:50.Blair knew he was tortured while he was a Guantanamo Bay detainee.
:00:51. > :00:52.A spokeswoman for Mr Blair says he has always
:00:53. > :01:01.The Telegraph reports on Boris Johnson calling for Britain to be
:01:02. > :01:04.granted a an EU opt-out, in order to impose a ban on migrants benefits.
:01:05. > :01:08.On the same issue, The Mail says David Cameron is ready to drop his
:01:09. > :01:15.The Chancellor's promise to protect police spending comes under fire
:01:16. > :01:19.It says some areas of the force were not included in the pledge.
:01:20. > :01:22.The Express reports on a Rightmove study, which says house prices went
:01:23. > :01:25.up by ?1700 pounds a month over the past year.
:01:26. > :01:27.And the Daily Star says George Michael is being lined up
:01:28. > :01:45.Let's begin with the serious stuff. What has been going on with France.
:01:46. > :01:51.The picture on the front pages Marine Le Pen accepting that she
:01:52. > :01:57.didn't win any of the 13 regions despite the fact that last weekend
:01:58. > :02:02.they were ahead in six of them. Following on her family's reputation
:02:03. > :02:10.for failure in elections, her father ran for president in 2002 and was
:02:11. > :02:16.beaten by 82% -18%. Tactical voters delivered a massive No to Front
:02:17. > :02:24.National and it seems the same thing as happened. They regularly get
:02:25. > :02:33.around Wendy % of the vote. There is a strong undercurrent of that --
:02:34. > :02:37.20%. But the prospect of them winning regional Council, it is
:02:38. > :02:41.something a large majority of French people do not want to see and that
:02:42. > :02:47.is why we have seen the results we did today. We can tell from the
:02:48. > :02:50.comments by the likes of the French Prime Minister that they are not
:02:51. > :02:54.complacent with the number of votes that they did manage to win. He said
:02:55. > :03:01.they deliberately avoided any gloating or sense of triumph. Any
:03:02. > :03:09.kind of real chest beating. He said the message has been received. They
:03:10. > :03:12.still did achieve mayors and councils and he said they have to
:03:13. > :03:18.listen to the electorate and learn lessons. And as was mentioned, those
:03:19. > :03:21.previous result in prior elections. One thing I found really interesting
:03:22. > :03:25.was the French Prime Minister saying, we have to give back the
:03:26. > :03:29.people to vote for and not just against and I think that is a lesson
:03:30. > :03:34.you can find in every Western democracy. What we have seen here is
:03:35. > :03:40.a vote against but the new Republican Party needs to really get
:03:41. > :03:45.the messages and place by the time the next French election happens
:03:46. > :03:48.that people can vote for something. The fact that there are so many
:03:49. > :03:54.people who feel disenchanted with the established political parties,
:03:55. > :03:59.that is exactly what Marine Le Pen has been saying since they lost. She
:04:00. > :04:07.says they are being victimized and intimidated. She has also accused
:04:08. > :04:10.her rivals of calumny and defamation. She thought she was
:04:11. > :04:19.going to be the voice of people who have deeply embedded and passionate
:04:20. > :04:22.views. And obviously there is this dynastic element as her niece was
:04:23. > :04:28.also up for election and also failed. They had a week to think
:04:29. > :04:34.about it. And they have gone away, and the thought of it actually
:04:35. > :04:44.happening, something a bit more moderate was called for. Three
:04:45. > :04:48.decades of failure, good, it's called democracy. Tony Dawson like
:04:49. > :05:12.them -- Tony doesn't like them. benefits, greedy bankers and junk
:05:13. > :05:16.food firms. What is all this about? This is about the big trip to
:05:17. > :05:21.Brussels this week and the word chaos has been bandied around in the
:05:22. > :05:25.Daily Telegraph. Basically he has been talking about this whole EU
:05:26. > :05:29.referendum, but he's not talking about the four-year ban on migrants
:05:30. > :05:37.getting work benefits and this is what he was meant to go to Brussels
:05:38. > :05:43.with and bring back. A few days ago they realise that have been
:05:44. > :05:54.cancelled and would not get the sufficient amount of agreement from
:05:55. > :06:06.Council members. If anybody else has any ideas, they will need to show
:06:07. > :06:08.them. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the Prime Minister
:06:09. > :06:13.cannot negotiate his way out of a paper bag. He has entered into a
:06:14. > :06:21.farcical procedure in which he is talking tough with Europe... It is
:06:22. > :06:28.not finished yet. It is. One thing he was
:06:29. > :06:34.and he has no support around the table.
:06:35. > :06:39.pre- briefed him that he was going to have to drop it, that it wasn't
:06:40. > :06:43.going to happen, and now his position is that they just want
:06:44. > :06:47.something that will stem the flow of EU citizens coming into the UK and
:06:48. > :06:51.they don't care what that is. Isn't that asking them not to claim
:06:52. > :06:58.benefits for four years, that is not something that. Them from coming
:06:59. > :07:06.in? Those are his words and not mine. He is now saying to the 27
:07:07. > :07:10.leaders around Europe, who I'm sure find this whole thing hilarious,
:07:11. > :07:18.he's asking if they have any other ideas. I don't think that is good.
:07:19. > :07:28.Boris has another idea. He says we needed EU opt out similar to the one
:07:29. > :07:35.that Denmark has -- need an EU opt out. He has mentioned this strange
:07:36. > :07:38.clause, budget is about property laws and the idea that non- Danish
:07:39. > :07:43.residents aren't allowed to buy property in Denmark. Therefore, he
:07:44. > :07:50.is wondering if the same opt out call as can be applied to these work
:07:51. > :07:53.benefits so that somehow we can still stay at the negotiating table
:07:54. > :07:56.but opt out when we need to for these very important rules that
:07:57. > :08:01.pertain to us more than other countries. It sounds complicated
:08:02. > :08:08.because it is. Boris is trying to be helpful. I think he's tried to help
:08:09. > :08:12.his own career. There are 27 other countries around the table and that
:08:13. > :08:17.is the problem that David Cameron has. Buying property and entitlement
:08:18. > :08:24.to benefits are two entirely different things. I would be very
:08:25. > :08:27.surprised if other European leaders, who have made it clear to David
:08:28. > :08:30.Cameron face to face that they are not happy and will not approve his
:08:31. > :08:36.ban on benefits, I don't think they're going to be very pleased.
:08:37. > :08:43.Isn't Angela Merkel try to help the negotiations? She does want to be
:08:44. > :08:47.helpful to David Cameron at the French president is completely
:08:48. > :08:49.opposed to any changes that will disadvantage his citizens, Azhar:
:08:50. > :09:03.two are a major player in the union. -- as our Poland who are a
:09:04. > :09:10.major player in the union. Moving on, this is to do with child
:09:11. > :09:13.protection? Yes and this is horribly frequent on newspaper front pages
:09:14. > :09:17.where we see these horrible tales of children being neglected by their
:09:18. > :09:23.parents and also by social officers left in charge of their care. Now it
:09:24. > :09:27.has gone one step further with the government saying, if you cannot
:09:28. > :09:32.control the welfare of your child or the child to whom you're
:09:33. > :09:38.responsible, that authority be taken away from you. He said Sunderland
:09:39. > :09:43.Council will have that authority taken away first and many others are
:09:44. > :09:50.under watch. Sabu is going to go in and take over? This is the point --
:09:51. > :09:55.so who? It will be run by a voluntary trust, the head of
:09:56. > :10:01.children's services in another counsel. It is good for him to get
:10:02. > :10:05.in his pulpit and preach against hard-working social workers.
:10:06. > :10:09.Basically the problem is that he has cut billions of pounds from social
:10:10. > :10:14.work across this country and from councils more generally. But even
:10:15. > :10:22.years ago, before the cuts were even talked about, there were serious
:10:23. > :10:24.failings in some areas. I completely agree and the government is not
:10:25. > :10:30.attempting to improve services in those areas or found them properly.
:10:31. > :10:35.They're attempting to dismantle councils. This effectively means
:10:36. > :10:39.that Sunderland will have no child protection officers run by their
:10:40. > :10:44.counsel. That responsibility will be taken away from them. But if the
:10:45. > :10:52.result is better child protection, will taxpayers mind? Children have
:10:53. > :10:57.to be the priority but my fear is that there is an empty vessel of
:10:58. > :11:00.local knowledge and understanding of the particular problems in those
:11:01. > :11:03.political areas. They would still continue working in those areas,
:11:04. > :11:09.we're not suggesting that people from the other end the country would
:11:10. > :11:15.be brought in. But this is a systemic attempt from the government
:11:16. > :11:22.to dismantle local councils, to hand schools that fail to charitable
:11:23. > :11:29.trusts, to Academy chains. This is a wider part of try to weaken
:11:30. > :11:43.councils. A couple of minutes to deal with two big subjects. Strictly
:11:44. > :11:50.Come Dancing, I know you can't believe it, but one finalist is
:11:51. > :11:59.through for the first time in 13 years. In the semifinal this
:12:00. > :12:02.weekend, three of the main newspapers have it on their front
:12:03. > :12:08.pages and a couple of them have the X factor final and I think that is
:12:09. > :12:14.corresponding with the ratings of both of those programmes this year.
:12:15. > :12:28.The Metro has both of those stories on the front pages. She looks very
:12:29. > :12:34.pensive. Then the youngest ever winner of the X Factor. But the
:12:35. > :12:41.Daily Star is where we're going to finish because there is talk that,
:12:42. > :12:47.who is going to be X Factor Judge? I believe it is George Michael, the
:12:48. > :12:59.popular entertainer. Look at his enthusiasm. This is enormous. Can
:13:00. > :13:07.you tell us why? There is an aspect of this related to Simon Cowell,
:13:08. > :13:14.because we really thought it was on its last legs this season. Everyone
:13:15. > :13:22.has been talking about the wrong things, anything but the talent.
:13:23. > :13:27.This will be big for them. It would be amazing for him and many fans who
:13:28. > :13:32.will be sitting on their seats and tuning in every single night just to
:13:33. > :13:33.see him again. He has been off the scene where he has aggressive Garbo
:13:34. > :13:42.aspect to him -- Greta Garbo. Thank you Tony Grew and
:13:43. > :13:47.Caroline Frost.