29/12/2015 The Papers

Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers

With me are Helen Joyce, who's International Editor at The

Economist, and Dan Bilefsky, Staff Writer for the New York Times.

And now for tomorrow's front pages with.

Pretty much all the front pages Aryan. Let's start looking at them

now. -- are in. The Express leads with warnings that

more than a months worth of rain is expected to fall over Northern parts

of the country in the next 24 hours The Daily Mail reports that

looters are targeting evacuated While the Times carries a picture

of an historic bridge that has Their other main story is that

a third of elderly people who have experienced substandard care

in hospitals and care homes are too afraid to complain according to

a government report. The Guardian writes that a strike

by junior doctors is likely following the breakdown of

negotiations of their new contract. The Independent's front page is

taken up by another picture of the aftermath of the floods as soliders

help prepare for Storm Frank. But, it's main story is a racism row

that has been sparked by the release of a government memo written

during the Thatcher government. The Telegraph also leads with that

story, that government adviser, Oliver Letwin,

has been urged to apologise after papers showed he blamed "bad moral

attitudes" for the rioting in black A story that also appears

on the front page of The Mirror. And, finally, the Financial Times

reports on the likelihood of an We will start with the Times. It

is... Of course, many front pages are leading with the flood story.

Storm Frank is bearing down on the nation as I speak. That picture is

of a 300 -year-old ridge in tank -- bridge in Tancaster. Somehow I just

feel that this picture really speaks to how extraordinarily extreme this

weather event is. Especially after the Paris attacks. Now we have the

human consequences of local warming. Christmas Day, 20 Celsius.

-- global. Forest fires in Australia, storms in the US...

Climate Change, this could be a wake-up call. Is there a sense that,

first of all, it seems that it has taken a while for the world to

accept that climate change is real and can have devastating effects. Is

there a sense that, especially after Paris, that we will start preparing

for this. We want to say this may or may not be Climate Change, but one

of the things from Paris, for the first time we have an agreement on

the fact that money and preparation has to be put in year after year to

move people out of the most affected areas, letting the river flood where

it needs to, and someone. That is what we are not seeing here. David

Cameron said last year this must not happen again. And it is. It seems

they have not been spending enough. They are still building homes in

floodplains. Did you see the extraordinary picture of the sign

about luxury homes and all you can see our floodwaters with the words,

coming soon. We need to start repairing a little bit better. The

Telegraph front page. -- preparing. The environment chief criticised for

going on holiday. That is during one of the most important events for

someone of his expertise. You would expect him to be on scene before the

nation. Especially at a time when David Cameron is coming under attack

for the perception he isn't getting enough financing to the north. It

reminded me of George W Bush arriving late on the scene in 2005

with Hurricane Katrina. You know... This is important. It seems we will

have large, domestic consequences if David Cameron cannot handle this

well. The north and south divide perception in particular. Some would

say the northern Church of England is not his natural constituency

anyway. -- stretch of. But there has to be a point where he is seen as

the leader of the whole country. Are you suggesting that there are people

who feel that is not happening? That is what people there are saying. Is

Ashley with the idea of the Northern Powerhouse, money being put into the

North to make England a less centralised country. -- Especially.

How can that work if this will happen? There is strict three with

the figures. Anyway, we are facing global warming. -- trickery. It

isn't just about what we face, it is how we face and the wounded and

thinking. -- how we face it. -- what are we thinking. Three times in ten

years we have faced a one in a lifetime event. One of the

criticisms of Paris is that it is not enforceable, there is no

accountability is that the what more wake-up call you need? --

accountability. More than 10 million people are wrong storm warning. It

is quite amazing. Yeah. The front page of the Independent. Eight

completely different story. Moving away from the flooding. After a

left-wing memo that was racist on black rioters, he said quite a few

things on the riots in the 1980. -- Letwin. We always have the stories,

things that were said that years ago. Well, that was a different era.

Things were said that shouldn't be said now. Then you look at what he

said... 30 years ago I was not saying... Here is an extraordinary

quote. A scheme to encourage black entrepreneurs would only make them

invest in disco and drugs. I wonder whether he will have to resign or

work as a backbencher. He is the chief adviser. There are cries for

his resignation. The apology at the end of this story is a referral...

It is not even an apology. That is remarkable. Margaret Thatcher held

similar views. She said there was no excuse for the kind of writing that

took place. -- rioting. Nothing justifies it. Going back 30 years.

You two were just barely born. (LAUGHING). Was that it general

view, black people were feckless and lazy and are into all kinds of

nonsense? You know... I am Irish. We had almost none in Ireland with no

immigration... In America, there has been dissemination for decades.

These retrograde ideas remain in 2015. -- discrimination. But you

cannot look at that and say it was a product of that time. If Margaret

Thatcher was raced, that doesn't mean that a Prime Minister can go

back on those ideas. -- racist. If he gives a robust apology, one would

think that would help him, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Into

thousand 15, in an American election year, you have racist speech about

Muslims. -- 2015. Think about Donald Trump. In the UK, one couldn't get

away with saying these things today. That is what is so extraordinary

about this for me. What he was saying is that he seems to be making

some kind of reference to black people in their general behaviour

anyway. Margaret Thatcher was speaking specifically about riots

and said she did believe there was any justification for the riots.

However, this was more about his personal generalisation. Yeah. We

had the report right after the Brixton riots which made it clear

that there was unquestionable evidence of the disproportionate and

discriminate use of stop-and-search. So, social

inequality and lack of opportunity were a big part of what happened,

according to the report. New York City, being a young man who is black

in America, you are at risk of being killed, or at least that perception,

someone was left of that week because of a toy gun. He is still

alive. Very briefly. The Telegraph is the security for New Year

revellers after a silent bomber. Law enforcement officials in this

country are calling for a robust set of preventative measures after this

attack was planned for the ten year anniversary of the 7/7 bombings.

After the Paris attacks, these are not like the jihadi is, this young

woman came from a middle-class family. -- jihadis. She was advising

youth offenders. The husband was someone who enjoyed alcohol and

drugs. We saw a similar pattern in the Paris attacks. Several of the

perpetrators came from middle-class families and were involved in drugs.

They become radicalised through the Internet. We saw that he was caught

because he went on Twitter to brag about what he was doing and to ask

for advice on where he should target. We are seeing this on social

media, they are bragging about what they want to do. It is one of the

only clues they have at this point to point you think people will be

apprehensive going out on New Year's Eve after Paris and Belgium and so

on? It is hard to say, isn't it? What are you going to do? Sit at

home for the rest of your life? What amazed me with the Paris attacks was

the young people having beers afterwards. People are resilient.

There is the perception that the terrorists win if you don't. A

deadlock. Negotiations are falling down. Pay and hours. I don't know

what else to say that the this looks like it may have happened. -- say.

It will be unprecedented. Indeed. Finally, Vladimir Putin. The man for

all seasons. Apparently, there was an official calendar of him in

various states of dress and undress. And, you get this if you

are lucky. (LAUGHING). In Russia. There are

various pictures of the man himself putting a little dog and dancing in

a traditional games. All I will say is that this screams... He is a

macho sports fan. At a time when the economy is doing badly,

geopolitically, Russia and the Ukraine, he is saying, look at my

pecs. He is trying to send this cold of masculinity. --. You say that,

but he had a 90 to approval rating. -- cult. Not many can boast that.

About taking his clothes off and so on, he does that at every excuse. He

doesn't need to distract, he just doesn't for fun. Maybe David Cameron

should get up and get his kit off. No. Would that work for him? I don't

think so. I love that at the Prime Minister and his partner at the

gym, his private gym, and then he cooked in a state. Cut it off. --

steak. Should I move to Russia to be close to it's I remember when Angela

Merkel said she was afraid of dogs so Vladimir Putin had his big one

out when she came to visit the Kremlin. Now, it is time for sports

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