16/02/2016 The Papers

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Welcome to our look ahead to what The Papers will bring us tomorrow.

We were stuck with the financial Times. It leads with news of the day

between Saudi Arabia and Russia to freeze oil output. The Metro has

more concerning the search for a missing junior doctor. There are

reports tonight she left a letter which referred to personal matters

but also mentioned the health secretary Jeremy Hunt. The daily

Telegraph headlines the news that Prince William made a speech at the

foreign office, some have interpreted his words as giving

support to keep the UK within the EU. The Independent reports that

eastern European leaders are demanding David Cameron water down

some of his key demands. The some of his key demands. The

Guardian leads with the same story but also focuses on the high sugar

content of hot drinks. The express says house prices are rising by an

average of ?18,000 a year. We will start with the Independent. Eastern

countries think David Cameron's on the plan is unacceptable. Once it is

by Thursday. Hopefully he will be able to announce that the referendum

will be sometime in the summer. Some in the eastern Bloc are trying to

block all about, aren't they? This is overstating what is happening in

Europe. This is last-minute skirmishing ahead of the decision

this week. They do not like bits of the day, so it is to do with child

benefits for Polish workers in the UK and a bout of this is behind the

scenes, how much does that mean Paris can not pay benefits to punish

people question what it is about the impact on other countries. That is

not quite true, it has been a mixed day for David Cameron in Europe. He

they are starting to wipe their they are starting to wipe their

fingers at Saint Catherine listen to us as well, although can say they

don't have a veto over these proposals. There are mixed messages.

You want a row with Europe. David Cameron want to be seen to be having

a bit of a row. I think this is a poker game. The negotiation is

coming up. They are making complaints publicly to paint Cameron

into a corner. He will say they will not accept this and the most

interesting thing in this story is that I imagined it has to be done,

the dean, at the end of this week otherwise can work back and say I do

not have a deal, therefore I recommend we get out. That is his

bottom line, but he is hoping for a deal he can sell. It says here that

if he does not get the DVD is looking for, he will take it further

and will be discussion. He has always made the point there is no

rush on this. He has until the end of 2017. In theory he has. If he

doesn't get it. It could mean we leave the European Union or we stay

in. He needs a D he can take to the public. If he gets the deal he can

sell to the public is prime ministerial career is over. A that

these negotiations are technical. They will not win over at the

public. These are marginal issues. public. These are marginal issues.

As the European people have been sent, this is being grown. We are

talking about the odd carrot in the crew. The French and Germans are in

favour, people did not want to see the UK Niamh, so I think this is an

overstatement of what is happening. Rather sanguine about the situation.

Let's go to the Telegraph. Prince William. He is being drawn into the

EU raw -- row. Is this overstating it? These are different pages of the

press. It is a big thing. We had Margaret Thatcher coming back from

the dead to advocate for a sting in Europe and now Prince William is

giving a speech in which he doesn't mention the word Europe, but he

alludes how Britain is better off working with other nations and some

have chosen to interpret this as Prince William... They could have

said this at any time. I disagree. The Palace knew exactly what he was

saying. We have a proud tradition of seeking out allies. During the

Scottish referendum the queen made a very carefully orchestrated

intervention. What is fascinating about our Constitution is we have

this former head of state who cannot explicitly say nothing. They do it

in code and we have interpreted and I think this is a fair shout for a

front-page story. I think it is the first time we had Prince William on

the first page of the FT. We did take it seriously and it is an

interesting intervention. I like that David Cameron said the Queen

had heard down the phone. Maybe there will be some purring in

Westminster tonight from this story. The Britain, at last an apology for

her. -- Lady Brittan. She had a private meeting and got an apology

for the handling of the allegation like of abuse concerning her former

husband. Yes and he was absolutely right to make a very precise

apology. The police were aware that the investigation into the word

Britain had been dropped, there wasn't sufficient evidence, but they

delayed and procrastinated about telling the late peer about this and

he died with these allegations hanging over his head and his widow

was not told in a timely fashion. That is quite wrong and it is a

denial of natural justice. Having said that, I do understand why the

police have been so eager to investigate allegations, because the

previous problem was they were getting allegations and not taking

them seriously which was a denial of justice for victims. They swung too

far the other way and they will not grow back, but I am glad there is an

independent enquiry analysing this issue. This is not an apology for

the investigation, which is what some people were asking for, but an

apology for not telling Lord Britain before he died that he was in the

clear. This is a senior public figure. I do find it shocking it has

taken so long for the police, even if it is a technical apology as he

explains, he says he is making a precise apology, but six months...

This is a high profile case. He was slandered in the newspapers along

with other people as well. I do think she is ready to deserve this

apology. Financial Times, your paper. The average weekday edition,

not the splendid weekend edition. One wondered how long it would take

for these oil-producing countries to crack. They agree and output freeze

in a bid to halt the oil price slide. It seems they have realised

they cannot keep doing this. I think this is a really interesting moment.

In some ways we expected this a long time ago given how much the white

price has crashed, 70% since 2014 and they are hurting. The Russians

and Saudis are hurting. This isn't as far as the market wanted them to

go. They wanted to cut back on output and instead they have said

they will freeze output where it is. But is not as far as market wanted.

It may set a floor under where we are going with when prices. Some

people were worried it would move to $10 a barrel. This suggests that

might not happen, but it might require other countries, like Iran,

to agree to this and that is a big unknown. The geopolitics are

interesting because the Saudis have been priming the pumps and pouring

out toilet in order to keep the price low and to put American

fracking out of business. They are paranoid about America developing

energy security and removing their reliance on Saudi Arabia, which is

the guarantor of Saudi Arabian security and the lives of the Royal

family. The fact they now have there is an interesting story last week I

just read, saying some of these companies in America are struggling

to get funds from private capital because they are losing so much

money. The Saudis have now come in at this time the moment, it is about

more than economics. This is a central strand of the narrative that

has linked the West and the middle east over the last half a century.

Let's go on to the Guardian. High sugar content of hot trunks. Did you

like coffee or hot chocolate? I really did laugh at the beginning of

the story which said people are putting their health at risk by

ordering the fashionable drink hot chocolate and I grew up of hot

chocolate and it was not particularly fashionable and I don't

think it is now. So, yes it does say it can be the equivalent of adding

25 teaspoons in just one drink. They are talking about some of these

generous drinks with extra stuff on the top. It is a bad story and we

probably do not realise how much should we have in our copies, that

my father, if he is watching, does have five spoonfuls of sugar in his

coughing every time. I think he should pay attention. 25% in a group

moved forward with China. With a name like that, white with you order

that? Quickly onto the Telegraph. British children are apparently the

laziest. They don't give a lot of space for this. What is worse is

they spend less time on homework than those in other countries which

are surveyed and I think that is a worse story than lazy kids not doing

household chores. My wife bought our child ate little mini Dyson. It

doesn't work. He has taken to it. You will be back in an hour and we

will look at more of the stories in The Papers. Many thanks for that.

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