:00:00. > :00:00.Kate Winslet as a villain and Woody Harrelson alongside. Triple nine, we
:00:00. > :00:13.get Jason Solomon's verdict in the film review. -- 999.
:00:14. > :00:18.Hello and welcome to our look ahead at the morning's papers.
:00:19. > :00:23.With me are James Cusick, a political correspondent
:00:24. > :00:25.for the Independent, and the broadcaster, Lynn Faulds Wood.
:00:26. > :00:27.But let's start with the front pages.
:00:28. > :00:29.All the newspapers feature pictures of Boris Johnson
:00:30. > :00:37.The FT says dozens of FTSE leaders will sign a letter of support
:00:38. > :00:42.backing David Cameron's push to keep Britain in the European Union.
:00:43. > :00:45.But the Express says Boris Johnson will 'get us out of the EU'.
:00:46. > :00:47.The Telegraph leads with Mr Johnson's article calling
:00:48. > :00:58.He's pictured in front of the union jack.
:00:59. > :00:59.The Guardian says the Mayor's intervention marks
:01:00. > :01:01.the most significant hurdle to the prime minister's chances
:01:02. > :01:05.The Times shows Mr Johnson surrounded by the media
:01:06. > :01:07.on his London doorstep during his statement this afternoon.
:01:08. > :01:10.It also features the public petition for a meningitis vaccine to be made
:01:11. > :01:14.The Daily Mail's headline reads 'Boris goes in for the kill' -
:01:15. > :01:16.claiming his decision is a dagger blow for Cameron.
:01:17. > :01:20.The Sun takes a Dad's Army theme, and highlights that Mr Johnson told
:01:21. > :01:22.the Prime Minister of his decision via text message
:01:23. > :01:26.While the Independent's headline says the Mayor is 'out for himself'.
:01:27. > :01:43.It is all about Boris, never mind Donald in the State and they both
:01:44. > :01:48.have the same haircut -- States. Numerous words outlining why this
:01:49. > :01:52.should be the case to leave the EU. Boris is the man to stop the
:01:53. > :02:00.Brussels machine, as the Telegraph neatly puts it. The front page
:02:01. > :02:07.itself is classic. It is Boris behind the union jack. It is almost
:02:08. > :02:11.future PM stuff with a 2000 word essay in the paper which could be
:02:12. > :02:16.read out at any party conference as a leader's speech. It is full of
:02:17. > :02:22.invective and it is not something that has been worked out in that the
:02:23. > :02:26.last couple of days -- in the last couple of days. He has held these
:02:27. > :02:30.use for a long time. A small part of the front page brings up the
:02:31. > :02:38.possibility that Britain might not ultimately leave the EU in the event
:02:39. > :02:42.of an outvote because what he wants is some redraw and of the
:02:43. > :02:49.relationship on the line that Churchill envisages -- these views.
:02:50. > :02:55.Four paragraphs into a story about leaving Europe it raises the policy
:02:56. > :03:00.-- possibility that we might not have to leave the EU. He and David
:03:01. > :03:04.Cameron over the months had a discussion about two referendums.
:03:05. > :03:09.One that would lay out the position and the second would be a
:03:10. > :03:15.confirmation. All of the papers today show that Boris Johnson has
:03:16. > :03:23.made up his mind and he will be a front rather, whether he likes it or
:03:24. > :03:30.not -- runner. He likes it. He is on every front page. ?30 million worth
:03:31. > :03:34.of bliss. The front of the Telegraph. This is a man who is
:03:35. > :03:39.saving this is my conviction and David Cameron says he thinks it is
:03:40. > :03:45.about leadership ambition and so do I. It is interesting what you are
:03:46. > :03:52.saying, that this is effectively a very high-stakes gamble bargaining
:03:53. > :03:56.chip that Britain besides, we will pull out of the EU, so Boris
:03:57. > :04:01.Johnson, when he becomes leader of the Conservative Party and Prime
:04:02. > :04:11.Minister, because David Cameron has resigned, he goes back to Brussels
:04:12. > :04:19.and he says, we know it is a fait accompli. We have the Danish
:04:20. > :04:23.rejecting the resolution. There is a sort of history in Europe that you
:04:24. > :04:27.can make up your mind to do something and the institution finds
:04:28. > :04:32.a way to ask you a game. It would end the European project if one of
:04:33. > :04:39.the 28 is saying that we only want a free trade agreement and that is it,
:04:40. > :04:46.no supernatural powers for a court in Brussels, it is the end of the
:04:47. > :04:55.project. The strange thing is, in all of the many essays, it is not
:04:56. > :05:00.like there is something wrong with what David Cameron has negotiated,
:05:01. > :05:05.it is the whole project. He is saying, this is a great friend, he
:05:06. > :05:09.is saying you did a great job in Brussels in the time available to
:05:10. > :05:17.you, but by the way I think he is saying he thinks it is pants and it
:05:18. > :05:24.is not good enough. He is also saying that he is against the
:05:25. > :05:30.creeping colonisation and federalism by the European powers that be. He
:05:31. > :05:35.is not against Europe. He is saying it is great and a lovely place to
:05:36. > :05:41.live. He lived in Brussels, he likes chips and mayonnaise. And the little
:05:42. > :05:46.streets until they were dominated with huge buildings full of
:05:47. > :05:50.bureaucrats. Basically, he is saying he would like a different Europe and
:05:51. > :06:00.the one we now have, and so we will leave for now but when he quoted
:06:01. > :06:03.Churchill, he looks Churchillian on the front of the paper, he said he
:06:04. > :06:10.wants to be associated with Europe but not absorbed by it. I think you
:06:11. > :06:18.are right. Once we are out, if we are out, he will come back in with
:06:19. > :06:22.various interest and... (CROSSTALK). It has to be said, the EU does not
:06:23. > :06:28.want Britain to leave and they have made that clear. The Independent, he
:06:29. > :06:35.has his hands in his pockets. At a funny expression. It looks as if he
:06:36. > :06:41.is whistling, but maybe not -- and a funny expression. He confirms he
:06:42. > :06:49.will back the Brexit, in line for Number Ten if UK votes to leave.
:06:50. > :06:57.This is my newspaper... That is the best headline. I think it sums up
:06:58. > :07:03.Boris Johnson. The venality the Independent suggest. It is a nice
:07:04. > :07:12.play on words, out for himself. The political editor says this makes him
:07:13. > :07:17.a natural leader. Of course he is the front man. He said he didn't
:07:18. > :07:21.want that role. It would be interesting for me and the rest of
:07:22. > :07:27.the lobby in Westminster to see how much he is forced into this. That is
:07:28. > :07:32.David Cameron's fear. Until today the natural leader, there have been
:07:33. > :07:39.questions over who it was, if it had to be Michael Gove, fair enough, but
:07:40. > :07:43.he wasn't the most like politician. Every front page today is confirming
:07:44. > :07:48.what is said here, he is the natural leader, and that worries Number Ten.
:07:49. > :07:53.He is also bringing in the idea that if you vote out it is not
:07:54. > :07:58.necessarily final. That is the wording that is being used. He wants
:07:59. > :08:03.a new relationship of trade and cooperation. Back to the idea of out
:08:04. > :08:07.why Europe got together as a common market in the first place. Is that
:08:08. > :08:15.what Nigel Farage and George Galloway want? No. He doesn't want
:08:16. > :08:23.to be seen with either. It is quite clever, to be able to say it, vote
:08:24. > :08:30.out, but it means in on our terms. Vote out and we renegotiate what in
:08:31. > :08:35.means. We could be here all day if we go into details playing words.
:08:36. > :08:40.(CROSSTALK). We don't want to be all day, sorry, mate. David Cameron
:08:41. > :08:46.might be grateful that we are not actually discussing whatever he
:08:47. > :08:51.brings back, which could be vetoed anyway by European lawmakers, so he
:08:52. > :09:00.might be pleased it is all on Boris today. The Sun, blonde bombshell
:09:01. > :09:07.after PM Dad's Army debacle. And here he is... Look at the right hand
:09:08. > :09:13.side, the sun that yesterday was saying, who in the EU do you think
:09:14. > :09:19.you are kidding? That is where the Dad's Army theme has come from. It
:09:20. > :09:27.is a play on words. Exactly. Yesterday, they were saying, we
:09:28. > :09:30.don't like what you have brought back, Mr Cameron, and today they are
:09:31. > :09:35.saying on the right hand side, Mr Cameron is being lined up, and the
:09:36. > :09:41.blonde bombshell is coming -- lo not. I think the Sun is clear, I
:09:42. > :09:48.think they like Boris. The Sun and the Express. Is that divide among
:09:49. > :10:01.the papers, James, basically the Mirror... The Guardian is definitely
:10:02. > :10:05.supporting him. And the Mirror. The Mirror has EU rats Boris, which has
:10:06. > :10:12.the Mirror siding with David Cameron. I suppose legitimately
:10:13. > :10:18.questioning Boris's motives. In some of the papers it is almost... It is
:10:19. > :10:22.not necessarily an in or out fight but an establishment versus the
:10:23. > :10:27.people fight, which is how the Express has painted the picture. If
:10:28. > :10:32.it has come down to that, it means the negotiations, the outcome of
:10:33. > :10:35.what is at stake, the detail is being quietly parked and it comes
:10:36. > :10:40.down to a visceral, emotional reaction to it. That will
:10:41. > :10:45.characterise it. Lots of people think what we will discuss over the
:10:46. > :10:50.next 120 days is what will happen in Scotland, people have made up their
:10:51. > :10:53.mind before the campaign started. -- is what happened in Scotland. It is
:10:54. > :10:58.about how to change people's long-held views. That is why it
:10:59. > :11:03.David Cameron is going on about a leap in the dark. It is the unknown
:11:04. > :11:11.that you don't want to go near. Don't for a about the details. Only
:11:12. > :11:20.one paper supporting him, the FT, with business leaders. We know how
:11:21. > :11:27.David Miliband feels. Nothing else. Have a look at Boris's face on the
:11:28. > :11:33.front pages. You can see which way the paper is going by the expression
:11:34. > :11:39.on Boris's face. The more left-wing leaning papers are not supporting
:11:40. > :11:47.it. OK, OK, we will test that with the Daily Mail. Horoscope is in for
:11:48. > :11:52.the kill. What does it say? -- Boris goes in for the kill. It says I am
:11:53. > :12:02.petitioning for Hannibal Lector. LAUGHS.
:12:03. > :12:09.Boris goes for the kill. Johnson backs EU exit. Another paper
:12:10. > :12:15.suggesting he is out for himself. We should say why it is a dagger blow.
:12:16. > :12:24.David Cameron knew that he was going to go for the out, and in fact Boris
:12:25. > :12:30.couldn't remember the name of the out he was going for, so he called
:12:31. > :12:36.it Vote Leave. Ten minutes before appearing on his doorstep, that is
:12:37. > :12:40.when David Cameron was dumped by text. To send your Prime Minister a
:12:41. > :12:46.text with something so important shows him what he thinks of the man.
:12:47. > :12:52.Disdain, contempt... I don't know. Lee
:12:53. > :13:00.Disdain, contempt... I don't know. -- be careful, you are supposed to
:13:01. > :13:09.be... (CROSSTALK). Let's go to the Guardian. What does this look say?
:13:10. > :13:16.Don't buy anything from this man! I think I can take it from this that
:13:17. > :13:23.the Guardian are going to back the stay in side of things. Boris says
:13:24. > :13:30.this is my conviction, I have wrestled with this one... If it is
:13:31. > :13:34.your conviction, you don't really wrestle with it, you have probably
:13:35. > :13:39.known for a long time. David Cameron says it is not his conviction but
:13:40. > :13:43.his leadership ambitions. James, the suggestion is from Number Ten, they
:13:44. > :13:50.are worried Mr Johnson could add four percentage points to the tally
:13:51. > :13:56.for the out campaign. Our people in Scotland, in the north-east, will
:13:57. > :13:59.they be concerned he will vote out? -- are. The Guardian has a small
:14:00. > :14:05.graphic on the front which says why he is vital and it means that the
:14:06. > :14:10.two politicians, whose vote they will take their cues from, are the
:14:11. > :14:13.Prime Minister and Boris Johnson, which is why Number Ten are
:14:14. > :14:27.anxious. The Guardian goes into good detail. This is a neat what story.
:14:28. > :14:29.-- Nick Watt. He says Downing Street have been irritated by Boris
:14:30. > :14:35.Johnson. You totally understated. Indeed. It has been great to have
:14:36. > :14:40.you in to look at some of the stories making the headlines. Many
:14:41. > :14:47.thanks. Stay with us here on BBC News, there is much more coming up.
:14:48. > :14:49.Now, it is time for the film -- Film Review.