02/03/2016 The Papers

team pursuit. And, the news of Victoria Pendleton, former cyclist,

who has won her first race as an amateur jockey.

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers

With me are Emily Ashton, Buzzfeed's chief political

correspondent, and Dan Bilefsky from the New York Times.

The FT leads on claims made by the French economy minster that

the migrant camp at Calais would re-locate to UK soil

Sticking with the EU referendum, the i focuses on the row over statistics

The remain camp are accused of using misleading data to support

Among the stories picked up by the Telegraph, the paper points out

that petrol prices have increased for the first time since the summer,

The former England footballer Adam Johnson is pictured on the front of

the Metro following his conviction for sexual activity with a child.

The Guardian reports that the chief executive of Rolls Royce Motor Cars

has written a letter to its staff in Britain, warning that their jobs

could be threatened if the UK votes to leave the European Union.

And the Mail leads on the dangers of online dating.

It reports on a man who used dating websites to

We will start with the Mirror. Go and say goodbye to your daughter,

prison will mean he will not see her for some time. This is a man who was

idolised around the country, indeed in many parts of the world, as a

Sunderland and Manchester City footballer. He has been brought low

some would say by ego. This shows a pathological sense of entitlement by

someone who had it all, and had his whole career ahead of him. The fact

that the girl had just turned 15, it is deeply depressing for her and her

family, it is just beyond words. My vampire boot job headline juxtaposed

with this story seems like an odd juxtaposition. This is a man as you

say who had everything. He was hoping to see out the rest of his

career playing in the US in the Major League Soccer over there. His

career is over now, finished. This is a man earning ?60,000 a week, and

he has just been told today that he should prepare for jail time. He

could be facing up to ten years in prison. He has a baby daughter. What

possessed him to do this? This girl's life ruined. Just a very sad

story all around, a man who thought he was invincible, really, and could

get away with anything. The Times also has this on the front page,

talking about it from the perspective of Sunderland football

club, which allowed him to play on, earning about ?3 million over

several months, despite having these charges against him. Now the club

faces questions. That is the front page on The Times. Club allowed

paedophile football player to keep on playing. The allegation is that

Adam Johnson admitted some kind of sexual activity with this child, we

don't know what exactly, to the child. He had been suspended for a

time but the club reinstated him, and that seems to be were a lot of

the focus is now being centred, as far as the club's involvement is. It

beggars belief that there is the premise of innocence until proven

guilty, and someone has to respect that, but the moment that someone

comes under this kind of scrutiny, it beggars belief that they would be

able to play at all. The club have put out a lengthy statement tonight

following these allegations, after Adam Johnson's conviction, and they

are basically, over a couple of pages, making it clear that he was

allowed to play on for the club before his trial, because executives

were not aware of his guilty plea. They didn't know that until the

trial began. They are saying that they did not, unlike what the Times

is alleging, they did not allow a paedophile to keep playing for the

club. Reports this evening are saying that fans in Sunderland are

very angry about what is being suggested that has happened.

Footballers are put on pedestals in this country when maybe they

shouldn't be, and I think this statement... It needs to be next to

the story on the Times. We don't know when sentencing will be, it

could be at the end of the week, but it could be anything from 5-10

years. Let's move on to the Independent.

Super Tuesday results mean a Donald Trump presidency is suddenly a

serious prospect. The real estate billionaire faces toughest enemy

yet, his party's furious establishment. The polls make

Hillary Clinton the favourite, but her polarisation of the electorate

means that a tight race is likely. Up until now, the establishment has

been in denial about the hair apparent. Hillary Clinton is

considered to be scripted, and she is going up against Donald Trump,

who is this shooting from the hip circus performer. Clown perhaps?

Perhaps. There will be a run-off. She will call him a dangerous

renegade who is not qualified to be commander-in-chief. He will bring up

the e-mails and the Benghazi issues, and it will be fierce. Hillary

Clinton will probably have the overwhelming support of her party if

she wins the nomination. What Donald Trump will not have is that. He is

hated as much by Republicans as he is by Democrats. It is incredible.

Didn't he wants lean towards the Democrats? Here's a left it on

healthcare and various things. Here's a political chameleon, and he

is appealing to these angry, working-class white men across

America, but he comes from a 1%. Reading about Republican strategists

desperately trying to predict this, trying to get rid of Donald Trump,

and the Democrats are trying to do the same thing. He is a Teflon

candidate who is not going anywhere. He has been getting less

than 35% of the vote. There is the possibility that he might not get

all the delegates he needs by the time they reach the convention. If

that is the case, do you think the Republican hierarchy might try to

hijack the nomination and say, you haven't got the delegations, we are

putting forward Marco Rubio, for whoever they see fit. Marco Rubio

one 1 state, Ted Cruz appears to appeal to the evangelical

electorate. Mitt Romney? Who? A lot of people are saying that they are

not... His roommate from college, Ted Cruz's, said he is not voting

for just because doesn't like him. A taxi driver told him that he liked

Jeremy Corbyn and he liked Donald Trump, and it is because they are

different to the ordinary politicians. There is no paper trail

of working in government. No experience. He is a businessman and

reality TV star. Some are arguing that he made all his money simply

because house prices have gone up, property prices have gone up. That

hasn't actually been any involvement. But you are right, he

has tapped into a section of the American population, and Jeremy

Corbyn has done the same, who have seen their wages flat line since the

1970s. He has seen these people who feel that they have been cut out of

a burgeoning middle class. They have been put to one side, and Donald

Trump has tapped into that. And they feel that ordinary politicians don't

get it, they don't understand the real world. People like antipolitics

politicians. This is not only happening in the US, it has been

happening in France, with Jeremy Corbyn in this country. Also in

Spain. This is an interesting era, the ear of the Islamic State. People

are angry and rebellious, and they think Donald Trump has read the move

of the American electorate and is playing it smartly. The question

remains, when he goes before the entire electorate, could he win?

Although polls can change, the latest polls show that Hillary will

beat him, and that Bernie Sanders could beat him as well. That Bernie

Sanders would beat him as well? If it was head-to-head between those

two, based on the polls, and I must say it is early, but Bernie Sanders

could beat him. Bernie Sanders is more of a socialist and Barack Obama

ever was, and yet he could beat Donald Trump? Exactly. Donald Trump

is the Frankenstein monster of the Republican Party. For years the

party have been creating a message that the Democrats are bad, that

Barack Obama is not really American, and they created this hatred, and it

has ended with Donald Trump. We will end it on that. Let's move on to the

Financial Times. French threat to end Kelley Deal and move the border

if the UK quits the EU. This is about a warning that the border

controls that you see in front at the moment will come to Britain if

we leave the EU. There is a bilateral agreement with France, and

they think that if we leave the EU that would be torn up. At the time

everybody says that it was wrong, but now we have the French economy

minister backing up David Cameron and saying, if Britain leads, you

can deal with these migrant camps because the border controls will be

on your LAN. This is a huge boost to David Cameron and to be in

campaign. You think you really means it? We know the vast majority, in

fact all of the 27 states, want Britain to stay in. This is a bit of

leverage, isn't it? Science it could well be a bit of rhetoric, but that

is the kind of thing that will resonate with people. The image of

those camps being in England will resonate with people. The Tory party

is arguing with itself, and many have somebody from outside, from

France, saying that there are serious economic, strategic and

security costs if Britain leads the EU. I think that might be something

of a wake-up call. The Telegraph says wages will rise if we quit the

EU. This is coming from the leader of the in campaign. This shows how

archaeologically loaded the British media is, to the extent that

depending on which newspaper you read you get a completely different

narrative. That wouldn't be the case in America, what it? Of course

not... But it is a lot more archaeologically loaded here. --

ideological it. This is saying that if migrants don't come to this

country, wages will go up. That will be that the business but arguably

good for salary. It is a muddled message, but it shows how everything

is being spun through whichever prism or camp you are in. It is very

hard to balance that. What is it say about Lord Rose? He doesn't have a

great track record on this. It was one long sentence at the hearing

that the Telegraph have blown up. The Yes camp needs a colourful

character to rest this on. You have Cameron, but he can't carry the

whole debate by himself. A white-haired former captain of

industry, very experienced and distinguished... Not so

distinguished so far as far as this is concerned. Finally, ?100 million

bill for licence fee dodgers, after the BBC closes loophole. At the

moment, everyone pays their ?145 a year, but if you are only watching

it on your computer or iPad or phone, then you don't have to pay

it. So many people do now watch iPlayer, for example, I just watched

Happy Valley on the iPlayer. Now those people will have to pay a

licence fee as well. It is great for the BBC, it is something that plugs

a funding gap. ?100 million is still a seventh the cost of having to fund

license fees for Rover 75 is. That is something the government has

imposed on the BBC. Swings and roundabouts. At a time of austerity

and with the changing digital model as we are all trying to figure out

how to stay afloat, we need all the money we can get. If people want

other great quality broadcaster like the BBC, they have to pay for it. I

am not saying anything else. It has been great having yuan, looking at

some of the stories behind the headlines. Thank you. Much more

coming up. Now, Sportsday. -- having you on.