:00:00. > :00:13.We'll get Mark Kermode's thumbs up or otherwise.
:00:14. > :00:16.Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers
:00:17. > :00:20.With me are Kevin Schofield, editor of Politics Home,
:00:21. > :00:24.and Benedicte Paviot, a journalist from the news channel France 24.
:00:25. > :00:32.The Times leads on the news that British patrol boats,
:00:33. > :00:35.including a Royal Navy ship, are to be deployed to the Greek coast to
:00:36. > :00:42.The Financial Times reports on the death of Nancy Reagan,
:00:43. > :00:44.and says the former actress was fiercely protective
:00:45. > :00:48.of her husband, Ronald Reagan, during their eight years in the
:00:49. > :00:50.White House, and was a significant influence on his presidency.
:00:51. > :00:52.The Telegraph says Nancy Reagan was a first lady
:00:53. > :00:55.of elegance who left her mark on the world.
:00:56. > :00:57.It reports that America's political elite have been
:00:58. > :01:04.The Daily Mail says "An honest man was knifed by number 10,"
:01:05. > :01:06.referring to the resignation tonight of the director-general of
:01:07. > :01:12.The Metro also has the story of British ships being sent
:01:13. > :01:16.It quotes David Cameron as saying the Royal Navy will be intercepting
:01:17. > :01:32.It features an article on the great pay divide, saying women are
:01:33. > :01:35.?300,000 worse off. The i leads with a warning
:01:36. > :01:38.from the Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, that letting Turkey into the
:01:39. > :01:40.European Union would pose a security risk because more terrorists would
:01:41. > :01:50.be able to enter Europe. Let's begin with the Daily Mail, and
:01:51. > :01:57.the story of the resignation of the director-general of the British
:01:58. > :02:00.Chambers of Commerce. An honest man knifed by number 10. He had ready
:02:01. > :02:05.been suspended and after some pressure it would seem he is gone. I
:02:06. > :02:13.think that word honest is interesting, because it implies that
:02:14. > :02:17.number 10 is being dishonest. The Daily Mail says Dave Cameron was
:02:18. > :02:25.under pressure to come clean about government involvement in this. John
:02:26. > :02:29.Longworth has resigned this evening. The Daily Mail goes on to say
:02:30. > :02:35.friends say they believe Downing Street had a hand in his removal,
:02:36. > :02:42.quote. But interestingly, it says number 10 has repeatedly refused to
:02:43. > :02:44.deny that officials contacted the British Chambers of Commerce only
:02:45. > :02:48.hours before the business group suspended him. Very serious
:02:49. > :02:55.accusations being made here, and Downing Street will be very unhappy
:02:56. > :03:00.with this headline. We are two weeks into this campaign, and blood on the
:03:01. > :03:03.carpet. Resignation and serious accusations about Downing Street
:03:04. > :03:09.behaving in an underhanded manner. The suggestion is these were John
:03:10. > :03:13.Longworth's personal views, but the British Chambers of Commerce which
:03:14. > :03:18.I'm to remain neutral. Number 10 say we had nothing to do his resignation
:03:19. > :03:29.-- which were to remain neutral. There is a fair degree of
:03:30. > :03:34.scepticism. Number 10 have gone hard producing reports with terrible
:03:35. > :03:39.consequences for the economy, jobs and security. So you can see why
:03:40. > :03:49.there is a suspicion at the very least the John Longworth has been
:03:50. > :03:55.forced out by number 10. On Twitter, you have been asked about how it is
:03:56. > :04:00.seen in France. The polls suggest the French public could not care one
:04:01. > :04:04.way or another whether we stay or go? The French public cares about
:04:05. > :04:09.the fact that there is rising unemployment, a presidential
:04:10. > :04:15.election looming the both of the Socialists and the right-wing
:04:16. > :04:23.parties are really not clear, and we could possibly have a president who
:04:24. > :04:30.might want to run again, Ex President Sarkozy. Of course they
:04:31. > :04:35.care, but interestingly, this possibility of a Brexit is being
:04:36. > :04:41.followed by every single EU country and is being followed very carefully
:04:42. > :04:46.in America. We know what President Obama and Li Keqiang and the Indian
:04:47. > :04:53.Prime Minister thing. People can accuse those readers of interfering
:04:54. > :04:58.in what is a British domestic electoral vote, and the British
:04:59. > :05:00.people ultimately will have their say and everyone including
:05:01. > :05:08.politicians have one vote, but what is clear is that if the British
:05:09. > :05:13.voters decide to vote for Brexit, not breakfast, possibly that as
:05:14. > :05:17.well, on the 23rd of June, it will be a political earthquake for the
:05:18. > :05:23.EU, and it will be economically damaging. It will damage the EU and
:05:24. > :05:28.the whole... Just more than a notion, the values of what the very
:05:29. > :05:32.EU stands for, certainly from the French and German perspective
:05:33. > :05:37.initially of getting those countries together economically but ultimately
:05:38. > :05:42.for peace. The French politicians whether on the Conservative or
:05:43. > :05:45.socialist side, the government position in France has been that
:05:46. > :05:49.actually they want the United Kingdom to stay. If the British
:05:50. > :05:55.voters decide otherwise, so be it. British values it is argued a
:05:56. > :05:59.somewhat different. Sovereignty is a matter we need to sort out at home
:06:00. > :06:06.if you are group believe campaign. Let's look at the Times. The Navy to
:06:07. > :06:11.stop migrant smugglers. This is a Nato mission in the Mediterranean.
:06:12. > :06:15.There were patrols to try to rescue people, but they were scaled back
:06:16. > :06:23.some time ago. They were scaled back because the belief was they were
:06:24. > :06:28.acting in a way where you would get rescued either way. There was not
:06:29. > :06:33.much of a danger. This is an announcement that Downing Street are
:06:34. > :06:38.channelling into tomorrow. David Cameron is going to a summit to
:06:39. > :06:43.discuss the migration crisis. And this announcement that boats will be
:06:44. > :06:46.deployed to the Greek coast to try to head off these people smuggler
:06:47. > :06:52.boats, these rickety boats, carrying lots of people in dangerous
:06:53. > :06:56.conditions to try to send them back to where they have come from. But
:06:57. > :07:01.everything at the moment is seen to the prism of the EU referendum. The
:07:02. > :07:06.last thing Downing Street want is for there to be another massive wave
:07:07. > :07:10.of migrants and asylum seekers and refugees coming from northern Africa
:07:11. > :07:24.in the run-up to the EU referendum because they fear it may be, a
:07:25. > :07:30.referendum about migrants. But people are dying as you say on these
:07:31. > :07:35.boats. You wonder what kind of patrols these are. A lot of times
:07:36. > :07:40.they are desperate, and they have paid thousands of pounds to make
:07:41. > :07:45.their journey. That's right. We had that one in the other date from
:07:46. > :07:49.Donald Tusk. In the Times, they are talking about having seen a draft
:07:50. > :07:54.summit document, the summit David Cameron will attend Monday. It says
:07:55. > :08:01.Britain faces being drawn further into efforts to deal with the
:08:02. > :08:06.fallout from this migration crisis. And they will be asked to support
:08:07. > :08:10.Greece where up to 150,000 refugees are expected to be trapped within
:08:11. > :08:16.weeks. The United Kingdom is not part of the Schengen agreement.
:08:17. > :08:20.Normally, this would not apply. But it says there will be considerable
:08:21. > :08:25.pressure that will be exerted on all EU countries including the UK to try
:08:26. > :08:29.to resolve these thousands of people who continue, I thousands a day, two
:08:30. > :08:35.land in Greece. Another EU referendum story. Charities is
:08:36. > :08:39.public's cash to call for in vote. What sort of rules and regulations
:08:40. > :08:44.are there for or against this use of public money? It seems they are not
:08:45. > :08:49.clear enough, because the Telegraph says Britain's best-known
:08:50. > :08:54.environmental charities are being accused of using public donations
:08:55. > :09:00.and EU donations, subsidies, to campaign for staying in the EU. The
:09:01. > :09:05.charities watchdog will today, Monday, issued new guidance on
:09:06. > :09:08.political neutrality after Friends of the Earth, the wildlife trust and
:09:09. > :09:15.Greenpeace made comments backing EU membership. Clearly there is a lack
:09:16. > :09:19.of clarity or certain charities are interpreting it in a certain way,
:09:20. > :09:26.and this issue of public money being donated by individuals to help the
:09:27. > :09:30.environment presumably a lot of those people are not necessarily for
:09:31. > :09:36.the UK staying in the EU, they may be for Brexit. The environmental
:09:37. > :09:40.regulation we follow has come to us through the European Union
:09:41. > :09:43.institutions. You could make the argument that what they are saying
:09:44. > :09:49.is basically factual. It is thanks to Europe but now reaches a clean
:09:50. > :09:58.and water is clean. But we are in a sensitive time, only two months into
:09:59. > :10:04.the campaign -- two weeks. And the death of Matty Reagan at the age of
:10:05. > :10:09.94. -- Nancy Reagan. A beautiful photograph on the Independent,
:10:10. > :10:12.Farewell to a first Lady. A photograph of her with Ronald
:10:13. > :10:17.Reagan, who she was married to for 52 years. Another similar
:10:18. > :10:22.black-and-white picture taking in 1981 on the front of the
:10:23. > :10:28.International New York Times. A woman who helped Michelle Obama
:10:29. > :10:33.navigate the role of first Lady, and one which she managed to redefine in
:10:34. > :10:37.the 1980s. She did redefine it, and she was a huge influence and source
:10:38. > :10:47.of advice and council for her husband, not just when he was
:10:48. > :10:53.president but when he was governor. When he was in the White House, she
:10:54. > :11:00.was often the power behind the throne. It is ironic that it has
:11:01. > :11:03.happened at a time during a year when the Republican Party seems to
:11:04. > :11:10.be Terry itself apart, the establishment tried just Donald
:11:11. > :11:17.Trump -- tearing itself. The Financial Times says when she wished
:11:18. > :11:27.for a meeting between Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev as well. I know it was
:11:28. > :11:31.a long time ago in the 1980s, but it seems like such a different type of
:11:32. > :11:40.politics, and of course these two were Hollywood actors. Yes, so they
:11:41. > :11:45.knew how to in that sense be on a stage, but can you imagine them
:11:46. > :11:49.reacting to Twitter or the Internet? It is such an extraordinarily
:11:50. > :11:57.different world. If we look at the current US election campaign. We
:11:58. > :12:11.could have the first man instead of the first Lady. What would it be? Mr
:12:12. > :12:18.Thatcher, I don't think he wanted to get involved. He liked to play golf.
:12:19. > :12:24.And women ?300,000 worse off over a career because of the pay gap. This
:12:25. > :12:31.is looking ahead to International women's Day on Tuesday. As the
:12:32. > :12:38.Guardian says, it is a stubborn gender pay gap which amounts to
:12:39. > :12:46.about 24%, according to the ONS, but the shortfall is actually nearer to
:12:47. > :12:50.9.4%. But still, they had a dozen pounds worse off for doing the same
:12:51. > :12:55.job is staggering as we approach international women's day. There
:12:56. > :13:00.will be a change, though. Bigger companies will be told they have to
:13:01. > :13:04.publish what the pay gap is. So hopefully that will name and shame
:13:05. > :13:10.those who don't and stubbornly refuse to introduce pay equality.
:13:11. > :13:16.But the equality pay act was passed 40 years ago and yet we still have a
:13:17. > :13:24.situation where over a career, ?300,000, it is not small change. It
:13:25. > :13:29.affects your superannuation as well. And out view us as banks for the
:13:30. > :13:34.answer. What a service, BBC papers. We aim to please. -- and our viewer
:13:35. > :13:36.thinks you for the answer. That's it for The Papers this hour.
:13:37. > :13:41.Thank you to our guests.