06/03/2016 The Papers

We'll get Mark Kermode's thumbs up or otherwise.

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

With me are Kevin Schofield, editor of Politics Home,

and Benedicte Paviot, a journalist from the news channel France 24.

The Times leads on the news that British patrol boats,

including a Royal Navy ship, are to be deployed to the Greek coast to

The Financial Times reports on the death of Nancy Reagan,

and says the former actress was fiercely protective

of her husband, Ronald Reagan, during their eight years in the

White House, and was a significant influence on his presidency.

The Telegraph says Nancy Reagan was a first lady

of elegance who left her mark on the world.

It reports that America's political elite have been

The Daily Mail says "An honest man was knifed by number 10,"

referring to the resignation tonight of the director-general of

The Metro also has the story of British ships being sent

It quotes David Cameron as saying the Royal Navy will be intercepting

It features an article on the great pay divide, saying women are

?300,000 worse off. The i leads with a warning

from the Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, that letting Turkey into the

European Union would pose a security risk because more terrorists would

be able to enter Europe. Let's begin with the Daily Mail, and

the story of the resignation of the director-general of the British

Chambers of Commerce. An honest man knifed by number 10. He had ready

been suspended and after some pressure it would seem he is gone. I

think that word honest is interesting, because it implies that

number 10 is being dishonest. The Daily Mail says Dave Cameron was

under pressure to come clean about government involvement in this. John

Longworth has resigned this evening. The Daily Mail goes on to say

friends say they believe Downing Street had a hand in his removal,

quote. But interestingly, it says number 10 has repeatedly refused to

deny that officials contacted the British Chambers of Commerce only

hours before the business group suspended him. Very serious

accusations being made here, and Downing Street will be very unhappy

with this headline. We are two weeks into this campaign, and blood on the

carpet. Resignation and serious accusations about Downing Street

behaving in an underhanded manner. The suggestion is these were John

Longworth's personal views, but the British Chambers of Commerce which

I'm to remain neutral. Number 10 say we had nothing to do his resignation

-- which were to remain neutral. There is a fair degree of

scepticism. Number 10 have gone hard producing reports with terrible

consequences for the economy, jobs and security. So you can see why

there is a suspicion at the very least the John Longworth has been

forced out by number 10. On Twitter, you have been asked about how it is

seen in France. The polls suggest the French public could not care one

way or another whether we stay or go? The French public cares about

the fact that there is rising unemployment, a presidential

election looming the both of the Socialists and the right-wing

parties are really not clear, and we could possibly have a president who

might want to run again, Ex President Sarkozy. Of course they

care, but interestingly, this possibility of a Brexit is being

followed by every single EU country and is being followed very carefully

in America. We know what President Obama and Li Keqiang and the Indian

Prime Minister thing. People can accuse those readers of interfering

in what is a British domestic electoral vote, and the British

people ultimately will have their say and everyone including

politicians have one vote, but what is clear is that if the British

voters decide to vote for Brexit, not breakfast, possibly that as

well, on the 23rd of June, it will be a political earthquake for the

EU, and it will be economically damaging. It will damage the EU and

the whole... Just more than a notion, the values of what the very

EU stands for, certainly from the French and German perspective

initially of getting those countries together economically but ultimately

for peace. The French politicians whether on the Conservative or

socialist side, the government position in France has been that

actually they want the United Kingdom to stay. If the British

voters decide otherwise, so be it. British values it is argued a

somewhat different. Sovereignty is a matter we need to sort out at home

if you are group believe campaign. Let's look at the Times. The Navy to

stop migrant smugglers. This is a Nato mission in the Mediterranean.

There were patrols to try to rescue people, but they were scaled back

some time ago. They were scaled back because the belief was they were

acting in a way where you would get rescued either way. There was not

much of a danger. This is an announcement that Downing Street are

channelling into tomorrow. David Cameron is going to a summit to

discuss the migration crisis. And this announcement that boats will be

deployed to the Greek coast to try to head off these people smuggler

boats, these rickety boats, carrying lots of people in dangerous

conditions to try to send them back to where they have come from. But

everything at the moment is seen to the prism of the EU referendum. The

last thing Downing Street want is for there to be another massive wave

of migrants and asylum seekers and refugees coming from northern Africa

in the run-up to the EU referendum because they fear it may be, a

referendum about migrants. But people are dying as you say on these

boats. You wonder what kind of patrols these are. A lot of times

they are desperate, and they have paid thousands of pounds to make

their journey. That's right. We had that one in the other date from

Donald Tusk. In the Times, they are talking about having seen a draft

summit document, the summit David Cameron will attend Monday. It says

Britain faces being drawn further into efforts to deal with the

fallout from this migration crisis. And they will be asked to support

Greece where up to 150,000 refugees are expected to be trapped within

weeks. The United Kingdom is not part of the Schengen agreement.

Normally, this would not apply. But it says there will be considerable

pressure that will be exerted on all EU countries including the UK to try

to resolve these thousands of people who continue, I thousands a day, two

land in Greece. Another EU referendum story. Charities is

public's cash to call for in vote. What sort of rules and regulations

are there for or against this use of public money? It seems they are not

clear enough, because the Telegraph says Britain's best-known

environmental charities are being accused of using public donations

and EU donations, subsidies, to campaign for staying in the EU. The

charities watchdog will today, Monday, issued new guidance on

political neutrality after Friends of the Earth, the wildlife trust and

Greenpeace made comments backing EU membership. Clearly there is a lack

of clarity or certain charities are interpreting it in a certain way,

and this issue of public money being donated by individuals to help the

environment presumably a lot of those people are not necessarily for

the UK staying in the EU, they may be for Brexit. The environmental

regulation we follow has come to us through the European Union

institutions. You could make the argument that what they are saying

is basically factual. It is thanks to Europe but now reaches a clean

and water is clean. But we are in a sensitive time, only two months into

the campaign -- two weeks. And the death of Matty Reagan at the age of

94. -- Nancy Reagan. A beautiful photograph on the Independent,

Farewell to a first Lady. A photograph of her with Ronald

Reagan, who she was married to for 52 years. Another similar

black-and-white picture taking in 1981 on the front of the

International New York Times. A woman who helped Michelle Obama

navigate the role of first Lady, and one which she managed to redefine in

the 1980s. She did redefine it, and she was a huge influence and source

of advice and council for her husband, not just when he was

president but when he was governor. When he was in the White House, she

was often the power behind the throne. It is ironic that it has

happened at a time during a year when the Republican Party seems to

be Terry itself apart, the establishment tried just Donald

Trump -- tearing itself. The Financial Times says when she wished

for a meeting between Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev as well. I know it was

a long time ago in the 1980s, but it seems like such a different type of

politics, and of course these two were Hollywood actors. Yes, so they

knew how to in that sense be on a stage, but can you imagine them

reacting to Twitter or the Internet? It is such an extraordinarily

different world. If we look at the current US election campaign. We

could have the first man instead of the first Lady. What would it be? Mr

Thatcher, I don't think he wanted to get involved. He liked to play golf.

And women ?300,000 worse off over a career because of the pay gap. This

is looking ahead to International women's Day on Tuesday. As the

Guardian says, it is a stubborn gender pay gap which amounts to

about 24%, according to the ONS, but the shortfall is actually nearer to

9.4%. But still, they had a dozen pounds worse off for doing the same

job is staggering as we approach international women's day. There

will be a change, though. Bigger companies will be told they have to

publish what the pay gap is. So hopefully that will name and shame

those who don't and stubbornly refuse to introduce pay equality.

But the equality pay act was passed 40 years ago and yet we still have a

situation where over a career, ?300,000, it is not small change. It

affects your superannuation as well. And out view us as banks for the

answer. What a service, BBC papers. We aim to please. -- and our viewer

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