17/04/2016 The Papers

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Hello and welcome to our Sunday morning edition of the Papers.

With me are journalist and broadcaster Benedicte Paviot,

and Dave Wooding, Political Editor of the Sun on Sunday.

The Mail headlines with new allegations

about Culture Secretary John Whittingdale's private life.

It claims he sent a photo of highly sensitive Cabinet papers to a woman

A crisis is looming in primary school places in England,

with a shortfall of 10,000 places expected in four years' time.

The Sunday Express dedicates a full page to the photograph of the Duke

and Dutchess of Cambridge visiting the Taj Mahal and replicating

The Sunday Telegraph quotes a senior Government minister saying Britain

could face an economic shock similar to the banking crisis if it

And The Sunday Times writes that the former cricketer

Sir Ian Botham has backed Britain leaving the European Union and said

Britain should 'stand proud' as he did as a cricketer.

First of all, the Telegraph. Economic rupture if we leave the EU,

says a Government minister. It would be similar to the banking crash.

What do you make the? It sounds painful, doesn't it? Rupture. This

is Project Fear taking off. The Government are laying down stark

scenarios of what will happen if Britain votes on the 23rd of June to

leave the European Union. The latest is from Stephen Crabb, newly

promoted to the work and pensions brief. After Iain Duncan Smith left.

He has said that the shock waves caused by RX it would be akin to the

banking crisis of 2008. He talks about self harm by voters. -- caused

by our exit. He is talking about the economic and social consequences of

wanting to leave will stop already, the people who want to leave the

European Union know what he is going to say, just like the 16 page

brochure that is going round all the houses at a cost of ?9 million. They

are saying that all people want is objective information. It doesn't

exist. I don't think anybody is going to get it.

We can think that there is not going to be some kind of ink pact in some

kind of shock if we come. Yes, and there's no way that that couldn't

have an impact. It will have an impact. An economic one, and all

kinds of things that we don't begin to know. That is one of the

criticism that is levelled at the Brexit camp - they are not making

clear enough what Britain down the track could look like if it was out

of the EU. What is interesting, as you say, this word self harm. He

talks about, businesses will flee, factories will close, jobs will be

lost with disastrous consequences for families. As you pointed out,

David, this landmark report expected from the Treasury tomorrow. The

Telegraph also points out that pro-Brexit Cabinet ministers think

this is scaremongering. I will be reporting later on this week on

President Obama's visit. We believe he is going to suggest that it is

better for the UK to remain, and how that will play out, that Britain

would be stronger in the EU. Will that backfire? Lets just move on to

the Sunday Times because of what you just raised. Ian Botham swings back

for Brexit. Bummer saying one thing, Botham saying another - -- Balmer --

President Obama saying one thing and Ian Botham saying another. People,

to take one side or the other. In the Sunday Times, we have had the

fear in the Sunday Telegraph, and in The Times we have Ian Botham

swinging bat for Brexit. A great analogy. Inside, it has a graphic of

him swinging a bat and a blue ball with the European Union flag and

stars on it. He is saying it is a racket and that Britain is being

swallowed up by it. It is full of waste and corruption. He has really

had a go at the European Union. Again, both camps will be bringing

people to win support. Argue surprised that they lead with it? He

has opinions on politics, and that is great, but is it a lead story?

Although the official campaign launched on Friday, we feel we have

been in this campaign for ages. I am fascinated. I know the opinion polls

got it wrong at the last election, but I would be fascinated we could

put some figures on how many people Ian Botham can swing. I'm not sure.

And I certainly wouldn't put him in the same camp as President Obama. If

anything, we know that the Chinese president, when he was here, the

Indian Prime Minister, they've all been coming out. The French

Government as well. Matt Horne is giving an interview on the BBC as

well. I wonder how many votes he will swing? I'm not sure. What is

sure, and what the Sunday Times is pointing out, is that this is

certainly a blow, this endorsement from Ian Botham, for number ten.

They were looking for support from arson Wenger as well. -- Arsene. We

in Liverpool wants to remain in Europe, having beaten the riskier

Dortmund -- Borussia Dortmund. A 10,000 gap in primary school

places. It is not just a funding crisis, there are more of us. And we

need more primary school places. It is being blamed partly on funding

and partly on policies that have made it difficult for schools to

expand. It doesn't say it in the Observer piece, but I guess partly

immigration from Europe. And the fact that they are becoming

academies and it is constraining them, isn't it? The suggestion is

that by 2024 we will need 350,000 more school places on top of the

300,000 more that we already need. The Conservatives, Nick Gibb, the

schools minister, is saying that free schools that have been brought

online by the Government will cover a lot of that. The Shadow Education

Secretary is saying, kids are not getting their first Playschool. One

in five will not get their first place. Over 90% get one of their

first three choices will stop if my child got the third choice, I don't

think I'd be happy. -- over 90% get one of their first three choices.

Something I've become aware of the last two years, it's simply not that

way in France. It is a phenomenon. We know that parents sometimes lie

about their address and then schools have investigators going round to

check where they live. It is not just in one place in the country.

They are talking about this detail revealing short play -- shortfall in

places in Bolton, Manchester, Leeds, Bolton, Leicester, Birmingham,

Walsall, Richmond-upon-Thames, Sutton and Slough. So there will be

a lot of worried parents there this morning.

I thought it would be a great vote winner for any party to say, we

promise that within a few years anybody will be able to walk their

job to school without getting in a car, on a bus, because we will have

schools that you can go to that are near you and are good. And that's

what the free school system was supposed to provide. They changed

the rules on where a school could be set up. It could be set up in an old

pub or a disused cafe and so forth. It remains to see how well this

goes, but it has been going for six years and we are already being told

that there is a 10,000 gap in the number of places. There is another

aspect. Let's look at the Sunday Times. Stress lessons for parents.

Yes, tell me about it! This is the other side of it, that parents,

particularly in private schools, are putting such a lot of pressure on

their kids to do well, partly, I suspect, because those who are

paying for private schools are paying through the nose. And they

expect results. And that expectation is being passed on to their

children. They are already giving pupils of all ages lessons in how to

stay calm. This has now been taken on to the parents, because they are

coming into school and, particularly the pushy parents. They put more

pressure on kids these days to get a good grade before they take them on

at university. The attainment level has really raised quite a bit. It is

interesting, because the Sunday Times get our attention by saying,

stress lessons for pushy parents. One the inside page, page eight, we

are told to breathe, breathe deeply, whether you are a student or a

parent, to cut the stress. It is said these are not pushy parents but

once you are made angry by the higher exam grades demanded by

universities, as you were saying, David. Stress during the child's

early life because you are not sure you can get him or her into a good

local school and can't walk them to school, then you're worried all the

way greater university. Then you get to university and you worry about

paying for it, and then getting the job. Natasha Dean, the Government's

health champion, mental health champion, and she says that there is

not enough focus these days on art, music drama and sport. Kids are

being put into academic hot houses. They are concentrating the three

letter are -- on the three Rs. Also, there are so many tests now. I talk

to teenagers who say, I used to read books off the curriculum, and then

as you progress you don't have the time. So, you don't have time to

smell the roses, play sport, make music. I would put in an additional

thing - I bet you they've got lots of screen time for all sorts of

other things, so let's not feel too sorry. The consequences, to come

back to the mental health issue, are really quite worrying and your right

to draw attention to them, David. The paper talks about growing

concerns about a surge in cases of self harm, depression, anxiety and

eating disorders. These are really... It might seem trivial

about pushy parents are not pushy parent and stressed out students,

but these are serious things, self harm, depression, eating disorders.

I have a couple of favourite stories, and one of them is, from

the Observer, incredible find - palatial Roman villa found in barn

conversion. He was changing electrical cables and phoned one of

the best preserved Roman villas in Britain ever. Which is amazing. It

was 1705A.D, 25 rooms, he's found the whole ground floor. An

incredible thing to find us. He was fixing the shower and was getting

some electricity laid on in advance, and while they were digging up some

of the ground, a little flash of colour and then they found this

brilliantly preserved Roman mosaic floor. The pictures are there to be

seen on the page. Luckily, they realised when they were doing it.

They might have kept on digging, but they didn't. They realised

straightaway. Look-mac realised what was going on and told them to stop

and contacted Historic England. My question was, what happens? Will

that be turned into a tourist centre? Who owns the land? Nokia 's

cottage down. Who knows? There's no doubt that one of the pictures of

the weekend as the Royal picture. It Excise is the ghost of 24 years ago

with Diana. A really charming picture, the Sunday Telegraph has it

on the front page. This is a story that people are warned to, whatever

their views about the Royal family. There is something, Prince William

and Prince Harry, being the sons of the late Princess Diana. When you

think back, I reported on it for the BBC and I was working the morning

that she died. On the Saturday, we had her funeral, and the Queen

Mother said, that's my funeral. There is such, I think happiness in

that sense that Prince William is forging his own life, and it is

terribly moving to see him sitting on the bench in the very spot at

which his mother sat, with his wife, and clearly a loving relationship.

We are told by the Sunday Telegraph that body language experts have gone

through this, and they say that they oppose, with knees touching,

emphasises that their marriage is full of love. I think we knew that.

Not only are the legs touching, but I was studying the pictures a moment

ago and I noticed that Prince William's right foot is actually on

the same spot where his mother's two feet were 24 years ago. Part of it

is that they came to celebrate their love, but at the same time to excise

the ghost of all those years ago. Another favourite story of mine

comes from Dave Wooding, body language expert. We will maybe get a

football if we have time. In the sun, Jeremy Corbyn in mac attack.

Labour ban McDonald's. Congratulations, this is quite a

good story, Dave. At every party conference, they have a big

exhibition and lots of companies pay money to put up stands. Labour's

National executive committee have banned by Donald from having a stand

there this year. It means Labour will lose ?30,000 will stop I've

spoken to one MP who says it's ridiculous, we need the money. There

is a big funding problem for Labour at the moment, the big-money donors

have pulled out. At the same time they think it is a bit snobbish

because they are traditional voters probably eaten McDonald's. But you

also find out, David Wooding, on the back pages of the sun, that

McDonald's has already been cleared, I like the word cleared, is this a

security check? Cleared to mount an interactive experience, whatever

that is, in support of British farm Rogers at the Tory and SNP

conferences. Tell us more. I'm told it's one of these computer gadgets

you put on and you step into a happy meal box and walk around. At the

same time, McDonald's, this is what the MPs have been saying, they

employ 100,000 people, British people. They use British farming

produce, potatoes and meat. They are a British business and it is

anti-business to say you can't come. Ed Miliband's battle with a bacon

sandwich, after that you would think... We have one minute left.

Another Dave Wooding. This is why I said you were a Leicester City fan.

Partly to annoy you, because Yuri Liverpool fan. A rise, so cloudy.

Ranieri for a knighthood. There are some MPs who said that if they win,

and it is a 5000-1 shot, he should be given a knighthood. Another

foreigner in British football. By the way, the McDonald's does the

same thing, sourcing from French farmers. I think since they had such

bad publicity, they have cleverly adapted their menus and try to

source things from several countries will stop we will watch McDonald's

and Ranieri. Thanks to Dave Wooding

and Benedicte Paviot. Just a reminder we take a look

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