17/06/2016 The Papers

So welcome to look ahead at what the papers are bringing us tomorrow, we

are joint and night by the media commentator at the Daily Telegraph

Neal Mitchell and also we are joined by the former special adviser to

Harriet Harman. Let us have a look at some of the front pages in

detail, we are going to start, with the i, it has the headline united in

grief and parliament is to be called on Monday. The Financial Times also

highlights how the different critical parties have come together

following the killing. The Telegraph says that female MPs have warned of

the threat of fatal attacks. The Daily Express prints what it says

was Jo Cox's last two words. And the Mira concentrates on the MP's role

as a mother, a full-page picture of her with her children. The focus in

a lot of the papers, is very much on Jo Cox. You actually knew her? Yes I

knew her and I know her husband Brendan. She really was, at a time

when people are very cynical about politics, she did represent the best

about politics, she was bright, principled, passionate and also she

came into politics having had already, lots of causes that she

cared passionately about, a huge critical mission, she had campaigned

on human rights issues, and I think the thing that summed it up, I was

in the individual in Parliament Square and there were so many

people. And there was a broad and people were writing things, saying

things like "I was saddened by the death but I will be inspired by all

life", that is how a lot of people saw it. What do you think she would

have made the focus on her life as a campaigner, a politician and a

mother, some of the words that came from her colleague's mouth, that she

be allowed to leave a legacy. The language and behaviour of

politicians needs to change and we need to look to Jo Cox as an

example? She is a very humble person, she didn't want to ever be

forcing herself to be a centre of attention but I think the legacy she

must leave,, had those very beautiful words. She was very much

about love overhead, everything she did, was to get to a compassionate

and practical solution, and she railed against division and

prejudice. If there is anything good that can come out of this sickening

murder and assassination, it is for all of us involved in politics, just

to perhaps be a bit more kind in how we conduct our politics, because

there was a very and there is a very toxic atmosphere around any sort of

discourse about public life and I think that is corroding democracy

and has led to this terrible incident. That is what she would

re-want. 100%. What do you make of the coming together of politicians

today, often side-by-side, echoing tribute after tribute to a

politician that was clearly really well thought of, not just as a

person but a politician? Echoing, it is sad, it is an event like this

that has too happen before politicians do come together. There

are times at which you see, Jeremy Corbyn and David Cameron next to

each other, is the Cenotaph, the State Opening of Parliament and a

tragedy. And, her old boss Harriet Harman, we heard her same that we

can be brisk and vigorous, in our political discourse, at the same

time as, treating each other with tolerance and respect. I think,

America is often ahead of us, I mean further down the track, rather than

more enlightened in terms of their politics. So polarised now, to the

extent that each half of the country doubts the other half's motives. In

fact in Pewsey other half 's motives. I think that, a lot of

politicians including Harriet Harman have been saying today, we can

disagree with each other without believing that the other side are in

some way keeling intention, or wish the worst of the country. -- kill

intentions. Do you think, when campaigning for the EU referendum

starts again, do you think we will see changes in the language used? I

would absolutely hope so, I think that any advise involved in this,

both campaigns, must have the wherewithal to say to everybody,

everything has changed because of this. We are in a different country

because of what has happened. Each side has got to dial down the over

the top rhetoric and that has happened on both sides. And I think,

think very carefully about the tone with which they campaign. I don't

think anybody will want to see this horrible murder, politicised in

anyway, Joe was a fierce campaigner for the remains side and also a

fierce campaigner for Democritus seat, about making the arguments. As

Harry was saying, we can make the arguments on both sides and make the

way which is totally appropriate. And the call to Parliament on

Monday, in many ways as we have done already today, get greater insight

into a politician, a mother and a campaigner that some might not even

have heard of. And certainly didn't know, but we are getting an insight

into this quite unique person. And we will do further, many people

hadn't read the article she wrote with Andrew Mitchell about Syria,

Andrew Mitchell was known to most people, about the Downing Street

incident, that he, and this very sensible Yorkshire lass, who was a

social campaigner, far removed from the Tory party, the idea that they

could work together on an issue as emotive as Syria, was really

impressive. And Stephen Kinnock, her Parliamentary office mate, I think

they share an office, barely able to contain his emotion when he was

speaking. There will be much more of that and presumably it will be at

the same time as the debate about politics, moves on about the

security of MPs, the way that we talk about MPs, regard in which we

hold them or don't hold them. It is only seven years, since the expenses

crisis, when MPs were suddenly lower than bankers. In the nation's

esteem, and it has been easy for people to forget. I wonder how it

has been going down particularly with young people. There is a huge

issue in trust in politics and output a cool class, it is

incredibly interesting, it has given people a breath to stop for a minute

and one of the interesting things on social media as B-nets hashtag

#ThankYourMP where lots of people had taken the opportunity to try and

recognise the good work that MPs do, and we have had quite if you

articles over the last 24 hours reminding us that it is fashionable

to say, snouts in the troughs and they are all in it for themselves.

But actually, politicians of all political views tend to go into

politics to do good, they make lots of personal sacrifices. They work

pretty much every day of the week, they are not in it for the money and

it is important to remember, that if you constantly denigrate politicians

and politics, you will get the politics that you have asked for. On

the safety issue, I think this will be an issue that is very important

because most MPs will not want to have heavy security. Or the need to

have security, you don't get American senators having surgeries

about noisy neighbours. Know but congressmen and senators travel on

public transport and walk around on the street. But British politics has

a unique accessibility, but a lot of female MPs in particular, friends of

mine, get death threats, rape threats, threats of extreme sexual

violence on a daily basis. 12 of the daily papers reporting on female

politicians stop you even today, I was looking at Jess Phillips's

timeline, she's still getting the most horrific abuse. A lot of staff

who run them, the constituencies, our young women. There is no

security. There is an issue about how do you carry on and have that

unique accessibility and openness, but how do you also look after the

MPs and the staff also doing an important job? And you think that

debate. Quite soon? I think it has already started. As you say, the

front page of the Telegraph is talking tomorrow, about how female

MPs warned that there could be a fatal incident if security was not

improved. The correspondence between Theresa Mahan some senior police

chiefs, you don't want to throw the Democratic baby out with the bath

water. You don't want one incident, horrific and tragic as it is, to

completely change the very good way in which we do politics, which is

that you can go and see your MP about your noisy neighbour, all your

Visa. That is what Stephen Timms said, he got varies seriously

stabbed in his constituency by a woman a number of years ago -- very

seriously. He still carries on the surgeries. He has been out today

saying that he thinks it is very important that that culture

continues. There seems to be a wave of change within the public as well,

if you are across social media today, there was a hashtag trending

highly. Not everyone was thinking the MP. But mainly, it was people

saying, my local MPs in a fantastic job. You can tell, that those MPs

were quite touched by some of the messages that they were getting.

Particularly in this dark day after the death of Jo Cox. That is

absolutely right, lots of MPs especially post-expenses, most of

the MPs were badly caught up, they resigned all day went to prison but

they have tended to be away from Parliament. There is a whole new

generation of MPs who came in from 2015, and they I think a lot of them

had been quite humbled by this #ThankYourMP, they say they have

come into politics where they did not expect anyone to say thank you.

Nobody wants a sanitised culture where the media just praises MPs, we

want our MPs to be held to account in a rigorous way, in the way that

the British press do. But there is something about if you constantly

just denigrate MPs day in and day out, you do drip poison into the

overall thing about where public opinion is. We want to end the

programme showing the front cover of the times, the reason for this, is

that they have made the call on the position on the EU referendum, which

is not long away? The referendum campaign has restarted, tomorrow

morning, the Times leader coming out forum Main, it is a four page

editorial, we read it so you don't have to do. It is very much a hold

your nose in Dorset of remains from the times. So the league campaign

have made a great case. -- the Leave campaign. They say David Cameron

needs to go back yet again, after the shuttle diplomacy that he did

earlier in the year, to EU leaders to say that this is a common market.

That is where they start from. That in 1975 we voted to remain in the

common market, a capitalist project and it should be according to The

Times again, and the French, specifically should not be allowed

to stand in the way of free-market reforms, so they are really saying

that David Cameron should go out and be a Tory in Europe, assuming that

the vote goes remain on Thursday. You would know more than anything,

what do you think we will see happen in politicians in the next few days

as we head closer? I think campaigning will resume in all

honesty Sunday into Monday definitely. I think that the remain

campaign will stick on the message in the economy, I think this

development of the time is coming out his incredibly helpful, Remain

site and I think Leave will have two things very carefully about how they

pitch their message. It will be very tight and both sides will be

focusing heavily on the turnout, because that will make a huge swing

of difference, and I think they will be targeting young people. A lot of

young people are saying that they will not even vote. A lot of people

say that the older vote will come out but it is who can motivate the

younger people, I think you will only get to the younger people with

a more positive message of hope. Thank you very much for that, thanks

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