06/09/2016

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:00:00. > :00:20.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

:00:21. > :00:22.With me are Tony Grew, Parliamentary Journalist

:00:23. > :00:23.and Caroline Frost, Entertainment Editor

:00:24. > :00:30.Tomorrow's front pages, starting with...

:00:31. > :00:32.The Telegraph dedicates its front page to radical islamist

:00:33. > :00:35.Anjem Choudary, and reports that a Judge has questioned why

:00:36. > :00:39.The Guardian leads with retail chain Sports Direct's decision

:00:40. > :00:44.to change its employment practices, which have been heavily criticised.

:00:45. > :00:46.The Metro's focus is on Keith Vaz, the MP who has

:00:47. > :00:49.resigned his chairmanship of the Home Affairs Select Committee

:00:50. > :00:53.as a result of revelations about his personal life.

:00:54. > :00:55.The Mirror goes with the same story, questioning whether Mr Vaz

:00:56. > :01:01.At the top of the Financial Times is the news that Downing Street has

:01:02. > :01:03.denied the suggestion made by Brexit Minister David Davis that

:01:04. > :01:07.leaving the EU will probably mean leaving the single market.

:01:08. > :01:09.And the Express is reporting that Migrants at the so-called Jungle

:01:10. > :01:12.camp in Calais are planning to come to the UK when the camp

:01:13. > :01:26.That is getting everyone up-to-date. Let's begin with Anjem Choudary and

:01:27. > :01:33.this striking, smiling photograph on the front of the Telegraph.

:01:34. > :01:40.Sentenced to five and a half years in jail. The crux of it is that he

:01:41. > :01:50.bit the hand that fed. Yes, the judge that sentenced him said is it

:01:51. > :02:01.not enough that he was funded by the liberal western tomorrow because --

:02:02. > :02:08.democracy he despises? People who are on benefits have had to go

:02:09. > :02:14.through hoops, but he continued to claim, although he was fit for work.

:02:15. > :02:22.Iain Duncan Smith, the former works and pensions secretary said he got

:02:23. > :02:30.his officials to look into this, but the problem is they are not guilty

:02:31. > :02:33.until they are found guilty. Caroline, is it a shocking

:02:34. > :02:40.indictment of the system? It is one of these classic things where the

:02:41. > :02:43.values that this country is proud of, free speech and the welfare

:02:44. > :02:48.state, looking after people who need us to look after them, and both

:02:49. > :02:53.these things are being savagely tested in the most emotive way by

:02:54. > :02:59.someone who claims to despise these values basically claiming

:03:00. > :03:10.everything. I enjoyed that the judge put it on the culprit, saying it was

:03:11. > :03:16.questionable. We sit here shaking fists and think, why are we doing

:03:17. > :03:23.this? It is a tough one. Values are all well until someone comes along

:03:24. > :03:26.and tests them. We had someone from the Quilliam Foundation saying they

:03:27. > :03:38.were surprised it was only five and half years. Although the political

:03:39. > :03:45.reaction? Yes. It's the prize that people have been tried to get for a

:03:46. > :03:49.long time. I'm not sure how much she will serve out of the five and a

:03:50. > :03:55.half years, but importantly, we say it is a disgrace he was paid half ?1

:03:56. > :03:58.million in benefits, but he has five children and taking away his

:03:59. > :04:12.benefits will punish those children as well. It is is not -- it is not

:04:13. > :04:17.as clear cut as it looks. I'm a very vengeful person, but there needs to

:04:18. > :04:22.be balanced and understanding. I am shocked by the story, but he has got

:04:23. > :04:26.five kids. We can't polarise an isolate people more and more into a

:04:27. > :04:31.point where they do become radicalised. Let's move to the daily

:04:32. > :04:37.Mirror and the man who is dominating the headlines today and arguably

:04:38. > :04:50.since Sunday. Keith Vaz. Do you feel sympathy? Do you buy the apology?

:04:51. > :04:54.The Daily Mirror doesn't. I work with journalists, some younger than

:04:55. > :05:02.myself and I grew up in the days of the Tory, back to basics, family

:05:03. > :05:07.values, etc, and the property is a great problem. Some of my younger

:05:08. > :05:11.colleagues on that shocked. They're not sure why he should go. The

:05:12. > :05:16.comments are, has he done anything illegal? It should be done to his

:05:17. > :05:22.constituents. I come from a generation that wonders about

:05:23. > :05:28.credibility, so I am torn. Is it a scandal? It is a scandal in the

:05:29. > :05:33.sense it is on the front of the Daily Mirror. With Keith Vaz, even

:05:34. > :05:38.today he thought he could hold on. It then became apparent that he

:05:39. > :05:44.could not continue as the chair of the home Affairs Committee. He

:05:45. > :05:50.hasn't resigned from the other committee he sits on both. He is

:05:51. > :05:55.eyes will be on whether he can rebuild his reputation. He is a real

:05:56. > :05:58.marmite figure at Westminster. Those who don't like him will take the

:05:59. > :06:06.opportunity to tell him he has to go. If he was the chair of energy

:06:07. > :06:12.and climate change, I do think he would go, but because the committee

:06:13. > :06:16.oversees vice and drugs and has produced a report on prostitution,

:06:17. > :06:28.it did not smile right and crucially it was going to cause problems for

:06:29. > :06:33.the committee. It was felt it was untenable because there was no

:06:34. > :06:37.obvious time this will stop. If you were according to one of these

:06:38. > :06:40.committee sessions and you have all of these outstanding members of

:06:41. > :06:46.Parliament talking to you and if you felt it was not going your way, the

:06:47. > :06:51.temptation to tip the wink to Keith Vaz would be overwhelming. But then

:06:52. > :06:55.we get into the arena of should everyone declare all their interests

:06:56. > :07:03.or the time? I'm not happy with the wave this story has been handled. I

:07:04. > :07:08.think there is a prurience, a Victorian moralising. We are all

:07:09. > :07:12.guilty of that. Is there not a vicarious way we approach

:07:13. > :07:17.newspapers? Someone has got caught with their trousers down or whatever

:07:18. > :07:23.it may be, there but for the grace of God could go anyone. Our

:07:24. > :07:29.relative, Coley, ourselves. We don't know. There are only 650 MPs, and

:07:30. > :07:34.there is always someone who has got themselves into a terrible scrapes

:07:35. > :07:38.and it is Keith Vaz's turn. Talking of scrapes, let us move on to the

:07:39. > :07:42.Financial Times. We have a photograph on the front which is a

:07:43. > :07:46.wonderful picture. It is all smiles there, but these are the three men

:07:47. > :07:56.having to share a country house together at weekends and by all

:07:57. > :07:58.accounts they don't necessarily have identical views on what Brexit

:07:59. > :08:03.should mean, but they all play a part. Doctor Fox, David Davis, Boris

:08:04. > :08:17.Johnson. What does the storyteller 's? It tells us a couple of things.

:08:18. > :08:22.It tells us Davis Davis -- David Davis does not have much detail,

:08:23. > :08:27.although he did say yesterday its probable that the UK would be part

:08:28. > :08:33.of the single market. That is a fundamental decision for him to

:08:34. > :08:37.take. We have had the farcical situation today where a minister

:08:38. > :08:48.standing at the dispatch box has not been directly contradicted by the

:08:49. > :08:51.Prime Minister's smokes man -- smokes man -- spokesman. It is

:08:52. > :09:10.shambolic. It is a serious problem. When you

:09:11. > :09:16.are at the dispatch box, you are speaking for the government. We can

:09:17. > :09:20.put this down to inexperience in David Davis's case. It does point to

:09:21. > :09:24.a bigger problem. The government does not seem to know what the plan

:09:25. > :09:31.is. It has been months and we don't have a clear route for the Brexit

:09:32. > :09:37.negotiation. Caroline, you are an entertainment editor. David Davis

:09:38. > :09:43.putting his foot in it. Are you missing the old Boris Johnson? He is

:09:44. > :09:47.very well behaved. It is you say, entertainment is my currency and

:09:48. > :09:51.this is the kind of picture that gives nonpolitical journalists a

:09:52. > :09:56.good time. I think it's the first time they have been photograph like

:09:57. > :10:01.this. We know they shared this house, although we don't know what

:10:02. > :10:14.the time-share arrangements are. They are the three magic suitors to

:10:15. > :10:18.the Princess, which is Theresa May. They are like the three Bears with

:10:19. > :10:23.the porridge. Someone will come out on top, but I can imagine that the

:10:24. > :10:33.machinations between the advisers will be interesting. There

:10:34. > :10:37.definitely will be turf wars. The Guardian has a photo of the Pearson,

:10:38. > :10:39.who is going to be the flag bearer for the Paralympics opening

:10:40. > :10:53.ceremony. There's also a story on Sports

:10:54. > :11:00.Direct. They have had bad press over the last 12 months and Mike Ashley

:11:01. > :11:09.has jumped the gun. He has the criticism at the board meeting and

:11:10. > :11:24.says they have felled regarding zero hour contracts. It is a clever bit

:11:25. > :11:30.of PR. I think it is desperation. He has realised that media pressure and

:11:31. > :11:36.therefore consumer pressure can lead to pressure from the board because

:11:37. > :11:45.Sports Direct's brand has been trashed in the eyes of consumers.

:11:46. > :11:57.This is the least he can do to stop rebuilding the brands. The

:11:58. > :12:01.impression given is people are still buying from Sports Direct. Whatever

:12:02. > :12:07.the bad headlines, they are still buying the product. But their

:12:08. > :12:12.reputation in the wider context is bad. People are still shopping

:12:13. > :12:19.there, but they are aware the people serving them are on zero hour

:12:20. > :12:24.contracts. Finally, the Times. We were asking if they all agree about

:12:25. > :12:32.Brexit. The Times asking if they all agree about grammar schools. This is

:12:33. > :12:37.one of Theresa May's standing in the doorway at ten Downing St saying she

:12:38. > :12:42.will make things better. She appreciates that education is

:12:43. > :12:48.important. These plans are gestation and everyone is jumping on them

:12:49. > :13:04.because... You think they would have learned by now.

:13:05. > :13:13.She has been careful in her first interview when talking about it. She

:13:14. > :13:18.said they would consider all things. There is talk that grammar schools

:13:19. > :13:27.may be on the way back. This is an interesting thing in politics

:13:28. > :13:34.because it ideological. People oppose academic selection at 11 on

:13:35. > :13:39.the basis that it is just their beliefs, not because of evidence.

:13:40. > :13:47.Grammar schools are popular. You went to one? I did. Disclaimer. It

:13:48. > :13:55.was a Catholic one, but I did grow up in Northern Ireland. It is an

:13:56. > :14:00.interesting ideological split. The document that was leaked said they

:14:01. > :14:07.might not get it through the House of Lords. Interesting times ahead.

:14:08. > :14:16.Tony and Caroline, a real pleasure. That is it. Don't forget, all the

:14:17. > :14:22.front pages are on our website. You can see us there as well with each

:14:23. > :14:26.night's edition being posted on the page shortly after we have finished.

:14:27. > :14:29.Thank you to Tony and Caroline. I will be back at the top of the hour.

:14:30. > :14:34.For now, goodbye.