:00:15. > :00:17.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
:00:18. > :00:20.With me are Tony Evans, sports columnist for
:00:21. > :00:22.the London Evening Standard, and Caroline Wheeler, political
:00:23. > :00:31.Welcome! We have a lot to get through. You will earn your keep
:00:32. > :00:35.tonight! The Sunday Telegraph leads
:00:36. > :00:37.on disquiet among military chiefs at a secret criminal investigation
:00:38. > :00:40.into British troops accused of mistreating two Iraqis,
:00:41. > :00:42.themselves believed to be responsible for murdering two
:00:43. > :00:44.British soldiers 13 years ago. The Sunday Times publishes
:00:45. > :00:46.a hitherto unseen article written by Boris Johnson on why the UK
:00:47. > :00:49.should remain in the EU. The paper says it was written
:00:50. > :00:51.two days before the now Foreign Secretary came out
:00:52. > :00:53.in favour of Brexit. The Observer splashes on criticism
:00:54. > :00:56.of the Prime Minister's so-called obsession with grammars
:00:57. > :01:00.by the head Ofsted. The Express warns that thousands
:01:01. > :01:03.of chemists will close if spending cuts due to be announced this
:01:04. > :01:06.week go ahead. The Mail on Sunday gives its front
:01:07. > :01:09.page over to the SAS soldier who's facing murder charges
:01:10. > :01:11.after admitting shooting dead two or three fatally
:01:12. > :01:25.wounded Iraqis in combat. A very mixed bag of stories. Let's
:01:26. > :01:31.start with The Sunday Times. Boris Johnson - my case the Britain to
:01:32. > :01:40.stay in Europe. When did he write this, Caroline? How has it come to
:01:41. > :01:44.light? This was after the shock that he was going to campaign for Brexit,
:01:45. > :01:49.and we've known about the existence of this art -- of this article for
:01:50. > :01:57.some time but it is the first time we've seen the detail and the entire
:01:58. > :02:05.article is on page eight. It is contained in a new book All-out War,
:02:06. > :02:14.and we've heard many of his books. In this article Boris Johnson
:02:15. > :02:18.predicts that Brexit could lead to an economic shock, Scottish
:02:19. > :02:22.independence and Russian aggression, which, funnily enough, are all
:02:23. > :02:27.things we've seen happen, but one of the very interesting things we've
:02:28. > :02:34.seen happen in this story is that he he's always been seen something of a
:02:35. > :02:38.Remainder anyway, but this seeks to dispel that by suggesting this
:02:39. > :02:42.article published today was just dashed off and he wasn't very
:02:43. > :02:47.convinced by the arguments he wrote in the article, and that's what
:02:48. > :02:57.convinced him he would back Brexit. He was using the piece to clarify
:02:58. > :03:04.his mind. Don't we all do that! You know what your own minders. It's
:03:05. > :03:08.been very gentle with Boris, this piece. It is saying he looked at the
:03:09. > :03:14.arguments and saw they were less strong than the ones to leave. The
:03:15. > :03:21.answer is, he's written them both, so which way the wind has blown and
:03:22. > :03:29.jumped for the one that suits them. School standards will be hit for
:03:30. > :03:36.most and The Observer said we should be focusing on the skills we need
:03:37. > :03:42.post Brexit. Most people are against grammars and cannot understand the
:03:43. > :03:46.obsession Theresa May has with them but on the other hand you have the
:03:47. > :03:52.Tory Party saying they are going to concentrate on schools to take
:03:53. > :03:55.Britain forward. I think this is another model where they haven't
:03:56. > :04:00.thought it through properly. The Conservatives would say, it is not
:04:01. > :04:07.grammar schools and nothing else. There will be a variety? Yes, I was
:04:08. > :04:10.into being Justine Greening ten days ago and is very question was raised.
:04:11. > :04:14.What about those children who aren't going to get into a grammar school?
:04:15. > :04:19.She was very clear that she did want to have a major focus on vocational
:04:20. > :04:24.education, clearly with the idea in mind that we need to build up our
:04:25. > :04:28.home-grown skills post Brexit, and she was very clear about that, but
:04:29. > :04:34.also being clear about the idea that they need to focus on working-class
:04:35. > :04:40.boys and the 11-year-olds, which is where it all starts, and making sure
:04:41. > :04:46.education at primary level is right as well. Let's look at your front
:04:47. > :04:52.page, Caroline. Prescription disaster. The end of the late-night
:04:53. > :04:58.chemists. Why? Well, the government is looking to cut pharmacies, which
:04:59. > :05:02.could mean 3000 chemists closing. We are expecting an announcement early
:05:03. > :05:07.next week and there's been a furious backlash against it, the suggestion
:05:08. > :05:10.being that those extra services pharmacies provide, the extended
:05:11. > :05:14.hours, the delivering of prescriptions to your home, will be
:05:15. > :05:19.truncated because they won't be able to do it. And even today there has
:05:20. > :05:24.been a petition launched and in one day it has attracted almost 70,000
:05:25. > :05:29.signatures in just a few days of imposing these cuts. It's an insult
:05:30. > :05:33.on the health service at every level. They are making cuts wherever
:05:34. > :05:39.they can and I suspect it is more ideological than what is good for
:05:40. > :05:46.people. But if something has to go, would people rather travel a bit to
:05:47. > :05:52.their pharmacy than -- and keep their A open? It is the level of
:05:53. > :05:57.cuts. It is not even peanuts, it is the sort of the Peanuts! It is
:05:58. > :06:04.nothing. There is enough money in this country to keep the health
:06:05. > :06:09.service in a good condition and it is ideological. The Sunday
:06:10. > :06:15.Telegraph. A couple of stories about troops facing charges. This is an
:06:16. > :06:21.investigation which seems to have gone on in secret, it says. A
:06:22. > :06:26.criminal investigation into the treatment of Iraqi men at the hands
:06:27. > :06:33.of British troops. Those men were taken in and detained because they
:06:34. > :06:39.had been involved in the deaths of two British soldiers. Yes. Because
:06:40. > :06:42.we suspect these Iraqis of being involved in the deaths of British
:06:43. > :06:47.soldiers, you can treat them anywhere you like. That's the
:06:48. > :06:52.implication. If you get them, prosecute them, find a way of
:06:53. > :06:56.dealing with them. They need to be investigated if found guilty of
:06:57. > :07:01.maltreatment. We need to have certain standards in the British
:07:02. > :07:08.Army and you can't just say, our poor troops, let them do it. But the
:07:09. > :07:13.scandal is the timescale. I agree with you there. We certainly can't
:07:14. > :07:17.say that we won't investigate any allegations from our troops just
:07:18. > :07:21.because they've been there doing the duty of their country but what I
:07:22. > :07:24.think is scandalous in this is the timescale. We're talking about 13
:07:25. > :07:28.years that this has been going on. But also the other scandal is the
:07:29. > :07:33.amount of money lawyers have been earning in the meantime, progressing
:07:34. > :07:37.with lots and lots of cases such as this, and as we say, the Sunday
:07:38. > :07:42.Telegraph is the only paper to have a story of this nature, which shows
:07:43. > :07:46.there is such a large number of these cases. But can you have a
:07:47. > :07:54.statute of limitations on something as serious as maltreatment? Well, it
:07:55. > :07:58.should have been done more quickly. Caroline has just referred to this
:07:59. > :08:04.disturbance story. Despicable betrayal of an SAS hero, it says.
:08:05. > :08:07.Facing murder charges after an investigation by the MoD into a
:08:08. > :08:14.mercy killing of we don't know how many soldiers. Iraqi soldiers. So
:08:15. > :08:23.killing people on the battlefield is a mercy killing? It says they were
:08:24. > :08:27.actually severely, mortally wounded. Was he a doctor? Why would you do
:08:28. > :08:33.that? How did he make the decision? This is a very dangerous precedent.
:08:34. > :08:40.It is not an SAS soldier, it is somebody who has Matt Baker -- made
:08:41. > :08:46.bad choices. But it is the pressure of war and how it can affect your
:08:47. > :08:50.thinking. Surely that has to be taken into consideration? I agree
:08:51. > :08:55.what you have said to an extent. The idea of a mercy killing at any level
:08:56. > :08:58.is disturbing. But I take on board what you are saying. Again, we're
:08:59. > :09:04.talking about 13 years for an investigation to be carried out.
:09:05. > :09:10.This chap has been under investigation for 13 years. That's
:09:11. > :09:16.where the shock lies. You can't have it both ways. Let's move on and look
:09:17. > :09:21.at the Sunday Telegraph again. Corbynite accused of creating a safe
:09:22. > :09:28.space for anti-Semites. -- Jeremy Corbyn accused of. This hasn't been
:09:29. > :09:35.dealt with yet in the Labour Party. Do you need me to show you? Do not
:09:36. > :09:45.have it? I'm so sorry. This has been rumbling on for a long time. They
:09:46. > :09:52.had an inquiry led by Dame Chakravarty, who sits in the House
:09:53. > :09:55.of Lords. This is the Home Affairs Select Committee, which is a very
:09:56. > :10:00.prestigious Home Affairs Select Committee within the House of
:10:01. > :10:04.Commons. Three MPs sit on it but one of them was dismissed temporarily
:10:05. > :10:09.because she herself was investigated for some claims around anti-Semitism
:10:10. > :10:13.herself. This report is basically accusing the Labour Party of being
:10:14. > :10:18.institutionally anti-Semitic, which is a very, very serious allegation,
:10:19. > :10:22.and I suppose the reason it is so disturbing is that it goes so much
:10:23. > :10:29.further than the report which was branded by many as somewhat of a
:10:30. > :10:36.whitewash. And what has Jeremy Corbyn said in response? He claims
:10:37. > :10:41.it is politicising anti-Semitism and just anti-Labour. Not much of a
:10:42. > :10:49.response, really. But I would probably go as far as to say the
:10:50. > :10:51.Labour Party is institution -- I wouldn't say there are
:10:52. > :10:55.institutionally anti-Semitic but it is something I certainly have
:10:56. > :11:01.concerns about. And other papers saying it is a lack of leadership?
:11:02. > :11:07.Yes, a lack of consistent late -- leadership. He was very strong one
:11:08. > :11:10.anti-Semitism at the Labour Party Conference but previous messages
:11:11. > :11:14.we've seen coming from him haven't been so strident. I understand he
:11:15. > :11:22.was invited to go to Israel to actually see for himself that the
:11:23. > :11:33.homeland of the Jewish population, and he's turned down the request.
:11:34. > :11:35.You can be anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian and not
:11:36. > :11:41.anti-Semitic. But it is about the policies of a government than a
:11:42. > :11:48.nation? Absolutely. They need to make a strong stand on this. We meet
:11:49. > :11:55.the female Republicans standing by their man! Donald Trump went at
:11:56. > :12:00.another of his campaign rallies. What is the appeal? I can't see it
:12:01. > :12:04.at all! I genuinely can't see it! This is a man who has said some
:12:05. > :12:09.fairly shocking things about women and almost suggested his stardom may
:12:10. > :12:12.deter OK for him to feel these women up, and now there's been a string of
:12:13. > :12:19.people coming forward to say that's what he's done and they weren't keen
:12:20. > :12:23.on him doing it. -- stardom made it OK. Conversely to that, we have
:12:24. > :12:27.Hillary Clinton, who could be the first female president of the United
:12:28. > :12:33.States, who doesn't have the support of the sisterhood at all. It is a
:12:34. > :12:36.very perverse state of affairs. In the United States, they've had
:12:37. > :12:40.nothing like the Jimmy Savile situation. What Donald Trump was
:12:41. > :12:45.talking about was not just locker room banter or hitting on women. He
:12:46. > :12:49.said it himself - using his stardom because you can get away with it.
:12:50. > :12:54.And that is far more insidious. The problem is, there's a section of
:12:55. > :12:58.American society where he can do anything and they will vote for him,
:12:59. > :13:04.so disaffected bay buy the political situation. He could get away with
:13:05. > :13:15.wink murder. -- disaffected they are by the political situation. This is
:13:16. > :13:19.The Observer saying Scotland is open for business, as Nicola Sturgeon has
:13:20. > :13:25.said they want to remain a trading partner for the EU, but how does
:13:26. > :13:32.that happen? One of the irony of -- one of the ironies of Brexit is that
:13:33. > :13:41.they might break up the union. Scotland voted against leaving the
:13:42. > :13:44.European Union. There might be material grounds for another
:13:45. > :13:49.referendum for Scotland's independence. Except it won't do
:13:50. > :13:52.much good for her given France and Germany have already said Scotland
:13:53. > :13:56.is part of the UK and we are only going to do business with the UK,
:13:57. > :14:01.and the fact that Donald Tusk has said he won't meet her to discuss
:14:02. > :14:05.their application to join. Even as an independent country. It is not
:14:06. > :14:09.much different from what she's been saying at every single opportunity
:14:10. > :14:14.she's been given. We get the message, Nicola. We understood loud
:14:15. > :14:17.and clear! I expect they are in the horse trading that goes on. People
:14:18. > :14:22.will take different positions repeatedly over the next year or so.
:14:23. > :14:24.What people say to us is not necessarily what is being discussed
:14:25. > :14:27.behind closed doors! You'll both be back at 11.30pm
:14:28. > :14:33.for another look at the stories