:00:00. > :00:00.fights. That is all the sport. In the cricket, India are 174-5 and on
:00:00. > :00:29.BBC News Gavin Esler has The Papers. Welcome to our view of the Sunday
:00:30. > :00:31.papers. With me I Josie Delap, home affairs correspondent for The
:00:32. > :00:37.Economist, and Dave Wooding, political editor for The Sun on
:00:38. > :00:39.Sunday. The Dell Castro is on front page of the Sunday Times, saying he
:00:40. > :00:44.was the scourge of the west. Fidel Castro is also on the front
:00:45. > :00:47.page of The Observer saying The Sunday Mirror has an interview
:00:48. > :00:51.with another alleged abuse victim of the former football
:00:52. > :00:53.coach Barry Bennell. The Mail On Sunday claims police
:00:54. > :00:56.were warned by their own expert that allegations of child abuse
:00:57. > :00:58.against the former Prime Minister Ted Heath shouldn't
:00:59. > :01:00.be taken seriously. Theresa May will announce
:01:01. > :01:03.a crackdown on executive pay this week, an approach previously
:01:04. > :01:08.advocated by Ed Miliband. And The Sun On Sunday says
:01:09. > :01:10.Princess Beatrice cut Ed Sheeran's face with a sword while
:01:11. > :01:12.attempting to knight And The Sun On Sunday says
:01:13. > :01:20.Princess Beatrice cut Ed Sheeran's That is a cracking headline. I'm
:01:21. > :01:28.sorry. I must take that more seriously! We will get to that in
:01:29. > :01:32.the end. Let's begin with Castro, or Fidel, depending on how you view
:01:33. > :01:36.him. There are a different takes on all of the newspapers. Grief and
:01:37. > :01:39.some celebration in the Observer, but they have pieces talking about
:01:40. > :01:44.the revolutionary leader. And the Sunday Times says he is the scourge
:01:45. > :01:49.of the west and has pieces saying he is a monster, which pretty much sums
:01:50. > :01:53.it up. Absolutely. The coverage reflects the contrast in statements
:01:54. > :01:57.we have had from different leaders. Jeremy Corbyn, Donald Trump, Barack
:01:58. > :02:02.Obama, responding to this figure, depending however you judge him, he
:02:03. > :02:05.was a giant of the 20th century. You can't deny the fact that he was a
:02:06. > :02:12.leader that everyone will remember. Whether you see him as a scourge,
:02:13. > :02:15.revolutionary, a monster as some people describe him, that will vary
:02:16. > :02:18.enormously. Some of the left have come out today saying he did a lot
:02:19. > :02:23.to improve health care and education, but don't forget he took
:02:24. > :02:28.the world to the brink of World War when he invited Khruschev, the then
:02:29. > :02:35.Soviet leader, to make a pre-emptive strike on the USA. When he took over
:02:36. > :02:42.in 1959, there were about 500 to 600 executions. Thousands of people fled
:02:43. > :02:46.Cuba. In the 1980s, around 1984 or 1985, there were all these Cubans
:02:47. > :02:49.who had fled to Florida, and it was something like we have seen
:02:50. > :02:55.recently, the migration crisis from North Africa to Europe. I was really
:02:56. > :02:58.struck by the coverage and the tone yesterday. I spoke to a lot of
:02:59. > :03:03.people about him as well and broadly on the left, there is the
:03:04. > :03:08.idealisation of this romantic hero, very good-looking guy, all very sexy
:03:09. > :03:20.and so on. Very much downplaying the very serious abuses that took place
:03:21. > :03:22.in Cuba. And on the right, you have the idea that he is a complete
:03:23. > :03:25.monster, from people and organisations who tended to support
:03:26. > :03:35.Bina J in Chile, and in Nicaragua, and Bautista in Cuba himself. --
:03:36. > :03:43.Pinochet will. I think most people will see it less black and white.
:03:44. > :03:47.Absolutely. He bought Cuba its liberation but at the cost of its
:03:48. > :03:53.liberty. He did provide health care and education in a way that we
:03:54. > :03:57.hadn't seen. Much better than other places in Latin America and the
:03:58. > :04:05.United States, you might say. But poverty. Yes, a controlled economy
:04:06. > :04:09.that didn't work for the people of Cuba, and phenomenal human rights
:04:10. > :04:12.abuses. To paint him as a hero or a villain, that doesn't really capture
:04:13. > :04:18.the kind of person and leader that he was. We can agree that he was a
:04:19. > :04:23.massive figure. This is a tiny island, quite unobscured place in
:04:24. > :04:27.the past. He put it on the map. Maybe not for the best reasons. I
:04:28. > :04:31.think what you say about the tribal politics element of this, people on
:04:32. > :04:36.the right hero worship, turning a blind eye to the bad things they do,
:04:37. > :04:40.and the same happens with people on the left. What I found interesting
:04:41. > :04:48.here with the assassination attempts. 638! And the CIA came up
:04:49. > :04:54.with some fantastic ruses, exploding cigars. Poisoned milkshakes! They
:04:55. > :04:58.were going to poison his diving gear, hoping his beard would fall
:04:59. > :05:02.out. They made an oyster shell for the bottom of the sea when he went
:05:03. > :05:07.scuba-diving with some toxins in to kill him and failed every time.
:05:08. > :05:10.There is a great quote in the Observer, looking at the
:05:11. > :05:16.disproportionate effect he had. A US diplomat a few years ago. Cuba seems
:05:17. > :05:20.to have the same effect on American administrations that a full moon has
:05:21. > :05:26.on a werewolf. That extraordinary level of frustration and I think
:05:27. > :05:30.anger and embarrassment for America, of having so close this resolutely
:05:31. > :05:35.Communist, Revolutionary regime, which did not respond to the
:05:36. > :05:40.sanctions that America imposed on it for decades, and he just held in
:05:41. > :05:43.there. That is a good point. When Obama changed things, and he clearly
:05:44. > :05:46.did, he pointed out that we have been doing the same thing for 50
:05:47. > :05:50.years and it hasn't worked, which is a statement of the blindingly
:05:51. > :05:56.obvious. And the question now is what Donald Trump will do when he
:05:57. > :05:59.takes office in January. He was very critical of President Obama
:06:00. > :06:09.'soverjoyed to Cuba and his relaxing of the restrictions on Cuba. --
:06:10. > :06:14.overtures. But without the figure of Castro, he will feel a bit more open
:06:15. > :06:19.to that relationship. And he won Florida. A remarkable coincidence
:06:20. > :06:24.given the Cuban-Americans who hate Castro. Let's move on because there
:06:25. > :06:30.are some interesting domestic stories. The Telegraph. Theresa May
:06:31. > :06:34.carries on Labour's business pay crackdown. This goes to the heart of
:06:35. > :06:36.another big theme in politics. Theresa May in business and how well
:06:37. > :06:41.she is getting on with other business leaders. This reminds me of
:06:42. > :06:46.something Ed Miliband was talking about in the last election only a
:06:47. > :06:53.year ago, putting curbs on fat cat pay, as we like to call it in the
:06:54. > :06:56.red top media. This has been reawakened by the scandal involving
:06:57. > :07:02.Sir Philip Green and the closure of BHS and the pensions crisis there.
:07:03. > :07:06.What Theresa May is saying actually is that she wants to put workers
:07:07. > :07:11.almost in control, giving them a say in the pay packages of senior
:07:12. > :07:16.executives. And much more transparency about what goes on. I
:07:17. > :07:21.wonder whether some die-hard Conservatives in the party will see
:07:22. > :07:25.this as stifling aspiration that is anti-business, which is what the
:07:26. > :07:28.Conservative Party wants it to be, and on the other hand it is really
:07:29. > :07:32.addressing a problem which Mrs May wants to do, building a Britain that
:07:33. > :07:39.works for everyone. We keep hearing that phrase. Is she using socialism?
:07:40. > :07:42.I think this probably is socialism. The Germans do something very
:07:43. > :07:47.similar and that is across the board, including very right wing
:07:48. > :07:51.parties like Angela Merkel. It brings a degree of harmony, people
:07:52. > :07:55.say, to boardrooms, if you have that. Ride. I think the real problem
:07:56. > :08:00.with this kind of policy is that one of the questions will be the extent
:08:01. > :08:04.to which it has an impact on working people and their salaries and the
:08:05. > :08:10.extent to which this is more about her showing himself to be on the
:08:11. > :08:14.side of the JAMs, the people she was talking about in the run up to the
:08:15. > :08:17.Autumn Statement. Her relationship with big business is convicted at
:08:18. > :08:21.the moment because they have different positions on Brexit and
:08:22. > :08:25.what kind Brexit Britain should pursue, and big businesses are not
:08:26. > :08:31.keen on the hard Brexit they are leaning towards. But at the heart of
:08:32. > :08:35.this, I forget the most recent figures, but basically if you look
:08:36. > :08:40.at average pay and what the CEO earned in the 60s it was a multiple
:08:41. > :08:42.of 30 or 40 and now it is several hundred times, and people are asking
:08:43. > :08:50.whether TV executives are any better now than 30 years ago. Better paid!
:08:51. > :08:55.-- chief executives. Absolutely and this is a poisonous idea that has
:08:56. > :09:01.started to emerge after the financial crisis, when people
:09:02. > :09:05.started to focus on pay. Forcing companies to publish the gap between
:09:06. > :09:08.executive pay and the average pay of ordinary workers, with more
:09:09. > :09:13.transparency. I think a lot of it is awareness. They get to the top, like
:09:14. > :09:17.politicians are out of touch, they earn huge salaries and they forget,
:09:18. > :09:23.they are unaware of what ordinary people think like and how it is seen
:09:24. > :09:31.by ordinary people. Work is having a little moment to intervene might
:09:32. > :09:35.make them think twice. -- workers having a moment. I liked this story
:09:36. > :09:39.in The Times, which isn't surprising, also about Mrs May. The
:09:40. > :09:44.Brexit challenge keeps her awake at night. Really! You would hope that
:09:45. > :09:48.it would! The extraordinary complexities of Britain leaving the
:09:49. > :09:53.EU, I am not surprised. I am surprised that she sleeps at all.
:09:54. > :10:00.Maybe she doesn't? Indeed. It would be one thing if the Conservatives in
:10:01. > :10:04.the government had unified approach about what they wanted from Brexit
:10:05. > :10:09.and how they want Britain to leave the EU. You idealist! Even then it
:10:10. > :10:12.would be an extraordinary conduct a difficult thing that would take
:10:13. > :10:16.years. But to be trying to do this when even she has not quite worked
:10:17. > :10:21.out exactly in what manner Britain should be leaving the EU is frankly
:10:22. > :10:24.an impossible task. This also plays into something that many people
:10:25. > :10:29.would think of as one of her strengths. She is known to be a hard
:10:30. > :10:33.worker. He is known to do the work, and you know better than I, not
:10:34. > :10:40.every politician actually does the work necessary. She spends a lot of
:10:41. > :10:45.time... She is a serious player. She doesn't spend much time briefing the
:10:46. > :10:49.media, giving interviews. She is probably a serious politician for
:10:50. > :10:54.serious times. What I quite like in this is the fluffy stuff. The
:10:55. > :11:01.leather trousers! That immediately got your attention. What is
:11:02. > :11:05.fascinating about Theresa May, and I have known her for 18 years and I
:11:06. > :11:08.have had many conversations with her, and you never feel like you
:11:09. > :11:14.have got to know her very well. She is a deeply private person. I did an
:11:15. > :11:16.interview with her in October, and this interview in the Sunday Times
:11:17. > :11:22.Magazine seems to scratch the surface a bit more, a bit more about
:11:23. > :11:26.her. Philip chooses all her clothes. He goes out and help her pick her
:11:27. > :11:32.clothes. There was a lovely vignette in there. Her first wedding selfie.
:11:33. > :11:35.She was near a wedding and somebody saw her and said, Prime Minister,
:11:36. > :11:39.will you join the wedding party for a few minutes? And she went and
:11:40. > :11:44.posed for video with the bride and groom and made a mini speech. Little
:11:45. > :11:49.bits of her personality are coming out and that will do her good
:11:50. > :11:53.because we don't really know her. That's true. Another thing this
:11:54. > :11:57.points to is another trait of hers which people talk about, which she
:11:58. > :12:01.is not terribly good at delegating. She likes to keep an eye on
:12:02. > :12:05.everything that is going on, and there is a sense of her being in
:12:06. > :12:09.control of everything. And when you are dealing with a task as mammoth
:12:10. > :12:14.as Brexit, that isn't possible. When you are dealing with a Cabinet when
:12:15. > :12:31.there are many opinions, delegating may not be best!
:12:32. > :12:35.I also like this story in The Times. Bosses told to bring back Christmas.
:12:36. > :12:38.In a week when we have been told that living standards have not gone
:12:39. > :12:40.up for a decade, we could do with some Christmas cheer. We are being
:12:41. > :12:42.told not to be killjoys about Christmas and don't worry about
:12:43. > :12:45.offending other faiths. Most people I know who are Muslim or Jewish,
:12:46. > :12:48.they are very happy to celebrate Christmas and they do it in a
:12:49. > :12:50.different way but that is fine. This story comes back every year. There
:12:51. > :12:52.is always somebody trying to stop you saying happy Christmas and to
:12:53. > :12:57.say seasons greetings, or something like that. We are told that
:12:58. > :13:00.Christmas is slipping away from its original meaning. And I think
:13:01. > :13:04.probably, as you say, most people are happy to go along with it. It
:13:05. > :13:10.has to be people who are not Christians who do this, make a big
:13:11. > :13:13.fuss about it. It seems to be very sensitive people of a Christian
:13:14. > :13:16.background who are worried about offending people. I think diversity
:13:17. > :13:19.is probably affecting some politically correct people too much
:13:20. > :13:23.and they think they should bend over backwards and not offend people. The
:13:24. > :13:27.truth is that people of other faiths are not offended. If I go to India,
:13:28. > :13:37.I will celebrate a Farley with everybody else and have a jolly good
:13:38. > :13:44.time. -- Diwali. I think people are secure enough in their own faiths
:13:45. > :13:49.and opinions. It is the first Sunday in advert, so we are off to a good
:13:50. > :13:58.start. Three cheers for Christmas! Now The Sun on Sunday. Great
:13:59. > :14:05.headline. Royal Ed banger. Beatrice cuts Ed Sheeran's face with a sword
:14:06. > :14:12.as she tries tonight James Blunt. Which one is the gaffe? It is a
:14:13. > :14:19.great story. Ed Sheeran has been on social media with this little gash,
:14:20. > :14:22.and they said he fell over drunk, but it was basically a mock
:14:23. > :14:30.knighthood ceremony verging on execution! Princess Beatrice, Prince
:14:31. > :14:36.Andrew's daughter, she was in the world large with Ed Sheeran and
:14:37. > :14:41.James Blunt, the other celebrity. -- in the royal lodge. And James Blunt
:14:42. > :14:47.said he would like to be so James Blunt, Ana Beatriz said she could
:14:48. > :14:51.sort out, grabbed the ceremonial sword, and tapped him on the
:14:52. > :14:57.shoulder, but it was so heavy and when she waved it behind her, she
:14:58. > :15:02.nicked Ed on the face and he needed six stitches. I bet the economist
:15:03. > :15:11.wishes it had that story! Whether it will still have legs on Friday, we
:15:12. > :15:15.will see! Ed Sheeran seems to be fairly content. Frankly, I think it
:15:16. > :15:23.will be a great story for him to dine out on for 30 years, scarred by
:15:24. > :15:28.a Princess. The royal mark of Zorro. And we have got to pay tribute to
:15:29. > :15:42.you for the headline on page 11. Can you catch it on camera? It is about
:15:43. > :15:46.Castro and you came up with our man in heavena. I convinced he has gone
:15:47. > :15:52.to heaven? We were talking about it. There are plumes of smoke but that
:15:53. > :15:59.could be from his cigar! Thank you to Dave Wooding and Josie Delap. You
:16:00. > :16:00.can see The Papers at 10:30pm and 11:30pm tonight on the BBC News
:16:01. > :16:14.Channel. Hello. An improving story through
:16:15. > :16:18.the day today. It started quite grey but good spells of sunshine
:16:19. > :16:19.developing for many areas. Sunny spells developing but we have