27/12/2016 The Papers

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers

With me are the parliamentary journalist Tony Grew

and the broadcaster and journalist, Sean Dilley.

Tomorrow's front pages, starting with:

Actress Carrie Fisher's death at the age of 60

is the main focus of the Independent.

The paper also claims to have seen plans to topple Unite union's chief

Carrie Fisher also makes headlines in the Mail -

as does new analysis from researchers

that 80% of the middle-aged population

The Express also features the new health figures,

reporting that diabetes among the middle-aged has doubled.

The Daily Telegraph claims that the Armed Forces face another

round of cuts, partly due to the fall in the pound.

It also notes transport disruption due to cold weather across the UK.

The Times reports that the government will reform charges

for electric car charging, to combat the steep costs that

The paper also carries an image of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia.

And finally, the Sun also pays tribute to Carrie Fisher,

and reports that George Michael will be buried in his

Carrie Fisher, whose picture is pretty much on every front pageant

not surprisingly. An iconic figure for many fans of the movies and

especially the Star Wars movies. She will be most remembered as Princess

Leia did not need a hero to rescue her. She was one of the first

Hollywood stars to speak openly about her struggles with addiction.

She spoke about her experience of going through rehab so for many

people she will be remembered as a feminist icon but also a mental

health figure. Very fond treatment of the death of someone who is much

loved across the world. Relatively young, like George Michael, who was

53, she was 60. I wonder whether when we hear these stories, yes,

they are iconic, it will be impactful too fans, the Star Wars

fans, to George Michael music fans. But the fact, 53, 60, I think people

find these less explicable than... You are talking about people who of

a horrible year for celebrities. What they had in common was that

creative but troubled souls, in a way? And the fact they spoke

publicly about that no doubt would have helped many people come to

terms with their own struggle. It is a bit of a cliche but at the time

when those two were doing it, it was something that was not done. Those

with things he did not talk about. Carrie Fisher, in particular, just

her spirit, her ability to come he knew to be a funny and controversial

and interesting person. The complete opposite of the bland movie star.

With George Michael as well. It was lovely to find out about the

altruistic acts that he was doing, charities, and money he gave away.

It is really interesting, you kind of learned something behind the

public face, behind the trouble and I suspect that will be the case with

Carrie Fisher as well. Personal stories that we may think, rather

guiltily that are not experience. The main front-page headline here, a

crackdown on rip-off charges for electric cars. One of the government

big push us is to get people to drive more low emission cars by

2020. But there is a disparity in terms of charging and the rules

about charging electric cars around the house. 90% are charged at home

but the problems people have is when they are further away from home,

some of these charges could reach 7.50 and find this fascinating, at

least 93 pricing accommodations are used in a different charge polls are

round the country. I loved the story because of their recognising

something stopped the target was to have 9% of low emission vehicles by

2020 now reports suggest that the way we are going it will be 7% and,

listen, statistics and figures aside, wouldn't it be brilliant as

well as getting capital cities with congestion charges, getting

incentive to get fuel free. A name for where you are worried about

whether the car is going to get from point now to point B it is called

range anxiety. Not enough charging point is one of the issues? It says

there are 11,000 public charging points in Britain... Which isn't

very many... There are actually significantly more than petrol

stations are relatively. It takes longer to charge a car... But those

charging point would not be surprised if they are concentrated

in the city. If you are in the countryside, you could find a sock

in difficulty. Frankly, my view is the government does not want to

invest in the infrastructure and spend money on it. They will have to

because with all sorts of insurance is, reducing emissions, we are going

to see those generous purchase fees. We are going to have to see that

because otherwise these diesel vehicles are going to carry on being

bought and government will have to Shell out money for not being as

green. The Telegraph have got the Armed Forces facing new cuts and

apparently because of the new pound? They have been under pressure right

from 2010 when the coalition government came into force.

Obviously several things have changed since then... Brexit. The

pound is much weaker and a lot of American equipment now costs a lot

more money. There are other pressures. The government came up

and said that we are funding the Armed Forces properly or the next

ten years. When you look behind the figures is what they have done is

taken out pension commitments, US peacekeeping costs and they have

dumped it elsewhere. It was creative counting by the government. The

Armed Forces would told they were getting more money but they were

hidden extras. And now the settlement given by the government

in the STS are, means that last year and this year they have not been

getting the money they were promised and they may be in financial

squeeze. Military costs money and they do not feel they are getting

the money. They are saying invest more and protect the nation. The

Telegraph have a story about potential peers, Dippel nominated

for a peerage -- people, should be given an interview to test their

suitability. Literally hundreds of people being nominated, be they do

know is, aides to senior politicians, almost a little piece

of living offers a reward. Remember cash for honours stop Theresa May's

ethics adviser... I think that is what they are being called... Is

saying we need to have a seat down, a jolly good chat, a cup of coffee

and work out whether they are suitable. Do you want the title or

would you be better off buying one of those titles of the Internet.

Wrinkly, if somebody is donating a lot of money to a political party

and in return they are receiving a peerage, I would suggest it is

tantamount to little more than bribery. What about the unions and

the Labour Party? State funding. There are not any other options.

There are. Since there is not the electoral system which many people

criticise any way, ultimately, it should erratically be the upper

house of the UK Parliament... Parliament is... Lets face it back

on King Charles I who lost his head therefore the Queen has lost her

right to have a say. The House of Lords is more or less having to

rubberstamp things because they are stuck in there in the first place.

They go through a screen each process are ready. But if you want

to sit and have a chat with them, they have to have some understanding

of the Constitution. Look, we need to separate honours from

legislation. What we do it like the state... That is too complicated.

And we do not have time to discuss that. The Daily Mail, health curse

of the middle-aged. Tony, I not looking at you. You are not even

middle-aged, I know that. 80%, they say are overweight, lazy or drink

too much. Thank you for that, by the way. These are shocking figures. 80%

of people in your age group... Thank you for that! 77% of men are

overweight. That alone is a public health crisis coming down the track

for the NHS. Then in diabetes. Only 13% of men and with 1% of women are

normal weight, physically active and do not treat too much. The problem

is these warnings have been issued before and no one has taken notice.

These people will end up having extremely unhealthy periods in the

latter part of their lives. It is a concern for the NHS, social care

cost an across-the-board. Seeing headlines like these, we have seen

them, but no one seems to be listening. Again, frankly, if you

look at all the headlines, what is interesting about the paper review

tonight is that all the papers have gone on the same story including

this public health story. This is not new news. There is a quiet

period where it is likely to get splashed on the papers. The cost of

the NHS, the future of the nation but ultimately what do you do to

persuade people. Do you say it is the job of the state to enforce that

on people which is a little bit 1984... Sorry, if you are going to

have a health service... It is another debate we cannot get into

because we only have one minute for the last story in the financial

time, high it executive pay and good performance. Apparently, the link is

negligible? Is that a surprise? No. The idea of performance related pay

within big organisations as was be difficult to prove. They have strove

not to try to make that direct correlation. Basically, it says that

over a decade, pay rises have gone up 80% for CEOs but 1% in terms of

performance. It seems we are not getting a good return for the

investment. I think I would say we are in a more competitive

environment now and if you pay peanuts... I do not have the finish

that sentence. You cannot underpay people. The market rate has gone up.

A bag of sugar has cost a lot more. My view is that if you're going to

raise the pay, you should also be increasing the pay for people that

actually work in the company. We have run out of time. Health issues,

constitutional issues... We got through the papers. Thank you. That

is it from the papers. Many thanks for joining us. That is all for us.