29/01/2017 The Papers

medal after he took home bronze in 2013. That is all the sport. Now

time for The treble Hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be With me are the journalist

and auther Matthew Green and the Education Editor

of the Sunday Times, The Observer leads with what it

calls the "global fury" in reaction to Donald Trump's immigration ban,

preventing people from seven mainly Muslim countries

from entering the United States. The Sunday Times says that

Donald Trump's visit to the UK could be disrupted,

as the US President is engaged in a reportedly "extraordinary"

diplomatic row with Prince Charles The Express says Prince William

and Harry are to unveil a statue of Princess Diana in the grounds

of Kensington Palace to mark The Daily Mail reports that NHS

doctors have been advised in guidelines from the BMA not

to call pregnant women "mothers" because it might offend

transgender people. And The Telegraph leads

with comments from the Northern Ireland Secretary,

James Brokenshire, who tells the paper the system

for investigating murders committed so, let's begin, and we're going to

start with the Observer. All of the papers this morning reflecting on

what Donald Trump has done. Indeed. America is clearly on the brink of a

precipice. We are seeing paranoia and fear of the kind that

accompanied the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II.

What does it mean for Britain? We've seen Theresa May essentially cosying

up to trump in the hope that she might somehow provide sort of a

constraining influence -- restraining influence, but we have

seen that hope blown out of the water with what happened yesterday

with these thousands of refugees and migrants. All credit is the

Observer, they have laid it there on the front page. Trump is ignorant,

prejudiced and vicious in ways that no American leader has been. I think

Theresa May's refusal to join other European leaders condemning what'

Trump is doing is a huge stain on her leadership. A huge criticism of

her has been that she is letting America do what they want to do

rather than condemning it. Is she stuck between a rock and a hard

place? I suppose in a way she is because she very much wants to sign

trade deals with America post-Brexit. She has come out today,

her spokesman, and said that she does not agree with Trump stance.

She didn't do it herself. She didn't. The Observer is the early

paper that has splashed on this this morning. All credit to the Observer,

they got quickly to this issue and they have seen how big it is going

to be. To be fair to her, she has, through this morning, she has made

this statement, she has said if there are British citizens caught up

in this through dual nationality, we will be looking to represent them.

She's going to have difficulty, you're absolutely right, Matthew.

Already this morning, members of her party are saying look, this is

wrong, we don't agree it. Sarah Wollaston has come out, Ruth

Davidson has said quite clearly that this is wrong. We understand there

is one Iraqi born Tory MP who may be banned from the states after this,

under these new rules. We saw Theresa May at the press conference

in Turkey ducking the question twice and then making this very weak

statement about, essentially, it is America's business. We need a leader

who is willing to stand up for democratic values. I'm afraid that

Theresa May is failing that test. It's not good enough to issue a very

weakly worded statement saying we could not agree with what Donald

Trump is doing. US newspapers are calling him a tinpot dictator.

America, in the past week, has suffered its ugliest start to any

republic in the history of the country. We need to be joining other

Western leaders in standing up to this and not cravenly endorsing it.

It is a completely new era in politics, right across the world. It

is, but has Theresa May grasp this? She is surrounded by these special

advisers that the papers always talk about being incredibly intelligent,

but maybe she should consult a psychologist, who would tell her

that Donald Trump is suffering from narcissistic personality disorder,

he is prejudiced, vengeful. It is totally obvious, it is not politics

as usual and Theresa May has to catch up with that. Let's move on to

the Sunday Times because it's not just the rest of the world he is

fighting with, it's also Prince Charles! What has happened? This is

a great story. Donald Trump seems to being gauged in an extraordinary

diplomatic row with the Prince of Wales over climate change and is

threatening to disrupt his forthcoming state visit to the UK".

On the one hand you have Prince Charles, environmental campaigner.

On the other hand, Donald Trump who is a climate change denier. There

are some amazing quotes in this story in the Sunday Times and I have

highlighted a view of them here. Apparently Trump's people are saying

that he is very reluctant to meet Prince Charles and they have warned

it would be counter-productive for Charles to lecture Trump on green

issues and he would erupt if he were pushed! On the other hand you have

got Charl plus people saying he is determined to meet Donald Trump.

This is Donald Trump who has tweeted about how, wouldn't anyone want to

make money by tweeting topless photos of Kate Middleton... He has

tweeted his desire to have slept with Princess Diana... Why are we

letting him into the country? I find the tone of the Sunday Times story

quite puzzling, as it Prince Charles, somehow his advocacy on

climate change is somehow problematic and is going to disrupt

this visit. Let's face it, climate change is the threat to the future

of organised life on planet Earth and Donald Trump has gagged members

of his government, scientists who are working on this and he has

essentially confirmed that the Republican party is now the most

dangerous organisation on earth. The idea that Prince Charles is somehow

at fault here I think is wrong, we should be rallying around him and

saying come on, what direction are we taking and why? I don't think the

story is saying that Prince Charles is at fault here. It implies Prince

Charles is somehow causing a problem to what otherwise would be a

wonderful visit. I don't think that is the tone at all. I think it lays

out an argument very clearly. The straightforward reporting here,

there is one paragraph that says Trump has repeatedly branded climate

change a hoax and a moneymaking industry and was created by the

Chinese to damage American industry. When you have that sort of straight

reporting you think, OK, you can make up your own mind. Senior

government officials now believe Charles is one of the biggest risk

factors for the visit"... Donald Trump is the risk factor! He might

tell him... Donald Trump might agree with him just like you did with

Theresa May, alternative facts again! We're going back to Theresa

May and President Erdogan in Turkey and the trade deal for that. If we

just move, just tidying up the desk here, there we go... So the viewers

can see this one. A double page spread there, they shake on trade

deals despite fears over human rights. What do you make of this

one? She has agreed a trade deal, or is preparing to agree a ?100 million

deal for fighter jets which could lead in fact to Britain becoming

Turkey's main defence partner. At the same time, she has given a very

clear warning on human rights. Again it is this need to find close trade

and diplomatic links Stal side B EU in the wake of Brexit. It is the

sense that the world order has changed. We never had any morals

about selling arms, look at the billions of dollars we have sent to

Saudi Arabia which is now being used to bomb civilians and hospitals in

Yemen. It is great that we have human rights concerns in the

headline there but it doesn't make any difference to British policy,

let's not me under any illusions, we are one of the biggest arms

exporters in the world. Post Brexit, as we walk away from the single

market on our doorstep, we will be even more reliant on selling weapons

to anyone who will buy them. I've never heard his words before, there

we go, apparently Trump has a fear of slopes and that is why he was

holding her hand! I think bathmophobia is going to be one of

the words of the year, everyone is talking about this and classed as a

mark of special affection but apparently it might just be the case

that he is quite afraid of slopes and he just gathered her hand to

steady himself! He's also afraid of touching people because of germs! It

will haunt Theresa May, won't it? What a disaster. The whole thing is

so embarrassing. I don't know what the rest of the world must think of

Britain right now. If you don't condemn authoritarianism, you become

complicit in it and she is teaching us that, unfortunately. Let's move

away from Theresa May and Donald Trump and moved to the Daily Mail.

"Don't Call pregnant patients the mothers", and why not? Because it

might offend transgender people. Did they say they might be offended? No,

but I think these organisations, a lot of them are producing these kind

of guides for inclusive language. Of course the mail on Sunday disagrees

with it and calls it a ludicrous politically correct objective. The

argument is that you should call them pregnant people instead of

pregnant mothers, because there are transitioning people who might have

babies who might be offended. Would they not be mothers anyway if they

are having babies, no matter what your gender you are still giving

birth? But mother is a sort of feminine word, isn't it? There is

one transitioning person who has become pregnant. Hayden is legally

male, he was born a girl but he is transitioning to become a man. I

would like to read the original document that this mail on Sunday

story is based on. The mail on Sunday does do some good reporting

sometimes but my question is, is this a blanket order that the word

mothers is now banned? I find that hard to believe. Or is it merely

offering language that could be used if you are a doctor treating a

transgender patient. Let's face it, our society is evolving. It's not so

long ago that we locked people up their sexuality. Yes it's a con the

gated area to negotiate and it might make feel -- people feel

uncomfortable but people born transgender go through incredible

anguish and pain, partly because attitudes in society are so

prejudiced still. So let's at least support doctors if they are trying

to move beyond that a bit. It's very easy for the Mail on Sunday to

create the outraged brigade. I've noticed in a love of forms and

things now, you are being asked what pronoun you would like to be

referred to by. I think there is a generation of young people coming up

for whom the very strict gender divides are not as strict as they

were for our generation, they are much more fluid. Headteachers of

girls schools have been given guides and told not to call girls girls,

instead of saying girls go to your lessons, say pupils go to your

lessons. It may be rare to have a transgender child but it is only

language, if we can change our language and it stops offence to

people, is that that -- is that such a bad thing? The Secretary of State

saying that soldiers and police have been failed by this inquiry into the

Troubles. The Sunday Telegraph has a strong military constituency amongst

its leadership, knows -- so not surprising to see this as the

splash. Ministers saying that this inquiry into crimes that were

allegedly committed up to 40 years ago in the troubles has gone off the

rails. We've seen this with the Iraq inquiry, which has caused terrible

handling of officers in the military. Let's face it, Northern

Ireland was an extremely dirty conflict and there is no doubt that

British troops committing crimes and they should be investigated, but we

should also remember that the psychological scars inflicted on

tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of British troops who

deployed over the years are still very alive today and we need to take

that into account. That would apply to all inquiries, where you have got

soldiers or police taking part in a conflict. I mean, yesterday there

was a march on Downing Street by about 1000 veterans and it was

addressed by Dennis Hutchings who is 75 and he has been charged with

attempted murder over a fatal shooting in Northern Ireland in

1974. They want a statute of limitations. I think there should be

a time after a conflict when you draw a line actually, so it doesn't

go on for years and years. They want retribution. This is the problem, we

fight these wars and the legacy continues. I mean, Northern Ireland

has one of the highest rates of post-traumatic stress disorder in

the world. Belfast is a tiny city but the ghosts of that conflict are

still very much alive. People have a right to demand the truth. I grew up

through that and that was my time as a teenager. The truth and

reconciliation commission... Yes, right, on that, let's move on. The

Observer on page one, "Grassroots Labour revolting on Brexit". This is

interesting, isn't it? Jeremy Corbyn himself in the past has been a major

rebel and now they have got this three line whip and no one is happy.

How do you think this is going to play out? This is the Brexit

dilemma, isn't it? The people likely to be hit hardest if we crash out of

the single market are people on lower incomes, Labour's

constituencies. It is not surprisingly many of the MPs and

grassroots Labour supporters are very unhappy to see Jeremy Corbyn

falling in line behind Article 50. That is I get -- Adele and it is not

going to be easy to resolve. What does it do for Jeremy Corbyn? And

Labour because they could be stuck in the middle with nothing through

this. It is just a continuation of the internal warfare going on inside

the Labour Party. Last night there was this open letter to Jeremy

Corbyn circulating on Facebook and now many constituents have signed

it. Let's raise through the rest of the list because we are beginning to

run out of time. A quick look at the express, the young princes are going

to unveil a statue to their mother, Diana, to mark the 20th anniversary

which will be in August. It's a long time coming, do you think? I think

this is a lovely gesture actually. It's going to be erected in the

grounds of Kensington Palace where the public anger and see it. It will

be their permanent tribute to her, marking the 20th anniversary of her

death. Yes it may have been nice to have it earlier but at we're having

it now. Let's jump to John Hurt, we lost John Heard. Can we talk about

Prince Harry's expression of emotion and how he is a credit to our

country and should resist Donald Trump at the door of Buckingham

Palace! Tributes pouring in all over for John Hurt, obviously very

beloved. Yes, we all remember that brilliant scene in Alien when it

burst out of his chest. And the Elephant Man as well. And if you see

Jackie, you can see him. He blazed the priest. Astonishing. -- he plays

the priest. He has completed another three films, I think, which we are

yet to see. Finally, the Sunday Times, page one, Trident's faulty

guidance. This is an embarrassing story, it has been running for a few

days, apparently the Trident missile test launch veered off course,

heading towards the American mainland before it was detonated in

midair and is one assumes it was not equipped with a warhead, but it

raises huge questions over the whole purpose of Trident, doesn't it? This

enormously expensive deterrent and a problem with it is that the

technology is evolving so fast, we are soon going to be having

underwater drones that can follow the submarine right out of the...

And render it completely obsolete. It said it did what it was supposed

to do when something goes wrong, it fears off and explodes. Not on

America! But I was reading yesterday or this morning that part of it

washed up on a beach... We broke this story last week in the Sunday

Times and we have a follow-up story today and I think what our follow-up

shows that actually this deterrent was blighted with problems with its

navigation control for years before this particular malfunction. Inside

the paper there is a really interesting suggestion that maybe

the whole system was hacked. And so the reason it malfunctioned... Can

we not just mothballed this thing, or are we just have it, just have it

with no warheads. No one will ever know and it is still a deterrent! If

we ever have to press that button, it's all over anyway. Thank you very

much, both of you. It's been great to talk to you.

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