11/02/2017 The Papers

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

With me are Jo Phillips, the political commentator

and Nigel Nelson, political editor of the Sunday Mirror

First up the Observer - it's reporting what it calls

unprecedented criticism by a group of leading retired bishops over

the Church of England's stance on lesbian, gay

While the Mail on Sunday looks back at a supposed exchange

between Diane Abbott and the Brexit secretary David Davis -

that's said to have happened after the vote to trigger

The Sunday Telegraph focuses on Commons speaker

John Bercow and his controversial comments about Donald Trump's visit

- also mentioning there that the President may go to areas

of the UK that voted heavily to leave the EU

The Sunday Express is also looking ahead to that visit

and says Mr Trump will 'speak to the people' at a stadium rally

with the proceeds going to the Poppy Appeal.

Domestic politics take the lead in the Sunday Times -

it says secret succession planning is under way for the next labour

We can't really get away from Donald Trump. Kick yourself. What is the

Express revealing. When he comes here, he wants to do a major rally

so for ?10 ahead, you can go and see and do whatever he is going to do.

Not quite sure where it is going to be Birmingham, Cardiff, Wembley

Stadium. The clever part of it is he will give all the money to the puppy

appeal. Very good politics. Suggesting he is coming towards the

end of the year and certainly the word around Westminster is not

before the end of August, probably in the autumn at some point.

Conveniently when Parliament is in recess. Then John Bercow can't ban

him. That brings us neatly from the Express to the front of the

Telegraph. John Bercow, and not just the remarks about Donald Trump. Just

a couple of days before he made that rather astonishing outburst in the

Commons chamber, he was talking to some students at Reading University.

He revealed that he had voted remain and that he was quite open and frank

about his views on Brexit on all that. Is a parliamentarian. Probably

a very good and interesting guest but very strict but rules governing

the speakers state that they should not be politically partisan. Which

is why the Speaker never votes. You don't see them campaigning in

by-elections. Some think it's great, some are upset but this I think is

probably more damaging because it does suggest that he thinks he is

outside the rules that govern the Speaker. It is a very important

office. Even though many think it is rather old-fashioned. It is the

division between Parliament, the monarchy and the state. Famously,

speakers lost their heads for daring to defy the will of the king. Which

is why the Budget is always delivered by the Deputy Speaker. The

speaker can't have his head chopped off by doing it. That is a tradition

from the old days. Curiously, I'm not sure I quite agree with the

seriousness. It is a minor thing to say to students who asked the

question however, when you think about the absolute power that the

speaker wields, can you imagine the Queen turning around to students and

saying, I prefer remain. What surprises me is he gets caught out

by something like it. I don't think it is a huge deal and it wouldn't be

on the front page of item is outburst earlier in the week against

Donald Trump but it's a silly thing to do, just like the outburst was

silly. An error of judgement. Then you get the whole point about

judgement and the authority of the speaker. It is not a capital crime.

Not at the moment. Who knows? Let's move on. The Sunday Times. Talking

of people who might be about to lose their heads, at least according to

the newspaper, Jeremy Corbyn's prospects are looking less rosy.

Less rosy than what? As his supporters keep telling us, he has

won all these local elections and is still leader of the party. Lets talk

after the 24th of February after the two by-elections. This is described

in the second, what do you call this sub headline? Subject. Who said the

show wasn't educational? Party faces poll disaster. That doesn't surprise

in the slightest. I am astonished. It is now not secret that Labour has

been searching through Gerry Micawber in our there are so few

people to choose from now he has managed to alienate much of the

Parliamentary Labour Party. He has been nice to them. Even Harold

Wilson, didn't he once say a dog is allowed one bite but then the owner

might consider putting it down. Very unusual you would have a three line

whip on a boat like this and they keep their jobs. Given Jeremy

Corbyn's own background, serially defies the own whip. It astonishing

he allowed them to keep their jobs but is it -- but it is a human

resource issue. Is the Labour Party Mac was is -- is the Labour Party's

problem Jeremy Corbyn or is it fundamentally more? I think it is

Jeremy Corbyn but the reason he is there is because of the problem of

the Labour Party and I think, in a sense, is probably exactly the same

thing the Democrats are going through in America right now. There

is a sense of, it's fine, it's been great, we can carry on like this. Ed

Miliband didn't quite cut the mustard. We will carry on.

Everything else has happened with Brexit and David Cameron going.

Jeremy Corbyn really has not quite cut the mustard because I think the

Labour Party has been, but too long, in denial about the threat to them

of Ukip. They have been in denial about Brexit. You scouting around to

create a shadow Cabinet. People, you have frankly never heard of. One of

two of them, two women, may end up being his successor but I presume

that will be decided later. Isn't that the fate of opposition parties?

When William Douglas Smith was leader, members about the shadow

Cabinet you have never heard of an interviews later, they won the

election, those people are Cabinet ministers. People have forgotten

that they used to be a skewer. There is always a bit of that but this is

more than that. I have been in the House of Commons for more than 30

years. I've never seen of the political party has polarised as the

Labour Party is. When you see stories like this about the

succession to Jeremy Corbyn and suggestions he might jacket in. Most

of it is wishful thinking. You can't talk to a Labour MP and ask how they

are without them telling you, I am awful, I'm a Labour MP and then

going for a diatribe against Jeremy Corbyn. Its public to the stage

where he can't be defeated in an open election, as we saw. As a

result, Labour MPs who oppose him hoping something else might happen.

Jeremy Corbyn is Britain's most unpopular party leader behind the

SNP and Ukip. Yet a leading Britain's biggest political party.

The front of the Observer now. Above bunch of retired bishops are

lecturing the current bishops about handling gay rights. You didn't make

a great job of it. It is a bit like elder statesman. The Church of

England's ruling body, in Parliament, meeting this week. 14

retired bishops. They are significant bishops. It's anyone who

is listen to radio forward heard. Peter Selby, the former Bishop Paul

Worcester and Richard Harriss Boxford, they are saying, you are

talking the talk about LG BT rights and stuff but you're not walking the

walk. I don't think for one minute we are suggesting there should be a

change. It would be good. It would help the church if you could somehow

coming to the age that the rest of us live in. The 21st century.

Sometimes it feels like we are moving back into the 20th century.

Particularly when you look at the left hand of the Sunday Times.

Russia's Cold War style. This is genuinely serious. What the

intelligence agencies seem to be talking about is that we have been

penetrated like never before. We really are up to dealing with the

Russians and Chinese who are both trying to into everything. What the

Telegraph is saying, 60 significant cyber attacks a month. The Sunday

Telegraph are talking about 3000 attacks a day. There is an awful lot

going on. Our security is very bad. Ministers are putting it at the top

of the agenda. This has fallen to the Chancellor to do that. A major

conference coming up this week. It is a serious issue and thank

goodness it is being addressed. Is it because we haven't taken it

seriously before? One of the things that is interesting is what Nick.

This is fake news. News website that is based in Edinburgh. It is a

Russian- funded site. This help they can use stuff, it's all part of the

whole thing. The story on the front of the Sunday Telegraph. Hackers

targeting kettles. Apparently, Nigel Wyatt -- Nigel and I were discussing

it earlier. Why would you need a computerised cattle? You can boil

water from the next room. If you want to boil water from the next

room. You might as well make yourself a thermos flask. There is

so much effort going into these. Then you can have computerised

bridges. They will sort out the ingredients. You can programme it

from outside. Why are we bothering? Why are people worried about things

like this? People are so dam lazy. What it does mean is that the

Russians and the Chinese were just talking about it, they can

conceivably hack into the whole Wi-Fi system. It's an intriguing. I

thought wonder at the Russian samovar would be a lot easier. Joe

Phillips, Nigel Nelson. Maybe something a bit stronger than a cup

of tea when you get home tonight. It is good to see a boat again. The

paper review is on line. We will see you again. We are here every night.

Thank you very much your company. More news at midnight.