21/02/2017 The Papers

STUDIO: Hello, welcome to our look at what is going to be in newspapers

tomorrow morning. With me are Former pensions minister

Baroness Ros Altmann and the Evening Standard columnist Mihir Bose. The

Financial Times leads with a warning from the Chancellor that any extra

spending on social care and schools in next month's Budget will have to

paid for through higher taxes. The i has a report on the housing crisis.

The paper claims ministers are being accused of abandoning "a generation

of aspiring homeowners" The Telegraph leads with our top story

tonight, the British man who carried out a suicide bombing for so called

Islamic State in Iraq on Sunday. The paper says the British

government paid him a million pounds in compensation

after he was released The Times says the Brexit

Secretary, David Davis, has declared that the UK

will keep its doors open for low-skilled European

workers, after Brexit. reporting how City bankers say

the potential loss of jobs to the rest of europe could threaten

financial stability. Could the England captain,

Wayne Rooney, be heading to China? The Mirror reports he could be

leaving Manchester United. And the Mail leads with

how a suspected jihadi terrorist pocketed taxpayers' money

after accusing MI6 agents of being complicit in his mistreatment

at the hands of the Americans. We're going to kick off with the

Daily Mail, because they have the story that most of the front pages

have got, the ISU aside bomber that you, the British taxpayer, paid ?1

million. This guy was a web designer from Manchester, then he was held in

Guantanamo Bay, claimed that he was unfairly held, was released and paid

?1 million. I think the payment was to avoid paying more, if it had gone

to court, it was some kind of settlement. Now he has ended up

being filmed as a night as suicide bomber. Wonder if the ?1 million has

gone to eye -esque on some now. Reason British taxpayers paid it, he

claimed MI6 was involved in what happened. -- the IS suicide bomber.

The Tony Blair government was also involved in the release and making

the payment, according to this. It raises questions about why he was

monitored. Even after he was paid, whether payment is justified or not,

but given his record, he really should have been monitored. How do

they allow him to, if you like, have this second life and do what he has

done. Does it raise questions about those who campaigned on his behalf?

It does, I suppose they would argue that they could not have known what

he was going to do in the future. But all the front pages are pretty

much covering the story. It will sit poorly with a lot of taxpayers. You

can understand why. Ronald Fiddler, his original British name, before

changing it. Horrible picture of him, smiling, as he is about to blow

himself up and stop at the moment of his suicide bombing. Going onto the

"Brexit" story, The Times, they say Britain will stay open to EU

migrants, David Davis, exit secretary, talking in the House of

Lords today, about "Brexit", about the bill to trigger article 50. I

will be rushing back for the closing, as well. Basically, it

seems that we need EU immigrants, and this is something that David

Davis is now admitting. In sectors such as social care and agriculture,

in the NHS, in lots of areas, we need EU workers to come to do jobs

that are not being filled and will not be filled by British workers. I

guess one of the questions here is, if we do need immigration and we're

not going to stop it anyway, what was the whole "Brexit" thing

about...? A lot of people will be asking that, and that is one of the

questions I was raising in the house today. How will you vote on the

bill? We'll have to see, and amendments coming up in the

committee stage, the House of Commons will have the final position

but what a number of people in the House of Lords are saying is that

maybe the government is not quite ready, we had a white Paper, which

is not really have any costed plans, so we are not quite sure what all

this "Brexit" is actually going to mean. Maybe we should not rush to

quickly. What is interesting, reading what David Davis has said,

he has made a great case for immigration, he should be the

Immigration Minister! The arguments he presents about the hospitality

sector, and interesting that the president of the NFU, the national

farmers union, has said that if farm workers and so on do not come,

seasonal workers, we might have great difficulty in getting food!

This is one of the issues we will have to deal with as we move

forward, with "Brexit". We do need certain jobs to be done. There are

immigrants doing them, they will not be able to do these jobs.

Semi-members in the House of Lords. Some people said that the people

voted, the Commons passed it without amendment. I don't agree with that,

that is precisely the role of the House of Lords, which is, if you

think the Commons has done something that is a bit hasty or has not been

fully thought through, you can send it back and say, maybe you should

think again about these particular issues. What about the will of the

people? We do not make the final decision, the House of Lords can

send it back to the House of Commons and say, think again on that.

Commons can think again and say, we have thought again, and actually, we

think we were right in the first place. Would you vote against the

bill, against triggering Article 50? If they sent it back, and they sent

it back to us, it is not the role of the House of Lords to overturn a

Commons decision but it is the role to scrutinise it.

The French presidential candidate, some people saying he has a pretty

good chance of winning, he has been in London today, he went to Downing

Street, Theresa May agree to see him, Angela Merkel did not want to

see him because he is a candidate. You wonder whether he is thinking --

she is thinking, if he is French president, he is the man they will

be dealing with on the "Brexit" negotiation. And looking at having

the right bridges, we don't know how hard the negotiations will be. If he

gets into the lease a palace, it'll be nice for her have someone she can

talk to, and interesting motive for coming here, trying to get people to

get back to Paris and so on, even tempting British people to go and

work in Paris. -- Elysee Palace. Appealing to French voters. A lot of

French voters there? There is 300,000. A lot, several hundred

thousand. In another election it might make a difference. And he was

making a speech to them tonight in Westminster. Also saying in France

that he will not be terribly kind to Britain in the negotiations but then

he would have to say that, because the French don't want him to say, we

will give Britain a great deal. Let's talk about the Telegraph's

FrontPage, the continuing story about business rates, and looking

like some indications that there could be some sort of climb-down by

the government on this whole issue of business rates? Not clear, what

is happening is a tussle between Sajid Javid and Philip Hammond.

Sajid Javid, from the local government 's Department, sent out

some information which misled MPs a little bit, into believing that the

rate rises were not going to be as big as they were going to be, and

Philip Hammond now coming under pressure to ease some of those rate

rises, offset some of the costs. This could be a rerun of the poll

tax, the poll tax affected individual families and so on, and

it is quite interesting, if you read the story, there is a suggestion

that both sides, Philip Hammond and Sajid Javid had briefed reporters,

there is a line about friends of Sajid Javid, which always sounds

like the minister talking off the record. Saying he has been the fall

guy in this, he has been made to appear as if he has imposed these

rate rises and so on. This effect, I would think, the Tory heartland,

most of the people who are going to pay the high rates will be Tory

party supporters? Are they not likely to defect to Ukip? They will

not defected to Labour. We don't know but rates have not been changed

in this way for nearly ten years, that's one of the problems, there is

a big catch up, between the high property price rises, we have had

over the last ten years, and the amount of rates that small

shopkeepers are paying. With retail coming under pressure from the

online business... This is a real blow. I think we are seeing, for

example, about a quarter of small shopkeepers have ended up in court,

because they have not been able to pay their rates. We have a real

issue and maybe the Chancellor is going to do something about it?

Maybe he is but there is a quote, he has told MPs there is no pot of

money under my desk. He will have to find the money from somewhere else!

May be behind the sofa! But it is not behind his desk. The mirror...

As a former BBC sports editor, I'm sure you would like to talk about

Wayne Rooney possibly going to China, as early as next week even.

And getting ?30 million. -- The Mirror. This is part of the declared

policy by China becoming a great football power, within about ten

years, attracting players, what they are doing is targeting players who

are coming towards the end of their career and who have decided, if he

is going, that there is not much for him to do at Manchester United. And

play up Rafael England, probably has another year, why not make a pot of

money. These players of course will profit enormously. -- and play for

England. Whether that will make China a world power, in football,

that is another question, because they need to find their own players.

My own favourite story of the day, I don't know if you were watching the

match yesterday, possibly not, you were probably in the Lords, but the

Sutton United goalkeeper, Wayne Shaw, during the match with the

Arsenal, pictured... Eating a pie... Iain Carter fans to bet on it, and

someone offered 8/ one. -- he encouraged fans to bet on it. I

think this has been blown up, clearly there is no digestion of him

eating the pie affecting the result. -- 8/ one. Is that why the sudden

shot hit the post and did not go in...? LAUGHTER

I think this is about the FA and the gambling body becoming a bit too

officious about this. -- 8/1. Obviously you have got to stop the

sort of betting scandals we have had, not in this country but

elsewhere, but eating a buyer, having a bet on it... This is

getting quite ridiculous. Pretty chunky goalkeeper... 20 stone...

Probably quite good at stopping the ball from going in the net. He

doesn't have to do anything, just stands there. 46 years old as well,

he was the reserve goalkeeper. Classic pun from the sun. The Times,

Boris Johnson... Boris Johnson, what can one say, if... Looks like he has

had a pie or two, maybe that is the real story, how many pies to Boris

Johnson have, and how many bets were there on Boris Johnson having a pie?

What has happened to his legs! He looks like he's been in some kind of

battle with somebody! Maybe he is hoping to be recruited by the

Chinese to play football. Perhaps it could be the new reserve goalkeeper

for Sutton United. He is advertising health, -- himself, he can eat a lot

of pies and stop a goal or two. I think rugby is his game. What about

his choice of running where? Looks like his charmers. I guess his hat

matches his shorts, to some degree, that is all you can save. It is

quite a look! Very fetching, shall we say. Fantastic, great to have you

both with us. I will let you dash back to the Lords, Wendy Venice?

Midnight, that is what they were telling us. Thank you so much for

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