23/02/2017 The Papers

Hello and welcome to the Paper. Good evening. Before we hear from them,

let's look at the front pages. Let's start with the Metro. It leads with

the news that net migration has followed. The never features the

dramatic picture of the waves whipped up by Doris.

The i top story includes an interview with Michael Gove. The

Daily Express looks at storm Doris. The Times leads with a story about

students. The Guardian says that recent quality will be threatened

within the force. The Daily Mail leads with a story about tumble

dryers. What a mix. A real mix of stories. Doris features heavily. The

Metro has decided to read on the latest migrant figures. They all

kinds of reported in a different way. It's all how you want to read

the figures. Metro says that migrants could UK after Brexit

fault. Net migration is actually up. It is just slumming. A lot of these

figures are focusing on the Polish and to give the

Bulgarians are taking the place is. I think that the focus is on the

number of Eastern European immigrants that came here in the

first wave in the first group of eight countries. You pointed out the

remaining and the body of years. That is on the Financial Times. It

seems to be as ever, complicated. Lots of people would like to think

that immigration is straightforward. More people are coming in but even

more people are coming out. Yes, where they are from is interesting.

The people from the EU aid, the Eastern European countries that

joined that were allies to come during 2011, many seem to be going

home. Bulgaria and remaining, given freedom of movement in 2014, make up

20% of all immigrants from the European Union. Is this to do with

the Brexit fault? Are they coming in before the door slams shut? -- is

this do with the Brexit fault back? We will see more squabbling over

numbers and immigration will be read as a story for a long time. The

number of students coming to study seems to be going down. That is

interesting. There is a wider issue of how that pushes up the costs for

domestic students. What is the knock-on effect for us? Is that the

intended outcome of Brexit? Probably not? What the Brexit voters want is

less immigration and there will be a knock-on effect. The former number

ten chief is criticising the civil service. Yes, what a man he is. This

is the man that famously put top-secret documents in the bin. He

said he would cut public spending driven to slither to one LX and --

during the 2001 election campaign. He says that civil servants hide

behind jargon. The union, not surprisingly, says that being in

Government he cut their pay, maybe that has nothing to do with it. It's

strange that he is talking about it. Let's move on to the Daily

Telegraph. We've been hearing from the Northern Ireland Secretary that

says that the troubles and quirky as unfair to soldiers. He says that you

cannot keep investigating soldiers that were involved in the Northern

Ireland troubles for years and years. It cannot be and open ended

in quarry. He says that you should be focusing on uterus. -- focusing

on the temperatures. You can see both sides of the story. There were

some soldiers from the 60s and 70s that do not know when this will come

back to them. There are a lot of victims that start care. They just

want closure. Why is this coming out now? Because of the Stormont

elections? There was a backbench debate about it. There were very few

MPs. It is a kind of story that the Telegraph likes. Strangely, the

minister says that he has called for a new system. He is the minister,

why doesn't he just do it? Clearly it fits with the Stormont elections

coming up next week. We will see the impact on that. Another story on the

Telegraph. Chaos warning over business rates. The Government seems

to be changing their mind about the business rates. Game of the business

not sure about the business rates they will be playing. -- they will

be paying. Is it chaos? I think it's fair to say... Chaos is an

intriguing work because the Prime Minister said yesterday there

wouldn't be more money and the local Government minister said yes, there

will be. People say this is chaos. It is the second day in a row that

this story has had this work. -- this story has had this word

attached to it. We also know that governments like to test policies

out and see what the reaction is before they actually present

through. The times are offering most of the front page to absolute

heartbreak for some students. Students are being offered degrees

over two years. It will just cost you a bit. But then you can get into

work of us in. That's not really the idea of going to university, let's

be honest! You spend less time it going to summer holiday and you can

squeeze your studies into a more expensive to your course. -- two

your course. Most students don't know what to do after I would like

extra time to think about it. -- what to do after and would like

extra time. There is an interesting perspective there that anybody who

is not an undergraduate or is trying to squeeze study in around other

things. I would be really around anything that is shoring tuition

fees going up. -- tuition fees going. The do room is mitigating its

front page to the huge waves. That was the picture in London. In

London, someone's and roller-coaster runway. It is actually a weather

bomb, not just a storm. That is the technical... I think there is a loss

of, it was a windy day and it is very sad, there were some horrific

accidents. A storm gives more front-page credibility because it

has a name. It passes the test of what people will talk about in the

pub. Everybody is talking about tourists.

Everybody is talking about it. Interestingly it is called Doris.

Apparently storms with female names are regarded less threatening than

the storms with male names. What is the next one, Evan? UN, I think.

It'll be interesting to see if that will be more threatening. -- Ewan.

On Twitter? I'm being cynical. It is a Met Office, not a stunt, but it is

a way of getting attention both on the Met office and the weather. It

is designed for people to take the weather more seriously. A story

inside the times. The housing crisis clogs up canals. This is an old

story for me because this has been going on in London for a long time.

People opting for boats rather than houses. The route between little

Venice and Regents Park is a motorway, they say. It is nice. It

isn't a motorway, it is nice and pretty, it is pleasant. There have

been complaints. Lots of complaints from residents who live along the

canal about the noise and the pollution and the letter from the

amount of canal boats. The pollution is a pretty good point, because,

they do charge out some horrific fuel fumes. And smoke. And smoke

yeah, maybe it is time... The point is, people are doing it. It is a

London story. Because even in the copy it says that it'll happen in

Birmingham and Manchester, as well. But house prices are crazy in

London. Living on a riverboat seems like a cheap and cheerful option.

Consequently, loads are taking to it. There is a survey saying more

than half are doing it for financial rather than lifestyle reasons. Is it

as romantic as it seems? Somebody says it is cold and cramped and I

love it. We must leave it here. Thank you for taking us through the

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After a very stormy day today I'm pleased to say