10/03/2017

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:00:18. > :00:21.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

:00:22. > :00:23.With me Joseph Harker, Deputy Opinion Editor

:00:24. > :00:26.at The Guardian and Melanie Eusebe, Executive Producer of the Women

:00:27. > :00:46.Tomorrow's front pages, starting with...

:00:47. > :00:49.The Mail says grieving families may have to take out costly loans to pay

:00:50. > :00:52.for new probate fees - dubbed the death tax -

:00:53. > :00:56.The I reports that Theresa May will trigger Brexit as soon as Tuesday,

:00:57. > :00:58.as EU chiefs warn of 'torturous' negotiations for months ahead.

:00:59. > :01:01.The FT also reports on Brexit, with a claim from one source

:01:02. > :01:03.saying if not Tuesday, Article 50 would be triggered

:01:04. > :01:06.The Telegraph also reports on Brexit.

:01:07. > :01:09.It also reports on its own poll claiming the Conservative Party

:01:10. > :01:12.is no longer seen as a party of low taxation, following Philip Hammond's

:01:13. > :01:13.National Insurance rise for self-employed workers

:01:14. > :01:17.New Migrant Crisis On Way, says the Express, which claims

:01:18. > :01:20.a surge of people travelling to Europe has sparked fears

:01:21. > :01:22.of another summer of chaos at Britain's borders.

:01:23. > :01:25.The Times reports on grammar schools - saying they'll be forced to offer

:01:26. > :01:27.lower 11-plus pass marks to children from poorer backgrounds,

:01:28. > :01:29.or embrace similar moves, to end what it calls

:01:30. > :01:39.And the Mirror has an interview with Paul Burrell, the former butler

:01:40. > :01:41.of Diana, Princess of Wales, who he claims

:01:42. > :02:08.We shall start with the I. Brexit may be triggered by Tuesday.

:02:09. > :02:16.Surprisingly. That means technically we could be off on Tuesday. That is

:02:17. > :02:22.a surprise, not in terms of our own action, but in response to the

:02:23. > :02:26.European Council. They are saying we could clear an our side in 48 hours.

:02:27. > :02:32.So by the end of the week, it could be in full effect. Then they'll say

:02:33. > :02:40.you can come back at any point in the future, just to muddy the

:02:41. > :02:46.waters. This is uprising. The Lords let to go through and then they sent

:02:47. > :02:51.it back. And now it is back with the Commons and you would think if they

:02:52. > :02:55.were going to send it back, some MPs who were wavering may start to

:02:56. > :02:58.think, well, maybe there's a reason for us to rethink it. Especially on

:02:59. > :03:04.the issue whether or not migrants in the UK should have the right to

:03:05. > :03:08.remain in this country. But at least we have been told all briefed that

:03:09. > :03:11.there is unlikely to be a Tory rebellion which means when it goes

:03:12. > :03:20.back to the Commons, they will not get through. -- they will let it

:03:21. > :03:23.through. And this is on the expectation that they will let it

:03:24. > :03:30.through, even though last week there was a majority of hunger for sending

:03:31. > :03:35.it back. It could be but who knows. We have the express on page five

:03:36. > :03:41.saying that Eurocrats are hinting at a new deal in a sneaky bid to derail

:03:42. > :03:47.Brexit. This has been doing the rounds for ages, this idea of an

:03:48. > :03:51.associate EU membership for those who did and wants to leave. Britain

:03:52. > :03:58.has said it will not be the single market or the customs union. And now

:03:59. > :04:04.they are saying there's another way in which they could a connection.

:04:05. > :04:09.But it will be a membership of the EU, rather, some arrangement. A

:04:10. > :04:15.wooden derail everything, just an idea put forward some time ago by a

:04:16. > :04:21.former Belgian Prime Minister? Well, there are some people say let's make

:04:22. > :04:25.the break, but now all of a sudden we are hearing, well, we've received

:04:26. > :04:31.thousands of applications and so if you want to stay, personally, in the

:04:32. > :04:36.EU, then you can apply to do so. And then also saying oh, maybe we ought

:04:37. > :04:42.to have a special relationship. You applied to leave the boat, but you

:04:43. > :04:45.may be able to get back on it. So frankly, in combination with the

:04:46. > :04:48.possibility may be triggered this week and also associate membership,

:04:49. > :04:55.we are still just as confused. We are. Now the Telegraph. Tories are

:04:56. > :05:04.they no longer -- no longer the low tax party. Philip Hammond announced

:05:05. > :05:06.there would be an increase in some classes of National Insurance

:05:07. > :05:10.contributions for self-employed people. They always prided

:05:11. > :05:16.themselves on being a party of low tax. Yes, I always like to keep

:05:17. > :05:22.these things in context. You'll find this a thousand people voted in it,

:05:23. > :05:26.so one in seven of them are already conservative. We should look at

:05:27. > :05:34.that, because it may not be a reflection of what the general

:05:35. > :05:38.populace is thinking. They say you only need to poll a thousand people

:05:39. > :05:44.and we know the proud record companies. I think even bigger

:05:45. > :05:47.samples than that. The subheading says almost half of the public say

:05:48. > :05:51.they are less likely to vote Conservative and in the Express you

:05:52. > :05:57.got them sent our 19 points ahead of Labour, so who do you believe? It is

:05:58. > :06:04.and editing tonight, says she always packs the running order with the

:06:05. > :06:09.huge number of... I was just going to say that hidden in a Telegraph

:06:10. > :06:11.story was an interesting point. It said Philip Hammond must first

:06:12. > :06:19.survive a plot to oust him which have been brewing amongst Brexit

:06:20. > :06:22.types. So seizing on this unpopularity of his Budget and

:06:23. > :06:28.trying to get rid of the chancel altogether. Of course, it is a

:06:29. > :06:35.remainder. He barely mentioned Brexit in the Budget. He's the one

:06:36. > :06:40.person who seems to be trying to stay true to his belief it is better

:06:41. > :06:43.for Britain to stay in Europe while working for a Prime Minister who

:06:44. > :06:52.says Brexit means Brexit. Can we move on now? The Times. Established

:06:53. > :06:57.grammar schools most of the lower pass marks to poorer pupils. This is

:06:58. > :07:03.an established grammar schools. She wants to create new ones. Utah to

:07:04. > :07:09.detoxify grammar schools in order to convince Tory backbenchers that

:07:10. > :07:16.expanding them is good idea. The big myth is that grammar schools help

:07:17. > :07:21.social mobility. They did once, didn't they? There was a time when

:07:22. > :07:30.ordinary working-class kids could get a grammar school and move on and

:07:31. > :07:36.break away from their background and take advantage of greater

:07:37. > :07:38.opportunities. But since then, middle-class families have been

:07:39. > :07:45.getting their kids tutored and this is a free alternative to private

:07:46. > :07:50.schools. Hence grammar schools now have 3% of kids on free school

:07:51. > :07:53.dinners. This is an attempt to detoxify in a way undermining what

:07:54. > :07:58.grammar schools are meant to be about, which is by lowering the

:07:59. > :08:03.marks for poorer kids. From the North American perspective, is this

:08:04. > :08:09.baffling to you, Melanie? Yes, and it feels like that argument about

:08:10. > :08:13.affirmative action and letters she was at women to put in our

:08:14. > :08:17.boardrooms. I always say, I don't want to get a bigger you have

:08:18. > :08:22.lowered the grade or the admission criteria or changed it, it is more

:08:23. > :08:28.that you are focusing on getting me in in different ways. It does leave

:08:29. > :08:32.a bad taste. It doesn't resolve anything and it's still a deeply

:08:33. > :08:42.divided issue. Kids can be quite cruel. You don't want a situation

:08:43. > :08:47.where the poorer kids are all perceived to have got in because

:08:48. > :08:53.their marks have been lowered. So a secondary school with kids saying,

:08:54. > :09:05.they'll be less clever ones. Picture of Jack Munro on the Guardian who

:09:06. > :09:10.sued Katie Hopkins for suggesting she had vandalised or approved of an

:09:11. > :09:15.act of vandalism of a war memorial. Difficult to win libel cases, but

:09:16. > :09:24.she has. Yes, and I love it, because this picture... Everybody who told

:09:25. > :09:34.me I couldn't, wouldn't, shouldn't, I could, and I did. It is a victory

:09:35. > :09:37.for us all. For? It signals the attention we should pay to our

:09:38. > :09:41.brand. I would be very hurt and upset if someone thought I was going

:09:42. > :09:47.around and defacing British memorials. The residue is still

:09:48. > :09:52.there, when you Google it it will come up. So I'm glad she went for it

:09:53. > :10:00.and forget the fact that Katie Hopkins is very controversial, just

:10:01. > :10:06.protect your brand. Because the residue stays. It shows you social

:10:07. > :10:10.media is not a free for all. And she did imply she had defaced a war

:10:11. > :10:15.memorial and when Jack Munro said to her, well, can you apologise and she

:10:16. > :10:22.would have accepted an apology, Katie Hopkins refused to do that and

:10:23. > :10:27.she dug herself deeper in by calling Jack Monroe social anthrax. So it

:10:28. > :10:31.got worse and worse and now she is faced with a bill of over ?100,000

:10:32. > :10:37.and maybe she can I reflect on that she plays it back. We do not lie

:10:38. > :10:45.about on our timelines, do we? Just be nice everybody. Ticket touts and

:10:46. > :10:48.unlimited fines. Some companies bulk buy and use software to bulk buy

:10:49. > :10:58.concert tickets and sell them are vastly inflated profits. Well,

:10:59. > :11:01.hopefully this is one measure recommended by Professor Waterstone.

:11:02. > :11:04.He published a number of proposals to prevent touting, because, quite

:11:05. > :11:08.frankly, business has come again and still these tickets at a fairly

:11:09. > :11:15.reasonable rate. That is to be debated. Ticket touts and the kind

:11:16. > :11:21.of technology and the sheer power in personnel, they buy the tickets very

:11:22. > :11:27.quickly and the reseller could be up to 400%, so that's why we are seeing

:11:28. > :11:36.artists like Adele selling out in minutes and they are appearing for

:11:37. > :11:40.thousands of pounds. The artist is on getting it, the venue is on

:11:41. > :11:45.getting it, so who is getting it? Someone's getting very rich. And

:11:46. > :11:54.it's not in the supply chain of the creation of the music. Joseph, talk

:11:55. > :11:59.to us about broadband. BT forced a broadband firm and they can't be in

:12:00. > :12:05.charge of open reach anymore in the way have been. There's an

:12:06. > :12:13.interesting table they've got tea, the percentage of homes at

:12:14. > :12:20.fibre-optic connections. 85% in Singapore, Macedonia, 8.7%, the UK,

:12:21. > :12:26.2%! That is shocking. If it is accurate, it is quite horrific. The

:12:27. > :12:29.idea is if BT are not in charge of open reach, there will be more

:12:30. > :12:32.competition and it would be better for rivals if they are not having to

:12:33. > :12:40.compete with BT up, up until now, have opened them. And they all rely

:12:41. > :12:45.to a certain extent on open reach and BT has been prioritising their

:12:46. > :12:51.own clients ahead of virgin, head of sky, and there's all these problems

:12:52. > :12:57.coming out of the ownership of BT open reach. They also say that BT

:12:58. > :13:00.are spending millions on Champions League football riots and this week

:13:01. > :13:03.they spent even more while this service it should be offering to

:13:04. > :13:10.people across the country is falling into decay. Especially in the

:13:11. > :13:14.countryside where people wants to run businesses and are finding it

:13:15. > :13:18.difficult. We were going to talk about robots with artificial

:13:19. > :13:29.irreverence. These robots work out how to tell a bad joke. The jokes

:13:30. > :13:36.are very good. I couldn't even decipher one. I would need help with

:13:37. > :13:42.that. But is it for tonight. -- that is its for tonight.

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