:00:14. > :00:16.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
:00:17. > :00:20.With me are Lucy Fisher, senior political correspondent
:00:21. > :00:23.at the Times Newspaper, and the former Labour
:00:24. > :00:43.The bloke banging his head on the concrete, welcome to Brexit.
:00:44. > :00:45.Tomorrow's front pages, starting with:
:00:46. > :00:47.The 'i Newspaper' leads with tomorrow's triggering
:00:48. > :00:49.of Article 50, allowing the UK two years to negotiate
:00:50. > :00:53.The Daily Express refers to the Prime Minister's letter
:00:54. > :00:55.formally notifying the EU about the UK's departure
:00:56. > :00:57.from the European bloc, and shows an image of Theresa May
:00:58. > :00:59.signing the letter addressed to the President
:01:00. > :01:02.of the European Council, Donald Tusk.
:01:03. > :01:09.The sun has projected its headline on a white cliffs of Dover and said
:01:10. > :01:17.it is Dover and out. The Daily Telegraph claims that
:01:18. > :01:20.while Mrs May's letter to Mr Tusk will include a broad outline
:01:21. > :01:22.of her negotiating position, it will not contain any
:01:23. > :01:24.mention of a cut-off date The Guardian calls it the day
:01:25. > :01:53.Britain steps into the unknown. Happy day for the express, Ayesha?
:01:54. > :01:57.It is a day for newspapers and from pages. The express is the most
:01:58. > :02:08.euphoric and then you start working down from it. The express is, dear
:02:09. > :02:14.EU, we are leaving you. There is going to be so much focus on this
:02:15. > :02:20.letter now, who delivers it. Someone will be tracking it. I hope he is in
:02:21. > :02:28.when they deliver it, when you get one of those messages, we have left
:02:29. > :02:33.a card because you are out. The express is delighted. They are very
:02:34. > :02:37.much taking the line from Theresa May, very patriotically determined
:02:38. > :02:42.language. Fierce determination to get the right deal for every single
:02:43. > :02:47.person in the country. They are trying to put a positive, optimistic
:02:48. > :02:54.spin on it. What is going to be in the letter apart from hate, folks,
:02:55. > :02:59.we're off? Anything else? It will be very short indeed. Just invoking
:03:00. > :03:03.article 50, it is unprecedented, we don't know what is going to come
:03:04. > :03:08.next. All eyes will turn to Brussels, the 27 and their response,
:03:09. > :03:12.setting out the terms for the talks and if they will allow Britain to
:03:13. > :03:18.try and negotiate a trade treaty at the same time as negotiating the
:03:19. > :03:23.divorce. Front page of the Daily Mirror, dear EU, it is time to go.
:03:24. > :03:28.We are one great union of people and nations with a proud history and a
:03:29. > :03:33.bright future. And there is the word divorce and Donald Tusk, the man who
:03:34. > :03:39.should be getting that letter tomorrow. Onto the Daily Telegraph,
:03:40. > :03:51.Lucy. The behind Brexit, says Theresa May. Do you think tomorrow
:03:52. > :04:00.we are going to see those Remoaners, the Remainers, his say just get the
:04:01. > :04:03.best deal? I doubt it. The Prime Minister has encouraged Brexiteers
:04:04. > :04:08.not to hold independent state parties. She doesn't want people to
:04:09. > :04:13.be triumphant, rubbing it in the face of the 48% that did not vote
:04:14. > :04:18.for this. Her message is one of unity, let's come behind this
:04:19. > :04:22.decision and move forward. It is interesting, we do remain very
:04:23. > :04:28.polarised, but one positive thing Brexiteer 's have seized upon this
:04:29. > :04:33.week, was a leak that went to a German publication showing an
:04:34. > :04:36.internal memo from the German finance ministry suggesting no deal
:04:37. > :04:40.if Britain doesn't get a trade deal with the rest of the EU, it could
:04:41. > :04:45.potentially be disastrous for Germany's financial stability and
:04:46. > :04:49.economy. So I think remain as feel as though they are on shaky ground,
:04:50. > :04:58.keeping their head down for more than one reason. I think we all
:04:59. > :05:04.accept the result of Brexit, but nobody voted for Britain to be worse
:05:05. > :05:08.off. We didn't vote for broke Brexit, we didn't vote for the
:05:09. > :05:11.economy to go off a cliff edge and it's not noble for people to be
:05:12. > :05:16.asking serious questions about what this deal is going to look like and
:05:17. > :05:19.what it will mean for jobs and prosperity and the culture of this
:05:20. > :05:24.country. I thought it was interesting, Nicky Morgan's tone.
:05:25. > :05:30.She did a tour of the TV studios today. She has been fears in her
:05:31. > :05:34.opposition to Brexit, but leaving her language softened, she said
:05:35. > :05:38.let's end this phoney war and be more united. But here are some tests
:05:39. > :05:42.we think the British people will expect. One of the big things will
:05:43. > :05:46.be immigration and that will be a contentious issue. The government
:05:47. > :05:51.had been thin lipped about what they are saying about immigration and
:05:52. > :05:55.David Davies last night, on question Time actually hinted that
:05:56. > :06:00.immigration might not come down in terms of what people are expecting
:06:01. > :06:06.from Brexit. So, the truth is, it is a leap in the dark with a blindfold
:06:07. > :06:11.on. Nobody really knows what'll happen, including David Davies and
:06:12. > :06:17.Liam Fox. We will have to see how all of shakes down. The front page
:06:18. > :06:20.of The Times, Lucy. The eyes of history are watching and that
:06:21. > :06:30.includes the picture behind Theresa May of the first Prime Minister of
:06:31. > :06:37.Great Britain? Yes, an interesting choice given many historians revile
:06:38. > :06:40.him as corrupt. But he is the first Prime Minister and it is that
:06:41. > :06:49.patriotically chip, this union Jack flag next to her. It will become an
:06:50. > :06:55.iconic image. I love this buzzword, it is a wet signature. It is a
:06:56. > :07:06.proper fountain pen. You can see the weight of it. I am disappointed it
:07:07. > :07:12.is not an actual quill. But the IRNA is it is a woman Prime Minister in
:07:13. > :07:15.the position of having to do this, following on from a woman
:07:16. > :07:21.Conservative Prime Minister who, while she had her issues with Europe
:07:22. > :07:28.and famously said no, no, no, was actually still committed to Europe?
:07:29. > :07:32.She was committed to the trade aspects and the trade and commercial
:07:33. > :07:37.advantages it gave Britain and its membership. And the irony women are
:07:38. > :07:41.playing a significant role. Look at Nicola Sturgeon and some of the
:07:42. > :07:46.other nationalist leaders. It may end up having a big constitutional
:07:47. > :07:50.crisis with the United Kingdom and it is interesting women are the
:07:51. > :07:57.leaders on it. But I think Theresa May, she is calibrating this very
:07:58. > :08:02.carefully. She is not being as flamboyant as her predecessor may
:08:03. > :08:07.have been. She is trying to be measured and calm. Her strategy is a
:08:08. > :08:13.little bit like treat the British public like potatoes and keepers in
:08:14. > :08:17.the dark. She is trying to be sober, trying to be measured and I think
:08:18. > :08:21.they are not going over the top with the media stuff too much right now.
:08:22. > :08:25.It will be an interesting Prime Minister's Questions tomorrow and
:08:26. > :08:31.her body language in the chamber. The stakes are very high as Lucy
:08:32. > :08:35.said, people are so divided. Even Labour voters who voted to leave and
:08:36. > :08:39.they would not change their mind on voting to leave, but they are
:08:40. > :08:47.nervous about what it means for them and their small businesses. If we go
:08:48. > :08:57.to the Financial Times, Theresa May signs historic Brexit letter and
:08:58. > :09:00.opens terms for compromise. The ?60 billion exit bill, but David Davies
:09:01. > :09:05.said immigration will not necessarily come down. It could be
:09:06. > :09:11.that at the end of this process, many on the Leeds side might field
:09:12. > :09:18.Raqqa feel disappointed and short-changed. The key elements is
:09:19. > :09:23.whether Britain has links to the European Court of justice. Brexiteer
:09:24. > :09:27.said make Parliament sovereign, let's take is out of the
:09:28. > :09:32.jurisdiction of this foreign court that has the final say on our laws
:09:33. > :09:36.and regulations. But the suggestion here they are softening on that and
:09:37. > :09:42.there could be some partial or non-binding agreement with Britain
:09:43. > :09:46.with this court as an arbiter to trade regulations. Also, the divorce
:09:47. > :09:51.Bill, this question of how much Britain will pay to leave and any
:09:52. > :09:56.future contributions, she may have this soft on her tone on that. And
:09:57. > :10:00.finally, she has suggested in her letter to Donald Tusk tomorrow, she
:10:01. > :10:06.wants to beef up security ties with the other 27 nations. It is
:10:07. > :10:09.interesting, this moderate tone after some robust rhetoric from her,
:10:10. > :10:15.Liam Fox and David Davies in recent months. And just at the end of the
:10:16. > :10:23.financial timepiece, and be of the most critical in terms of the
:10:24. > :10:27.obstacles and things. But in spite of the mood music, some diplomats in
:10:28. > :10:31.London think the chances are now no greater than 50-50 in getting a
:10:32. > :10:36.deal. So clearly there are lots of these obstacles in the way. But
:10:37. > :10:42.Number Ten have moved a lot of the issue of EU migrants. She has said,
:10:43. > :10:47.I want to fight as hard for EU migrants, who live in this country,
:10:48. > :10:51.as British people as well. I personally feel she would gain a lot
:10:52. > :10:56.of goodwill and show leadership if she made a stand now and said we
:10:57. > :11:00.would be prepared to do the right thing by EU citizens. The European
:11:01. > :11:03.Union have made it clear it is one of the things they need to get
:11:04. > :11:16.sorted first before they can move other issues. The is interesting. If
:11:17. > :11:25.we zoom in a little bits, there are dotted lines around the United
:11:26. > :11:31.Kingdom. We don't get any closer than that. As if you are going to
:11:32. > :11:35.cut out the United Kingdom from the map of Europe. And if we bring up
:11:36. > :11:42.the garden, they have taken a similar route. Hoping to bring it up
:11:43. > :11:48.now. They have already cut the United Kingdom out of the map. Lucy
:11:49. > :11:53.I suppose the government and Theresa May want to make the point that
:11:54. > :11:57.actually, we're not cutting ourselves from Europe, we not
:11:58. > :12:02.cutting ourselves out of this jigsaw as the Guardian suggests. We will
:12:03. > :12:07.just have a different relationship? That's right, Theresa May has said
:12:08. > :12:12.she wants the EU to be a strong trading partner with the UK. What
:12:13. > :12:16.strikes me as interesting about these two front pages, is the fact
:12:17. > :12:20.they make so many assumptions that Scotland will still be part of the
:12:21. > :12:25.UK and Northern Ireland. One of the big stories for me this week has
:12:26. > :12:30.been ministers conceding, for the first time, that Northern Ireland
:12:31. > :12:34.could be part of the EU and leave the UK if it voted for
:12:35. > :12:37.reunification. It is interesting and the different scenario from
:12:38. > :12:45.Scotland, which would have to apply, for the first time to join the EU as
:12:46. > :12:47.an independent nation. Northern Ireland could stay in the EU without
:12:48. > :12:51.having to reapply. Ministers have suggested. That answers the
:12:52. > :12:59.leader-macro leaves a lot of questions in the air about our
:13:00. > :13:03.relationship with Ireland and the EU. The Holyrood parliament voted
:13:04. > :13:10.today, it is not necessarily the UK you cut out of this map, you could
:13:11. > :13:14.cut Scotland out, cut Northern Ireland up potentially. A whole can
:13:15. > :13:26.of worms has been opened by this. Do you think Leavers saw any of it
:13:27. > :13:32.coming? I don't think they did. They don't want to open up any questions
:13:33. > :13:36.about that, they don't want to get into the idea of potential
:13:37. > :13:42.unravelling of the Constitution and the chaos. So anybody from my side,
:13:43. > :13:48.the Remoaners asks these questions, we get shouted down and we are told
:13:49. > :13:52.we are sore losers, the people have spoken. But there are big questions.
:13:53. > :13:59.We have seen today in Scotland, there was the vote in Holyrood which
:14:00. > :14:03.will make them want to ask for a referendum. There is no way Theresa
:14:04. > :14:07.May will give them one. But of course the Nationalists in Wales are
:14:08. > :14:11.asking the same question. If Scotland is having this discussion
:14:12. > :14:17.about independence, we want a discussion about independence as
:14:18. > :14:23.well. It is a fragile time for the whole of the UK as well as the EU.
:14:24. > :14:27.But people are frustrated about, it is all very interesting for us,
:14:28. > :14:31.political commentators and journalists, but it is a distraction
:14:32. > :14:36.from lots of domestic issues going on but still need attention from the
:14:37. > :14:42.government. Finally, we have almost ran out of time, the Sun newspaper,
:14:43. > :14:55.Lucy. Possibly the best of the Brexit front pages. As our Prime
:14:56. > :15:05.Minister signs the exit paper, Dover and out. It is impactful. It speaks
:15:06. > :15:09.to exactly what the Brexit boasts the leader-macro voters about,
:15:10. > :15:13.border control. David Davis picked out at a major moment, suggesting
:15:14. > :15:19.immigration will go up as well as go down. I think people will feel
:15:20. > :15:24.betrayed... If Bauer comes to pass. We don't know, we have two years of
:15:25. > :15:32.this. Remember that guy bashing his head across the country, I wasn't
:15:33. > :15:36.far off. That is a hard Brexit. Lucy, Ayesha, thanks for looking at
:15:37. > :15:40.the stories behind this single headline, which is of course, we are
:15:41. > :15:45.out and that letter will be going to Donald Tusk tomorrow from Theresa
:15:46. > :15:50.May. You can see the front pages of all of them online and if you missed
:15:51. > :15:58.the programme you can watch it later on the BBC iPlayer. Relive all the
:15:59. > :16:07.magic! Thank you to my guests and for you watching. Goodbye.