23/04/2017 The Papers

There's a Royal send off for tens of thousands of runners,

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

With me are Rosamund Urwin, columnist at the London Evening

Standard, and France 24's UK Correspondent, Benedicte Paviot.

She has had a very long day. She was on the Andrew Marr show this

morning. We will prop up up. Tomorrow's front pages

starting with... The FT leads with

the French elections. And former banker Emmanuel Macron

going head-to-head against the far-right leader Marine Le Pen

in the race to become The Guardian says Macron is now

favourite to win as they say the result redraws

the French political divide. The i features the former

Labour Leader, Tony Blair, telling voters to put aside party

loyalty for the sake The Daily Telegraph questions

Labour's debility on defence as they say Jeremy Corbyn ruled out ever

using the nuclear deterrent. The Daily Express claims a foreign

aid row broken out over claims taxpayers' cash was being given

to a government which And The Metro carry the story

of a Navy veteran, who was hit and killed by burglars

driving his car. Let's begin. If you heard a rustling

of papers, it is because Peter dashed in with a copy of the

start with the FT and a couple of start with the FT and a couple of

on the front pages. Defeat to the on the front pages. Defeat to the

established parties as Macron and Marine Le Pen

extraordinary. Two radically different visions of France and the

future France. You could have thought Macron was a socialist but

he has made a big point saying he is not from the left or the right, he

is a centrist. This is a political earthquake which we have witnessed

tonight. He has never held elected office. It is extraordinary. Since

we have a centrist, who, it is not a party he has foundered, it is a

movement, En Marche, barely a year ago. Marine Le Pen, like a father,

has made it through to the second round, as predicted by many polls.

It is done. This is a huge achievement for her as well.

Radically different visions for France. Mr Macron very pro-EU with

open markets and Marine Le Pen wants immediate ceasing of immigration and

has a very different vision for France and we will have to see the

debate. There be a face-off on French television and it will be

fierce. Another photograph of Marine Le Pen accepting a vote came. It

will be interesting to see either of them tried to put an Administration

together, given they do not have form in office. Of course, Macron

does have the support of the more established parties. Marine Le Pen

might sound like he is after a revolution with something new and

something fresh but look who is behind him. We have Francois Fillon

who has been beaten. At some point he was the prime contender. We have

had him come third and immediately get behind Macron. What is

interesting is they have done it that quickly. The Socialist

candidate, the official Socialist candidate who has done so badly,

which is a real knock-down for the Socialist party. I should also

stress, and this is not appreciated perhaps in the United Kingdom

enough. 39 years old, unelected office. You are really, possibly,

probably going to be the next president. 20 years younger, apart

from Marine Le Pen. This is extraordinary that he is pulling

this off so far. When he says, this is a very grave moment in the

history of France, a historic moment. He is really needing to show

that he has that gravitas, that he has what it takes, he has the

solution is full that he has a lot of people to convince. One

accusation as he tends to say one thing when speaking to one person

and then he says another thing. That is what Marine Le Pen will be

attacking. Tonight, Le Front National is livid whether it is

Francois Fillon, the centre-right candidates saying he would vote

Macron and he is asking people to vote against Marine Le Pen. The euro

has gained a bit in value. There was concern about the integrity of the

European Union if it were to be Marine Le Pen who wins. Of course

also she is completely Eurosceptic. The idea that there could be a

breaking up of the year union. Eurosceptic against Europhile

railing. A crucial election for France. It is not over. There is a

second round on the 7th of May. It would seem to be at is all there for

Mr Macron. There are two weeks to go. Let's see what happens. Be you

tonight is relieved. The unit is looking at France. If there were to

be a win for Marine Le Pen this would have huge imprecations for the

United Kingdom and for Brexit. She has said she would put it to the

people and, in the end, it would be the French people who would decide

that. Sighs of relief and a huge tension around France. There are

some clashes with people not happy about the results. They have

radically opposing views. Not to downplay the 19.5, 20% and the 19.5

that Jean-Luc Melenchon on the far left got. That is a very divided

France. How that is healed we will see. Let us look at the Daily

Telegraph for a British story. We cannot offer such lovely language

but Labour's nuclear implosion. Labour's debility on defence in

tatters as the Daily Telegraph. I do not think the Daily Telegraph would

ever have thought that Jeremy Corbyn had much credibility on defence.

Jeremy Corbyn went on the Andrew Marr show this morning and he ruled

out ever using Britain's nuclear deterrent. He also refused to back a

strike to kill the leader of IS. Hours later, the Labour Party has to

have clarification saying, of course, that they do support Trident

as the nuclear deterrent. I was thinking back to Labour leaders who

have said this in the past. It is not without precedent. I think, if I

remember correctly, Denis Healey, the Labour leader who never was, I

think he also said he would never have hit the button and sent nukes

back in return. It is not completely... We all knew that

Jeremy Corbyn thought this. It makes it difficult him same. A number of

former military figures having their say and saying he cannot be trusted

with the security of the nation. What a Prime Minister does, as

Andrew was pointing out, you get locked away and you write letters.

In those moments, it will be a very short letter and it will be very

clear what your instruction to your military commanders are. Of course,

I think some concern because, if you want to be the Prime Minister of

this country, you must be very clear in your thinking, clear in the way

you express what you think, and certainly, in a short letter like

that, it is crystal clear so there is no hesitation as to what those

instructions are. Let's have a look at the eye. Here is a man we all

know well. Forget party allegiances, former Labour leader says to put

aside loyalties and vote for anybody who is anti-Brexit all want a softer

Brexit. Then suggesting he is tempted for a political comeback. He

did not quite say that. He might look at France and think a centrist

leader is doing terribly well. The comparison some people in British

politics have made is that Macron feels a little bit like Tony Blair

in certain ways. Probably a lot of people think in the last thing we

need now is Tony Blair. There will also be people thinking, actually,

elections, three general elections, elections, three general elections,

for Labour. How keen Jeremy Corbyn would be on that, you wonder. It is

one thing to think you might want to go back. As you say, where and doing

what? When? And how soon. Very quick look at the Daily Express. Fresh

calls for funding for authority that pays terrorists. This plays very

much to those who want to reduce the amount that is given to foreign aid.

Theresa May immediately, very early on, came out and said she would

support the .7% target of GDP that would go towards aid. Many people

thought she would go back from that. It was very much David Cameron,

fresh face of the Tory Party together with the green stuff that

got dropped. What our aid money is going to is much more about building

future markets for us. Before it was not so much about that. She has

committed very on to keeping it full studies is incredibly popular with

readers of the Daily Express. This is about a mentally ill Arab, says

the Daily Express who killed a British student and is in line to

receive a salary from the Palestine authority which receives ?25 million

a year from Britain. A lot of talk about foreign aid quite rightly is

about soft power and particular leak in relation to Brexit. The huge

necessity apart from the humanitarian aspect of it. With good

governance and checks and balances. That is why it is so important, to

convince people and taxpayers that there are those checks and balances

and that government is really carefully monitored. That's good

back to the Daily Telegraph. 40,000 people ran the London Marathon

today. Nobody around this desk did. Bryony Gordon, the economist for the

Daily Telegraph, she is featured hugging her little girl at the

finish line. What a feeling he must have! In particular, mental health

charities have really benefited this time because of the support by the

Royal family. The Royals have come out to tackle an issue which should

not be back has been controversial. It is really lovely to see this

picture. That has been her work and it is fantastic. A lot of money from

the marathon is going towards mental health charities. That is a real

achievement. She will be writing about her experience in the paper.

How she got the strength to even type I do not know. Do you fancy it?

When I was in New York, I used to go and see them. It was astonishing. I

love that feeling when you run. I have great admiration for people who

do that. I cannot see myself doing it. I think it is an incredible

accomplishment. What I also admire hugely is people who wear these

costumes. I have done it. The rhinos are the fittest people because they

are carrying around this enormously heavy thing. There is a bit when you

go in a tunnel and he had to call on his knees. I think he was faster

than me. There are amazing people. You are quite right. It is

extraordinary. They make so much money for charity. The other thing

doing it which she realise, the crowd gets you round. The crowd is

the most amazing thing. These unbelievably generous people come

out and give you Arab oh as he go around. Other suites are available.

They give you sugar. Well done to you. There was me saying nobody

around the table has done it this year. We will be back at half past

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