:00:15. > :00:17.Hello and welcome to our look at the papers.
:00:18. > :00:20.With me are Miranda Green of the Financial Times
:00:21. > :00:24.and Christopher Hope of the Daily Telegraph.
:00:25. > :00:30.We start with the Financial Times which reports on the positive
:00:31. > :00:32.reaction from the financial markets to Emmanuel Macron's progression
:00:33. > :00:36.to the second round of voting in the French election.
:00:37. > :00:39.The I reveals Labour's plans for Brexit, including assurances
:00:40. > :00:44.for EU nationals living in the UK The Daily Express claims a study
:00:45. > :00:50.shows just 45 minutes of exercise a day can prevent dementia.
:00:51. > :00:54.The Metro says a law firm used legal aid to pay for bogus claims
:00:55. > :01:01.The Daily Telegraph leads with comments by the head
:01:02. > :01:03.of the university admissions service that students shouldn't
:01:04. > :01:09.worry about finding jobs straight after graduation.
:01:10. > :01:17.The Guardian reports he remained at a campaign group is targeting
:01:18. > :01:24.parliamentary seats currently occupied by pro Brexit politicians
:01:25. > :01:34.with an army of half a million supporters. The Times says there
:01:35. > :01:39.will be a bill of 2 million euros. And a report that GPs are not
:01:40. > :01:44.spotting cancer symptoms in patients with some being sent away three
:01:45. > :01:49.times before being correctly diagnosed. That is in the Daily
:01:50. > :02:01.Mail. Around, we will start with the election. The I unveils the Brexit
:02:02. > :02:06.strategy. This general election has been called by Theresa May for
:02:07. > :02:10.tactical reasons. She wants to increase their majority in the
:02:11. > :02:16.Commons, partly because she wants to deal with Brexit. Labour is pleasing
:02:17. > :02:21.neither levers nor Remainers. They have to come down on one side or the
:02:22. > :02:24.other. A few nights ago we had the extraordinary spectacle of the
:02:25. > :02:30.Shadow Foreign Secretary saying to the BBC Labour has not decided which
:02:31. > :02:34.side of the fence it is an in terms of Brexit. Pollsters are watching
:02:35. > :02:39.this group of voters who they are describing as I am normally Labour
:02:40. > :02:50.but. Unfortunately for Labour people in both the Leave group and the
:02:51. > :02:57.Remain group are not supporting Labour. It is not clear to the
:02:58. > :03:00.voters because they say they want to safeguard the good things about the
:03:01. > :03:05.EU like workers' rights which are very important to Labour voters, but
:03:06. > :03:09.actually, they will not go against the results of the referendum. I am
:03:10. > :03:15.not massively wiser tonight about which side of the fence they have
:03:16. > :03:20.decided to come down on. It does talk about Labour wants to safeguard
:03:21. > :03:25.the rights of EU nationals living in the UK. It says that as Miranda was
:03:26. > :03:29.saying, they accept the referendum results, but they want to safeguard
:03:30. > :03:36.workers' rights. There is no mention on the front of the paper about
:03:37. > :03:41.immigration. It does still seem a little bit muddled. Immigration is
:03:42. > :03:47.not mentioned at all. It is all too well the EU national issue, that is
:03:48. > :03:50.across the House of Commons. Theresa May's position is pretty reasonable
:03:51. > :03:54.on that, she wants to make sure the rights of Britain's overseas are
:03:55. > :04:00.also looked after before sorting out the EU nationals here which is fair
:04:01. > :04:06.enough. It does seem, I think it is an attempt, they are going to repeal
:04:07. > :04:09.this Great Repeal Bill but re-badge it with something else. The concern
:04:10. > :04:14.is they are going quite far. There may be a way of justifying a second
:04:15. > :04:18.referendum. The big issue on this is they are trying to go towards the
:04:19. > :04:22.Lib Dem and SNP position which is more pro-EU. If you believe there
:04:23. > :04:34.might be a minority government at the end of this with Corbyn as a
:04:35. > :04:37.Prime Minister, which is a possibility, then maybe this puts it
:04:38. > :04:39.more in the ballpark. I am not entirely sure that will happen. The
:04:40. > :04:44.French polls got it right last night, bang on. In France. We have
:04:45. > :04:49.said all the non-Tory parties have said they will not do deals. To be
:04:50. > :04:52.fair to Labour and this is an important point, it is the most
:04:53. > :04:57.recent party when it comes to Brexit. All the others are fairly
:04:58. > :05:02.united generally so they have a difficult thing. It is a genuine
:05:03. > :05:10.dilemma. The clear thing they see if they would not accept no deal as a
:05:11. > :05:15.serious option,... Unlike Theresa May. So a clear demarcation there.
:05:16. > :05:24.Christopher, the front page of the I as well, Ukip are targeting Muslims.
:05:25. > :05:29.They want a ban on the Vale and this is being seen as frankly targeting a
:05:30. > :05:34.particular section of society. This is their social integration
:05:35. > :05:37.announcement today. Peter Whittle was the deputy chairman and Paul
:05:38. > :05:41.Nuttall was there today. It was a bit of a messy press conference.
:05:42. > :05:49.They were trying to say they wanted to ban face coverings. I said does
:05:50. > :05:56.that mean beekeepers as well. If you are walking into a big public
:05:57. > :06:02.building in a beekeepers sit? That is a face coverings. You were being
:06:03. > :06:08.facetious? I was just trying to pick apart and they said no, it is not
:06:09. > :06:10.the case, so it is about going after Muslim people rather than
:06:11. > :06:16.beekeepers, that was the point of a question. It became a bit of an
:06:17. > :06:20.issue. It is quite divisive. There are a small minority of Muslim women
:06:21. > :06:25.who wear burqas and they are saying it is an issue in some communities.
:06:26. > :06:29.Does Paul Nuttall have a point when he says a majority of Muslim women
:06:30. > :06:38.who wear these veils, they are the ones who do not necessarily speak
:06:39. > :06:41.much English, they are the ones who do not have good job opportunities,
:06:42. > :06:45.it is a way of opening up their lives by removing this barrier that
:06:46. > :06:51.he feels is an important and good thing? It is a really complicated
:06:52. > :07:00.issue. I am no fan of the Vale as it happens, but what you found in
:07:01. > :07:05.France is if you ban the veil, attacks on individual women who are
:07:06. > :07:10.walking the streets become the target of vigilantes groups who feel
:07:11. > :07:15.they are defending the values of the native population against Muslim
:07:16. > :07:23.values. It is not the way to go. You can have a debate about the veil.
:07:24. > :07:27.Banning should be an absolute last resort. It is a personal liberty
:07:28. > :07:32.issue. And deciding to fight your culture wars through what women wear
:07:33. > :07:36.is very disgusting. Paul Nuttall thinks he is ten years ahead of
:07:37. > :07:47.everyone and we will all catch up with him. Who knows, it may well be.
:07:48. > :07:55.Page five of the Express. Ukip vows to fight extremism with sharia law,
:07:56. > :07:59.they want to get rid of the local sharia courts in the UK. Corbyn has
:08:00. > :08:04.just got backing from the Communists for the first time in years they
:08:05. > :08:10.will not feel any candidates. This is the story on the right,
:08:11. > :08:15.rock-solid Labour set to crumble in Wales. This is fascinating. Since
:08:16. > :08:19.the 2015 election, one of the things we have all noticed is politics has
:08:20. > :08:23.become much more complicated when you have different things happening
:08:24. > :08:27.in different regions of the UK. This is the first poll of what will
:08:28. > :08:33.happen probably in Wales, and shows a real collapse for Labour support
:08:34. > :08:40.in Wales, and the Tories are likely to pick up ten seats from Labour.
:08:41. > :08:45.Wales has been voting quite a lot for Ukip in recent years, and if
:08:46. > :08:50.that is replicated in other places as well, if all the Ukip voters
:08:51. > :08:54.bleed across to the Tory party in this coming election, that will
:08:55. > :08:59.hugely boost tourism in seats where they are fighting Labour and the Lib
:09:00. > :09:03.Dems. -- it was hugely boost Tories. This poll which shows a good result
:09:04. > :09:08.for the Tories is actually something which means good news for the Tories
:09:09. > :09:13.in other areas as well where Ukip support is going down. Wales voted
:09:14. > :09:17.overwhelmingly to leave the European Union, so perhaps given Labour's
:09:18. > :09:21.thinking on how to deal with the Brexit question, the poll may not be
:09:22. > :09:29.much of this prize, but Labour have dominated every election Wales says
:09:30. > :09:36.World War I, since 1922. For them to lose now, earthquake. It will be. We
:09:37. > :09:42.have these local elections which everyone forgets about next month
:09:43. > :09:49.which gives us a feeling for where it is going. The Tories are chasing
:09:50. > :09:53.votes in the North of England. When you look at how Labour has been
:09:54. > :09:56.wiped out in Scotland where it was once totally dominant, if the same
:09:57. > :10:03.thing happens in Wales, the poor Labour Party, this is a piece of
:10:04. > :10:11.political history being made if it ends. But as you say, the polls.
:10:12. > :10:18.There are six weeks to go, let's not forget. A lot of campaigning. A
:10:19. > :10:22.Remain group seeks to oust pro Brexit MPs. Tony Blair pitch rolled
:10:23. > :10:28.to use the jargon in the world at one yesterday. He wants to get
:10:29. > :10:35.people who are anti-Brexit to tactically vote and try and throw
:10:36. > :10:43.out the Brexit MP. It is launching tomorrow. This is a Guardian
:10:44. > :10:47.exclusive. They say they will hit 20 seats held by big names like Iain
:10:48. > :10:52.Duncan Smith, Theresa Villiers and Kate Hoey. This is a real chance to
:10:53. > :10:56.use their numbers to reshape Parliament and take away the Brexit
:10:57. > :11:05.MPs. We will move on because there is quite a lot of papers to get
:11:06. > :11:12.through. Let's go to the Telegraph. Pictures of smiling Marine Le Pen.
:11:13. > :11:19.She is stepping down as the leader of the front National to say she is
:11:20. > :11:27.the candidate for all citizens and not just representing this one
:11:28. > :11:33.political outfit. Marine Le Pen is the daughter of John Marine Le Pen.
:11:34. > :11:43.So the name might be tricky to distance herself. She has been
:11:44. > :11:51.trying to leave the party behind. The origins of this party were with
:11:52. > :11:56.the Vichy collaborators, or with the Nazi regime. They have a past which
:11:57. > :12:05.is anti-Semitic and racist and about how France got out of our cheery
:12:06. > :12:12.which -- Algeria which was considered a betrayal of pride.
:12:13. > :12:17.Marine Le Pen has been trying to leave that image behind her. She has
:12:18. > :12:23.fallen out with her father. She is saying I am no longer Front National
:12:24. > :12:27.I am standing as an individual. Of course, they will still be the
:12:28. > :12:33.policies of the Front National. What happens now is crucial about whether
:12:34. > :12:36.both these candidates Micron and a pen can gather enough support from
:12:37. > :12:43.outside their natural support base to be victorious in the second
:12:44. > :12:46.round. 15 years ago, her father was blocked because that tactical vote
:12:47. > :12:54.worked. She wants to avoid the same fate. We know which candidates the
:12:55. > :13:00.-- we know which candidate the financial markets are happy with, Mr
:13:01. > :13:05.Macron. The FTSE and the DAX and other markets are all up. He likes
:13:06. > :13:11.free markets, he lacks the European Union, he likes free trade. It is
:13:12. > :13:17.the tonic they need. They cannot believe their luck. This could be
:13:18. > :13:25.the end of the Brexit revolution sweeping through Europe. Look at the
:13:26. > :13:29.money going up. Massive rises. Also, what they are saying is if the
:13:30. > :13:33.political dangers can be put to one side, some of the economic
:13:34. > :13:37.fundamentals in Europe and eurozone are looking more cheerful so allows
:13:38. > :13:41.people to make judgments on the economy again, not on political
:13:42. > :13:48.risks and that is one reason why the markets are going up. The euro zone
:13:49. > :13:54.economy has been doing OK. The Daily Mail briefly, GPs failing thousands
:13:55. > :14:00.of cancer patients, Christopher? It is alarming. GPs pick up these
:14:01. > :14:05.issues before they have to take them on to consultants in hospital. There
:14:06. > :14:12.are saying some are not being caught. This is what GPs are for.
:14:13. > :14:16.Unfortunately, it really affects survival rates because if you pick
:14:17. > :14:24.up cancer earlier, there are avenues of treatment. I would say no
:14:25. > :14:27.election. On the front page of the Daily Mail. They are the biggest
:14:28. > :14:35.selling middle market paper and they think the election is not selling.
:14:36. > :14:42.Interesting. The Daily Telegraph thinks it does sell. We know what
:14:43. > :14:46.our readers like. You are on the ball, Christopher Hope! On the
:14:47. > :14:54.bottom is the cartoon which we will bring up briefly for our viewers.
:14:55. > :14:59.Drum roll, drum roll. Here it comes. It says, in the event of nuclear war
:15:00. > :15:05.we must immediately declare a bank holiday.
:15:06. > :15:09.What is that a reference to? It is funny! Matt always finds a charming
:15:10. > :15:12.way to bring the stories together. This is the idea that has been
:15:13. > :15:16.wowing between the Labour Party and the Tory party about whether Britain
:15:17. > :15:27.should keep the nuclear deterrent and also Jeremy Corbyn's main
:15:28. > :15:34.election idea so far that there would be extra bank holidays. He did
:15:35. > :15:35.say he would keep the Strategic Defence Review if he became Prime
:15:36. > :15:40.Minister. He did. Don't forget you can see the front
:15:41. > :15:45.pages of the papers online It's all there for you - seven days
:15:46. > :15:49.a week at bbc.co.uk/papers - and if you miss the programme any
:15:50. > :15:57.evening you can watch it I will be back with more news at the
:15:58. > :16:08.top of the hour. Miranda and Christopher, thank you. Goodbye.
:16:09. > :16:14.Good evening. It has been turning colder through the North today
:16:15. > :16:17.today. It was cold enough in northern Scotland to see some snow
:16:18. > :16:19.lying on the ground. Not unusual for