:00:18. > :00:23.welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us
:00:24. > :00:30.tomorrow. I'm joined by Katie balls from the Spectator and David Davis
:00:31. > :00:36.the broadcaster. Have you recovered from the election? Just! Still
:00:37. > :00:39.shell-shocked! We are going to start with The Telegraph which declares
:00:40. > :00:43.the Prime Minister will stick to her pre-election plans for a hard
:00:44. > :00:46.Brexit, despite calls for a change of approach following the election
:00:47. > :00:51.result. The Times says things could go in the opposite direction as it
:00:52. > :00:56.sources claim. The Chancellor is preparing to fight to persuade
:00:57. > :01:03.members of the government to support a softer Brexit instead. The i
:01:04. > :01:08.points to pressure from Michel Barnier to begin talks as Theresa
:01:09. > :01:12.May is still to finalise a deal for support for her government from the
:01:13. > :01:17.DUP. The Financial Times claims Emmanuel Macron is also putting
:01:18. > :01:22.pressure on Mrs May to begin talks. The Metro focuses on the DUP and the
:01:23. > :01:25.status of their negotiations with the Conservatives. The paper says
:01:26. > :01:30.deals with the party could lead to further problems for Theresa May's
:01:31. > :01:33.government. Diane Abbott is on the front page of The Guardian. The
:01:34. > :01:37.paper has an exclusive interview with her there. Although that's The
:01:38. > :01:42.Daily Mail! The Daily Mail leads with claims that medical assistance
:01:43. > :01:46.are treating patients as part of an NHS cost-cutting measure leaving
:01:47. > :01:54.many at risk. We are going to start with The Telegraph. May says she's
:01:55. > :02:02.sticking to her Brexit blueprint. She's in France, but she's talking
:02:03. > :02:06.to a serious Europhile fan of the European Union, yet she's making it
:02:07. > :02:11.clear she'll stick to what people are describing as a hard Brexit.
:02:12. > :02:15.Yes, it's worth noting in her meeting with Macron today that it
:02:16. > :02:21.was quite a friendly handshake. Unlike the one he had with Mr Trump!
:02:22. > :02:24.There do seem to be warmer relations. There's been a lot of
:02:25. > :02:29.speculation since the results about what it means for Brexit. Lots of
:02:30. > :02:32.people in her own party want her to rethink her approach but The
:02:33. > :02:40.Telegraph is saying that's not going to happen. Why? You could point to
:02:41. > :02:44.the fact, David, that 80% of voters voted for parties, labour and the
:02:45. > :02:51.Conservatives, who are advocating leaving the single market. Yes, but
:02:52. > :02:56.what's been going on since the election result and the outcome,
:02:57. > :03:05.which shocked just about everybody. I think that's a fair comment. I've
:03:06. > :03:12.been abroad in recent weeks and it shocked people abroad. They still
:03:13. > :03:15.don't understand why the Brits, a British Prime Minister has an
:03:16. > :03:22.election she doesn't need to have. Anyway, putting that aside, I was
:03:23. > :03:27.going to sit it I can say there's been a lot of briefing today and
:03:28. > :03:35.indeed a few speeches and interviews, from Conservatives
:03:36. > :03:40.saying soften your tone, Mrs May. A hard Brexit is off the agenda. And
:03:41. > :03:43.what happened tonight very clearly is that the hard Brexiteers are
:03:44. > :03:48.fighting back and there's been this briefing to The Telegraph saying the
:03:49. > :04:01.Prime Minister is absolutely sticking to her guns and a threat
:04:02. > :04:06.that Britain could leave the EU without securing a trade deal. Issue
:04:07. > :04:11.trying to keep those backbenchers onside? Is that what this is all
:04:12. > :04:16.about? I think she's trying to keep a lot of backbenchers and side at
:04:17. > :04:21.the moment. We saw in her shuffle today of ministerial appointments,
:04:22. > :04:26.we saw some remain porters, in, some Brexit supporters come in. It's hard
:04:27. > :04:31.to did you switch side shoes on. Even if she wants to lead us out,
:04:32. > :04:35.it's whether she actually can. May has never looked weaker as Prime
:04:36. > :04:38.Minister than she does now and it's the cabinet making a lot of
:04:39. > :04:44.decisions. Which takes off onto the other story, David on the front page
:04:45. > :04:56.of The Times. Hammond pushes Tories to ditch Brexit trade plan. The real
:04:57. > :05:00.Brexiteers are going to hold sway according to The Telegraph, but The
:05:01. > :05:08.Times is now saying it could be Hammond. This is exactly the point.
:05:09. > :05:13.Is it only a week ago it was Philip Hammond who was for the chop as
:05:14. > :05:18.Chancellor? Now he is preparing to lead a battle within the government
:05:19. > :05:25.to soften Brexit by keeping Britain inside the EU customs union. This is
:05:26. > :05:33.what people like Boris Johnson have fought tooth and nail against. And
:05:34. > :05:40.then of course President Macron who we mentioned earlier, he added to
:05:41. > :05:46.the fire tonight by saying that the EU's doors remain open for Britain
:05:47. > :05:51.to reverse Brexit, if things go on like this. I have to say, the result
:05:52. > :05:56.is a night of the football match, France three with ten men, England
:05:57. > :06:07.two with 11 men, I hope that wasn't an omen for Mrs May! Katie, is
:06:08. > :06:11.Theresa May's debating style the way that she feels she should conduct
:06:12. > :06:15.these talks on Brexit, is to go in there and say if we don't get a deal
:06:16. > :06:20.where going to walk away and that's it. Hard Brexit. That is what
:06:21. > :06:26.underpins her whole strategy, that they are going to be too scared not
:06:27. > :06:31.to give us a deal. Is that what this is about? That was part of her
:06:32. > :06:35.pitch. It's quite funny that during the election campaign, which
:06:36. > :06:39.everyone admits was now quite a bad campaign, she said if you don't vote
:06:40. > :06:43.for me you will have Jeremy Corbyn in the negotiations so you need me.
:06:44. > :06:47.If you look at how she's been depicted in the foreign media since
:06:48. > :06:52.the results and you do think she's more a laughing stock right now than
:06:53. > :06:56.this Iron Lady. That could change but I think you can't deny although
:06:57. > :07:00.she called this election to strengthen her hand, it's weakened
:07:01. > :07:11.it massively. Of course, there's a bloke called David Davis who is
:07:12. > :07:17.Secretary of State for Brexit. He is presenting a rather softer line in
:07:18. > :07:22.the past few days than he had to follow the May line until last
:07:23. > :07:28.Thursday. But now, it will be very interesting to see what tone he
:07:29. > :07:32.takes and what approach he takes. I still don't understand why she has
:07:33. > :07:40.the tone she has. What is the reasoning for going in there, making
:07:41. > :07:44.it clear it's going to be a hard Brexit if I don't get what I want?
:07:45. > :07:49.The idea is you have to be able to walk away from the table in order to
:07:50. > :07:52.get a good deal. I think that wine is wearing weaker and weaker,
:07:53. > :07:58.particularly now. We saw Michael Gove today, everyone seems to be
:07:59. > :08:03.softening their language a little and talking about this need for more
:08:04. > :08:09.conversation with everyone and all the different parties. It's all
:08:10. > :08:13.talk, but there seems to be a conscious effort to make it seem
:08:14. > :08:17.less hard. I don't know if Theresa May herself has got the memo. There
:08:18. > :08:22.are a lot of Conservative hardliners on this matter and she now has to
:08:23. > :08:28.keep them somehow onside, though history teaches us that the
:08:29. > :08:33.Conservative Party's way of self-preservation is a considerable
:08:34. > :08:42.way. Given the majority she's got now, next to none, even with the DUP
:08:43. > :08:48.she's got to keep them on side as well. It feels a bit unlike the
:08:49. > :08:55.Major years when he was held ransom by the blokes beginning with B, as
:08:56. > :09:01.it were! We shouldn't underestimate the role of Ruth Davidson in this.
:09:02. > :09:04.Without the games in Scotland with the Scottish Conservatives, May
:09:05. > :09:08.wouldn't have been able to form a minority government. Ruth Davidson
:09:09. > :09:12.is in favour of a soft Brexit. She wants to focus on the economy so she
:09:13. > :09:17.isn't in the big Brexit camp. The front page of the Financial Times,
:09:18. > :09:22.Cameron turns heat on May with call to consult Labour for a softer
:09:23. > :09:29.Brexit. We'll go on to The Guardian. Interview with Diane Abbott on
:09:30. > :09:35.diabetes and life as chief target of a vicious Tory campaign. We saw the
:09:36. > :09:40.day before the election, Diane Abbott was moved temporarily from
:09:41. > :09:49.the Home Office brief, after a bad interview on Sky. They said it was
:09:50. > :09:52.health reasons. Now she says she suffers from type two diabetes. In
:09:53. > :09:55.the stress of the campaign have blood sugar levels were all over the
:09:56. > :10:01.place which affected her performance. The irony of that is
:10:02. > :10:05.that the Prime Minister has, for many years, suffered from a
:10:06. > :10:12.different type of diabetes as well. This whole question of the media,
:10:13. > :10:19.particularly the press's approach to Diane Abbott, and other Labour
:10:20. > :10:21.figures, was that counter-productive? In previous
:10:22. > :10:27.campaigns certain newspapers claimed they won the campaign for the
:10:28. > :10:32.Conservatives. I seem to remember somebody what one it was the
:10:33. > :10:36.headline. Who was it what lost it this time, one wonders? Perhaps that
:10:37. > :10:47.isn't a question to be asking tonight. Yes, on a programme called
:10:48. > :10:52.The Papers! LAUGHTER Are you saying the papers have no influence? I'm
:10:53. > :10:58.saying it's a very interesting question academically. I'll see you
:10:59. > :11:03.at Birmingham University to discuss it! Talking about people wanting to
:11:04. > :11:10.get into the press and the papers, Nick Clegg is now a columnist with
:11:11. > :11:16.the i. Yes, the i is still print. It's The Independent that is online.
:11:17. > :11:21.There he is, Nick Clegg, new columnist. Great news because he
:11:22. > :11:27.lost his job last week. No need to go to the Job Centre! It's quite
:11:28. > :11:32.traditional for politicians to have columns. Less common is what George
:11:33. > :11:39.Osborne did, obviously, when you take on the editorship. I imagine
:11:40. > :11:45.George Osborne might be kicking himself. Isn't it the same owner? No
:11:46. > :11:50.it's not actually. You want complaining about politicians doing
:11:51. > :11:56.new jobs? Television people have endlessly gone into. Politics have
:11:57. > :12:00.they? I can go back as far as Geoffrey Johnson Smith, who was an
:12:01. > :12:06.early TV presenter, who was a Conservative MP for years. I'm going
:12:07. > :12:11.to have to wrap this up otherwise be looking for a new job as well!
:12:12. > :12:13.LAUGHTER Thank you. That's it for The Papers tonight. Thank you to you
:12:14. > :12:27.watching, goodbye. Hello. A bit of summer warmth on the
:12:28. > :12:31.way for many of you tomorrow. The skies across the UK looking a bit
:12:32. > :12:33.more like this at times. Certainly in areas where skies have been
:12:34. > :12:34.particularly