:00:00. > :00:07.In other news: Bill Cosby walks free from court after the judge declares
:00:08. > :00:23.a mistrial in his sexual assault case.
:00:24. > :00:27.Welcome, and to our look ahead to what the papers will be
:00:28. > :00:31.With me are Robert Fox, Defence Editor at the London Evening
:00:32. > :00:33.Standard and Rachel Cunliffe, Comment and Features Editor
:00:34. > :00:43.The Observer claims that the government repeatedly
:00:44. > :00:46.failed to act on fire safety warnings before the fire at Grenfall
:00:47. > :01:00.The Express leads with the Queen's response to the fire,
:01:01. > :01:02.praising Her Majesty for calming the nation.
:01:03. > :01:04.The Sunday Mirror labels the Duke of Cambridge
:01:05. > :01:07.the 'prince of compassion' for the role he played in responding
:01:08. > :01:11.The Sunday Telegraph says Theresa May could face a leadership
:01:12. > :01:14.challenge from within her own party if she waters down Brexit.
:01:15. > :01:16.The Sunday Times reports that senior Conservative
:01:17. > :01:19.figures have told the Prime Minister she has ten days to improve her
:01:20. > :01:24.performance or face a confidence vote in the party.
:01:25. > :01:32.Let's begin with a little bit more in-depth look. All of the papers
:01:33. > :01:37.focusing on the terrible tragedy in west London. The Sunday Telegraph is
:01:38. > :01:41.talking about the response, the initial response, being simply not
:01:42. > :01:45.good enough. The Prime Minister has issued a statement reflecting that
:01:46. > :01:48.as well. A real juxtaposition in terms of what the volunteers were
:01:49. > :01:54.doing straightaway after the tragedy. They all got together and
:01:55. > :02:03.yet, the officials were taking a long time. I think this is the
:02:04. > :02:09.question of the need for really in-depth enquiries. It is propping
:02:10. > :02:12.up the time to start going into the detail of things like building
:02:13. > :02:20.standards, fire regulation, going back to things like the Bradford
:02:21. > :02:24.fire and the King's Cross fire which were particularly bad. Its work
:02:25. > :02:29.flagging them up because the commander has been indicating that
:02:30. > :02:34.this is going to be the worst civil fire in London since the blip by the
:02:35. > :02:42.looks of things, looking at the toll of death and injury and people being
:02:43. > :02:48.displayed. -- since the blitz. It makes it so truly iconic. I think
:02:49. > :02:54.the first responders' argument is quite interesting. The police and
:02:55. > :02:57.the Fire Brigade and everybody trying to do their stuff but what
:02:58. > :03:02.comes in with the local council people, this is where Mrs May has
:03:03. > :03:07.been extremely graphic, from various quotes in the papers, about her
:03:08. > :03:12.criticism. That seems to me there is a big failure here which is
:03:13. > :03:17.indicated in the sidebar story, interestingly, in the Observer,
:03:18. > :03:20.saying the British Red Cross is now being asked to put professional
:03:21. > :03:25.organisers into North Kensington to help out. The problem is what you do
:03:26. > :03:29.after the first responders. It is what America learned after nine or
:03:30. > :03:37.11 and Hurricane Katrina. It is no use to say that we will do things in
:03:38. > :03:43.the third World. Nonsense. Take a country like Italy which 80% of the
:03:44. > :03:52.tension that shellac territory is subject to our -- earthquakes. They
:03:53. > :03:58.have a ministry who deals with units of the military like the Red Cross
:03:59. > :04:05.that can go in that honestly, this recurrent callout the military,
:04:06. > :04:09.particularly if the Tory are going to cut the military down. When you
:04:10. > :04:15.have army of 100 thousand, and you can't call out that many people.
:04:16. > :04:20.Actually, we have big questions because Grenfell Tower isn't a thing
:04:21. > :04:24.that can be fixed in five days. It will take five months or possibly
:04:25. > :04:29.even a year to get everybody sorted out, get them housed, get their
:04:30. > :04:35.lives on an even keel, if even they can be in some cases. The Prime
:04:36. > :04:39.Minister is saying she was the people as affected to be re- housed
:04:40. > :04:47.in three weeks. A big challenge. She is saying that because of the
:04:48. > :04:53.criticism she has been unsympathetic. It's because she
:04:54. > :04:58.didn't meet them for several days. We are talking about hundreds of
:04:59. > :05:05.people in central London and you also have the issue of all the other
:05:06. > :05:09.people in tower blocks who are are in potentially similar fire risk
:05:10. > :05:15.situations who are raising concerns and fears that their lives. It is
:05:16. > :05:22.completely understandable. -- they fear for their lives. It is really
:05:23. > :05:27.crucial. We have had a lot in the past few days and have all become
:05:28. > :05:31.experts in fires and fire defence systems and flammable building
:05:32. > :05:36.cladding that there is a subsequent issue here which is that it doesn't
:05:37. > :05:39.seem to be a centralised response system. You are hearing responses
:05:40. > :05:44.from survivors and families saying there is nobody here we can talk to,
:05:45. > :05:49.they don't have the information, the charities and the Red Cross are
:05:50. > :05:53.being helpful but no one is being, there is no centralised unit where
:05:54. > :05:58.they can get the resources they need. Counselling, medical
:05:59. > :06:01.resources, anything. That is separate from building regulations.
:06:02. > :06:05.We really should be able to do this in one of the richest countries in
:06:06. > :06:09.the world. We are expecting a task force and somebody with high viz
:06:10. > :06:15.jackets to turn up. We are expecting that to take place. A lot of the
:06:16. > :06:19.criticism has been focused on to are made and it has been a difficult
:06:20. > :06:24.week for her. The election result has been a difficult result for her.
:06:25. > :06:27.The Sunday Telegraph is now talking about this threat as a stalking
:06:28. > :06:33.horse leadership challenge without naming who this potential challenger
:06:34. > :06:39.is. I think I hear the wheelbarrow of the daily Sunday Telegraph
:06:40. > :06:47.politics trundling down. It is a strange piece because the headline
:06:48. > :06:56.says the Conservatives are allegedly preparing a stalking horse,' is. --
:06:57. > :07:10.single quotes. They couldn't really name anybody. It really is rather
:07:11. > :07:16.unsatisfactory but the Telegraph is in Tory heartland so it is picking
:07:17. > :07:22.up the mood music, if I can mix and that is all. There is clearly
:07:23. > :07:26.something that. -- mix a metaphor. They must be thinking she is not
:07:27. > :07:32.doing terribly well but there is no obvious challenger that I can see
:07:33. > :07:37.emerging. Once a name is mentioned, it is cancelled out almost
:07:38. > :07:48.immediately. Left, Right, woman, man, Amber Rudd, Michael Gove, David
:07:49. > :07:55.Davis, as Johnson. Every time it is raised in a conversation in media,
:07:56. > :07:58.quite rightly, it is itself cancelling, self-destruct mechanism.
:07:59. > :08:02.They do know what to do. The interesting thing and merging from
:08:03. > :08:07.all the plate -- papers today, real concern about the Queens speech on
:08:08. > :08:11.the 28th of June which is usually the manifesto for a government with
:08:12. > :08:19.a comfortable majority or a working majority. No, now it looks as if it
:08:20. > :08:24.is going to be the occasion of the first may be quite a number of these
:08:25. > :08:30.autumn of confidence votes. In the Prime Minister. The longer that goes
:08:31. > :08:35.on, the process, I think her position looks as if it will weaken.
:08:36. > :08:41.She has really got to pull a rabbit out of a hat and suddenly say, "I am
:08:42. > :08:46.in charge, I can show you how to do it and this is the way forward." The
:08:47. > :08:50.Sunday Times is saying the Conservative Party is giving Theresa
:08:51. > :08:57.May ten days to turn this all around. They are also focusing on
:08:58. > :09:02.the Queens's speech and can she regain the favour of her party. Of
:09:03. > :09:09.course, if she can't, you have labour waiting in the wings. What is
:09:10. > :09:14.interesting about the election result, many of those in the Labour
:09:15. > :09:17.Party are taking it as a mandate for Jeremy Corbyn to become Prime
:09:18. > :09:20.Minister. There were protests planned this week and John
:09:21. > :09:24.McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor, was saying people should go to the
:09:25. > :09:28.streets at to defy Tory rule and it was as if they are selling the idea
:09:29. > :09:33.that Theresa May had stolen the election. Obviously, she won more
:09:34. > :09:36.seats than labour. Labour did still lose the election that it is really
:09:37. > :09:42.interesting to look at how the Labour Party is merging the
:09:43. > :09:46.response, the outrage over the fire and the upset over the election and
:09:47. > :09:51.to kind of build a movement that says, for whatever reason, whether
:09:52. > :09:54.it is the election of a fire or accept, this woman is not able to
:09:55. > :09:58.lead us. I think that sentiment is coming through the Tory party as
:09:59. > :10:02.well. She is being pressured from all sides. As the observer is
:10:03. > :10:07.suggesting, big businesses are telling her to rethink our heart
:10:08. > :10:09.breakfast. Also telling her do not water down the Brexit. -- are hired
:10:10. > :10:27.Brexit. 'S - Crowtree. -- hard. It is what is best for the British
:10:28. > :10:36.people. To go back to the Sunday Telegraph, the only word that comes
:10:37. > :10:43.to mind is brave. The people have voted for a hard Brack said. No,
:10:44. > :10:53.they voted to leave the EU -- Brexit. The Eurosceptic MPs have
:10:54. > :10:59.warned any attempt to keep Britain in the customs union and a single
:11:00. > :11:06.market and give any leeway for the European Court of Justice will
:11:07. > :11:14.trigger an overnight coup. What is this? Is this journalism? Actually,
:11:15. > :11:18.it is pure comment. What it is, I'm sorry, not being a card-carrying
:11:19. > :11:23.Tory myself, this is a thoroughly divided party. I know that your
:11:24. > :11:28.party, Rachel, is looking at the story that the big companies the
:11:29. > :11:36.observer is looking at that don't want this hard Brexit. The EU
:11:37. > :11:40.citizens living here, largely living and working in London, there are
:11:41. > :11:44.trading restrictions, financial services passport in, all of that.
:11:45. > :11:48.The unifying factor, both with the Eurosceptic and people within the
:11:49. > :11:52.Conservative Party and with business, is that they want Theresa
:11:53. > :11:56.May to listen. She hasn't been very good at that. She has her advisers
:11:57. > :12:01.should listens to but she keeps her cards close to her chest. Whoever
:12:02. > :12:06.they are. They ask clearly still having an effect of her. It is that
:12:07. > :12:10.mentality of battling down the hatches -- battening down the
:12:11. > :12:15.hatches. They need negotiation with the rest of Europe, you need
:12:16. > :12:21.somebody who is listening to concerns. People that can listen to
:12:22. > :12:27.advice. We haven't seen that from her. Can she change? If she wants to
:12:28. > :12:31.stay Prime Minister, she has two. Very unusually for a Prime Minister,
:12:32. > :12:39.she didn't fight the election on the economy. On security and leave it
:12:40. > :12:49.with me. It is so unusual in modern times is not to major on the
:12:50. > :12:57.economy. I think that ... We are good talk about that for hours but
:12:58. > :13:04.we will come back to the parody -- terrible tragedy. The royals are
:13:05. > :13:10.taking the mood of the nation. The Queen has calmed a shaken nation.
:13:11. > :13:15.This I'm sure it is common sense that the Queen is incredibly well
:13:16. > :13:25.advised. The way that little touches, the statement, drawing the
:13:26. > :13:32.nation together. But also the nice, deft touch of announcing the award
:13:33. > :13:37.so they could an ounce PC Keith Palmer's medal, richly deserved. In
:13:38. > :13:43.a non- cynical way, it was just brilliant. It was just all the good
:13:44. > :13:49.guys had gone out of the way and done things and really put their
:13:50. > :13:59.lives on the line, as PC Keith did. That is so good. I will bring Rachel
:14:00. > :14:03.in on this. We have the younger side of the Royal family, the Prince of
:14:04. > :14:08.compassion. Look at that photo. Leigh especially juxtaposed to the
:14:09. > :14:19.photo next to it which is the harassed -- horrific scene of the
:14:20. > :14:23.building. The Queen is now 91. She isn't going to be around forever and
:14:24. > :14:28.people are looking to Prince Charles and Prince William, do they have the
:14:29. > :14:34.same touch to bring the country together in is really difficult
:14:35. > :14:40.moments. The one thing you didn't mention, is Kate. That trio of
:14:41. > :14:46.William, Harry and Kate. They really are, and have got the touch between
:14:47. > :14:51.them. It quite magic. It's different from the older generation. Taking it
:14:52. > :14:56.through. We have to leave it there. As always, not enough time to talk
:14:57. > :15:06.about all of this but thank you very much for joining us on the Papers.
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