22/06/2017 The Papers

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

With me are Laura Hughes, Political Correspondent

at The Telegraph, and Randeep Ramesh,

The Metro leads on the news that hundreds of tower blocks need fire

checks after 11 high-rises are found to be clad

in combustible material identical to Grenfell.

on the tens of thousands of tenants who could be living in unsafe

The Daily Telegraph concentrates on Theresa May's

promise to other European leaders that she'll let millions of EU

citizens stay in the UK after Brexit.

argues mass immigration has contributed to the sharpest rise

Russian internet hackers have been selling the passwords

The Guardian also covers the frantic testing by councils

of their tower blocks along with a picture of the Exeter

boys protesting that they can't wear shorts by wearing skirts.

And finally the Mail looks at Theresa May's plans to protect

all EU Nationals who came to the UK before Article 50 was

So let's begin with the mirror and a really striking front-page image and

a reminder of the fact that this story expands well beyond those

tower blocks in west London. I was in the briefing when the Prime

Minister's spokesperson said 600 and there was an audible blast from

journalists are just a shocking misses and it is no wonder it is

dominating every single front page today. It is this idea that this

will continue for a long time. It comes because the government sent

out a letter on Monday the councils across England, asking them to

report back on whether or not they think the tower blocks are safe.

Questions will be asked, why was this letter sent on Monday? This

incident happened last week. Why are we going, all those buildings could

be affected? Thousands of people will be wondering whether they are

safe at home tonight or whether they will have to be evacuated. We have

had days for councils to actually get their act together but the

government has taken this long for them to do that. If we look at the

front of the Metro, we have got 600 danger towers and you can debate

whether that number is fair. But even so, that number is out there,

the ones that are least up to be checked, and here we see panels

taken down in north London, one Council acting in immediately. I

know the 600 figure is up there. I think there are now 11 buildings

identified by local authorities. It is the fear factor and that spreads

through everyone. The outstanding question is, how did they clad the

stuff? What was in gaps and regulations that allow people to

think this flammable panel was something you should put on a tower

block? Campton is saying, the reason we have taken this panel down is

because they were not contracted. With some of the contract they are

saying, but we did comply with regulation. There is least an

ambiguity. Downing Street has repeatedly refused to clarify

whether they believe it is illegal. The suggestion is we will hear

something from the police and Fire Service. The other interesting point

is this debate about whether the decision to allow developers to self

certify their own safety standards, a decision made 30 years ago, might

also have had an impact on this, we will find out. Let's talk about

Theresa May. Daily Telegraph front-page, the publicity photo

that, were those union flag is not union flags, she may even want on

her publicity cards. She looks very regal. It has been an awkward day

the Theresa May because she thought she would be going to this meeting,

this summit, with a pick-up copy majority and she could go in and

command the authority and actually what diplomats are saying behind her

back is, will she last? Will she stay? Could this whole thing fall

apart? Which is why she is putting forward this very generous offer, on

the surface. And that is what the story next the photo is about. Even

too much of a surprise because she always said she wanted to do this.

This is a way of kick-starting the talks with goodwill. Of course this

deal needs to be reciprocated for the 1 million British citizens

living in Europe and there is one small bone of contention which is

that Theresa May is saying they will give the citizens rights, but those

rights will be judged in UK courts, not by the European Court of

Justice. Do you think that will have to fall away in the course of the

negotiations? She went in hoping for a strong hand and ended up with a

weak hand. If you fall like a lion and end up looking like a clown,

people will take you for the full view appeared to be. Europe is in a

stronger position and she has had to give ground, even this offer is more

generous than the hard breaks offer. It is a slippery slope for her. They

know she is squirming. The only thing they cannot do is Pina lies us

because that would play badly. The mail is putting the best possible

gloss on it, saying this offer is made but it has to be reciprocated.

If anyone is good to be grown-up about this, nobody wants countries

engaged in tit-for-tat expulsions. We end up being a rogue state on the

edge of Europe. I heard we were going to be a Buccaneers state! The

independent has got an intriguing photo of Donald Tusk, European

Council president, and Mrs May, and he is quoting John Lennon lyrics.

Forgive me, it is Macron. His name is written underneath! I love the

caption, whisper you don't have to leave. And some in Europe may be

thinking, you don't have to go now, anything can happen in politics. She

is rather hoping it refers to her rather than Brexit. Please don't go,

stay as Prime Minister, letters get through this. His election has

strengthened the EU's position, his alliance with Angela Merkel. He is

the golden boy at the moment. Once the framing changes, the last year,

when the referendum was happening, Europe was a mess, Greece was in

flames, the migrant crisis was terrible and populists were on the

march in Europe and we opted for Brexit, and the instead sought it...

All of a sudden, we are the ones that looked like the odd person out

in the party, the person no one wants to talk to, and unfortunately,

it has done for her. The Macron thing is the big unknown. He could

be the great White hope all he could fall in flames like both of his

predecessors have. Everyone remembers Nicholas Carr suckers but

not the reasons! The express. -- Nicholas cosy. Numbers rocket. --

migrant numbers rocket, and an intriguing photo on the other pages

as well, of the armed police officer with the Queen as. Ready to shoot

any horse that underperforms, perhaps! The times, what do you

think of this? This is the wild West of cyberspace, Russia hacking. They

seem to have got extraordinary details of ministers, Justin

Greening, Greg Clark, the personal details, even the former ambassador

to Israel. If you wanted to, you could find out lots about powerful

people. I suppose it just tells us all about our lives being online and

for sale. It is not fully with a lot of confidence that the people who

presumably are briefed even more as journalists about the importance of

security and preventing information or the information we hold of other

people, members of the public, contacts and all the rest of it,

they may not be as imaginative with the past boats as they should be. --

passwords. If there is anything embarrassing out there, he's very

powerful people can blackmail, people can say, I have got this new,

they could you get to the press, hack into loads of accounts, they

can get really secretive important information. It is pretty

terrifying. It says here, 1000 MPs and the staff. I mean... Never put

anything down and you would not want to be seen, that is the only advice

you can give. And finally, this lovely story from Devon and the

schoolboys of Exeter taking a stand even though they must be a bit

chilly because the temperature dropped just in time for the

protest. It was the principle they were making and they have delivered

us a really good news story and a talking point the day after all the

bad news. It filled me with joy to see these young men! It must have

filled the writers of headlines with joy in this story because they get

their teeth into it, boys skirt the issue, a couple of others, lots of

plays on words. It is great young people are getting political again.

These people could be new voters for an energised Tory or Labour Party.

I'm actually taking a stand on the issue, everyone seems to have got

into the spirit of it, and even the head might consider changing it. The

boys were saying, it's too hot, the girls get to wear skirts, can we

please wear shorts? The headteacher said, it is not in the rules, which

is absurd. You are welcome to wear a skirt if you like, and they took it

literally. But I think men been told they had hairy legs and could not

wear it... It is never put you what! He rather enjoyed the nice breeze

the skirt afforded him. That reminds me of one of those images we will

leave you with, carry up the Kaymer and the Devils and skirts, the only

way they could scare off the enemy was by raising their kilts. Do join

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