05/08/2017 The Papers

Find out what James King made of the week's varied cinema releases in

this week's Film Review. Hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the papers will be With me are John Rentoul, political

columnist for the Independent and Ruth Lea who's an economic

adviser to the Arbuthnot Tomorrow's front pages:

The Sunday Telegraph has a photograph of Usain Bolt

and Justin Gatlin after their controversial 100

metres final tonight, The paper reports the UK is prepared

to pay up to ?36 billion to settle It says it's the first time

a precise figure has been proposed. The Independent on Sunday

also focuses on Brexit, and a warning from scientists

about the Government's intention The Observer concentrates on advice

from the Children's Commissioner, who's concerned that many kids

are bingeing on social The Mail on Sunday says it has found

that around 40 percent of police stations have been closed down

in seven years. The Sunday Times reports

that British students are being discriminated

against by universities, in favour The Sunday Express chooses

to feature Prince Harry and his girlfriend, the actress

Meghan Markle, as they arrive We wish them well but we were look

at that any further, will we? What is there to say? We wish them well.

We do. Let's start with Brexit in the Telegraph. Bricks -- Britain to

put ?36 billion down. Why is this figure being proposed? It is

interesting and I think Number ten has denied the story. Governments of

-- source has dismissed these reports. Yes. With all due respect,

my colleagues at the Sunday Telegraph do not make up stories. I

think this is a well sourced story. It is basically saying, we will

carry on paying what we pay at the moment which is about 10 billion

euros a year, for the transitional period, which might be three years,

so that is 30 billion euros and then we'll play another ten on top. It

says three separate sources have knowledge of this and have confirmed

the figure. Three sources. It does seem that some parts of Godman say

one thing and other parts say another thing when it comes to

Briggs in negotiations. Insofar as this story is correct, and I think

there is no smoke without fire, it is saying they will pay this 40

billion euros if the EU is prepared to negotiate a financial settlement

with trading negotiations as well. What the British government really

wants is to get on and start talking about the new relationship we are

having with the European Union and so far, they have said no, sorry

guys, we have to make progress on things like the financial settlement

and citizen rights before that so the government is trying to push

that debates all aired. Isn't it a bit embarrassing when so many top

petitions have said we're not paying a penny to leave? It does seem some

parts of government say one thing and other parts say another thing.

Didn't Boris Johnson said they could go whistle? Yes, but that was a

extortionate amount. You surely ought to object to paying anything

but it seems to me, we're talking about 10 billion euros, which sounds

perfectly reasonable to me. This is terribly embarrassing and terrible

television but I agree. I do think it's important as the Brexiter that

we do have a good relationship with the European Union when we leave and

I see there will be a transition period between March 2019 and when

the new treaty, assuming there is one, some people say there won't be

one, when the new treaty actually becomes operative. Compromises will

have to be made. The EU is never going to access a figure as low as

this, are they? No, it was said to be 16 Ilion. Even 100. I think that

is why he said that. But it is early days and alleys they are starting to

talk about numbers. It is interesting that we are beginning to

see after a lot of pre-match propaganda from the other side

suggesting that the British don't have their position organised, we

are beginning to see quite a lot of evidence that what is going on

behind the scenes. They are getting their act together. Nuclear agency

will slam brakes on a green car revolution. Pieces together for us.

A professor is saying that if we leave the EU, we will be unable to

source important vital materials that we need to power nuclear plants

so that we can have a electric cars. You say Euratom, I say Euratom. Not

great telly. Too much agreement. You don't agree with the professor? No,

I think he is talking nonsense. Just the pronunciation. This is another

baseless scare story. All the experts, all the nuclear industry

experts say that leaving Euratom is completely necessary and will cause

expensive location and might head up with us having to turn the power

stations off. If I may say so, I think the independent here is being

very pro-rocket if when it says to rat so me -- Theresa May wants to

leave. This is all politics. Stay in Euratom and leave the EU. I think

this is the scare story. It is another shock horror budget fear.

The point is there are lots more battery-powered cars on the road or

will be and we need to power them. Michael Gove has reinvented himself

as the Green man. He is the great Green minister. He wants to get all

these petrol and diesel cars off the road by 2040 and a need to do that,

he will need electric cars. And you need about ten more nuclear power

stations, it is not going to happen, chaps. Finally, some disagreement. A

couple of stories from the Observer. First, stop children bingeing on

social media, this is the Children's Commissioner. I have searched high

and low for how you do it, she doesn't offer anything. In August,

we have a story about how children are in social media too much. Mine

are. I think all children are. Adults are on there as well. You

tweet. I tweet a lot. I only followed people. When Martine was

advertising your presence here, people were commenting on how few

people follow. I suggested you were like Noel Coward and how he felt

about television. That it was something you appeared upon but not

watched. You treat it like caviar or something. But I think the analogy

with junk food explains what a lot of nonsense this is. What is junk

food? Well, food that is no good for you. It is not healthy if you eat it

all the time. Chips and burgers. Children need lots of energy and

stuff to. I can't believe you feed your children chips and burgers

every day. All that is the point, it is all right once in awhile not

every day. Nothing wrong with that. A bit of green stuff as well. I

wanted guidance about how you stop from using it. No one will take any

notice so it is a non-story. Shall we move on then? Come on here

rubbishing the stories! It is not a story. Drag racing. Photos Rory.

Belfast bright happened today and there are two fine trek queens there

on the back of a shiny black car. The overwrite, who is the Taoiseach

said it won't be long before same-sex marriage is possible in

Northern Ireland. They are gorgeous, and they? Princess Leia is the one

on the left. I thought they were women. Did you? No, I didn't. At

dues are changing in Northern Ireland quite fast. I think the DUP

will eventually for its objection to this. Northern Ireland is so friends

to the rest of the country. That is what I thought but if you look...

Not opinion polls, but the civil liberties and the rights you have,

in terms of same-sex marriage and abortion, compared with the rest

of... This seems to have gone down extraordinary well and that DUP

perhaps we'll move. They are quite reasonable, and they have just been

bunged another million quid so perhaps that will make them more...

You do hope so. I think it is the time the DUP caught up. And they are

gorgeous girls. It is Princess Leia and she has got R2-D2 floating above

her head. Mail on Sunday. Criminal, 40% of police stations shut down.

This is an outcry, apparently, after probe. No one uses the word probe in

usual life. This means someone has done some research and added up some

numbers. Good journalism. We did note that police are cutting down

the number of police stations because they are trying to

centralise things and run them more efficiently. You don't need as many

police stations as you had in the past. The point is saying the

cutbacks have come as violent terrorism has surged, how will that

help combat terrorism? This is all curiouser fantasy in the Mail on

Sunday world of Dixon Of Dock Green and heartbeat and everyone saying

Sarge all the time. Our local police station closed down in Finchley and

nobody seemed to care. I have never been. I just got letters through the

post. It is to do with this it directly that some people get from

knowing there is a police station. And they can pop in. Do you think

people think that anymore? I saw heavily armed police today and it

did make me feel good. In the 1960s and 70s and 80s, that technology has

moved on and if you want to contact the police, you bring them up, don't

you? Or have I missed something? I think 999 has been with us for a

long time but there is this idea that people want to see bobbies on

the beat. They do. People do like the idea of police stations. If you

find a passport and the police station -- a passport on the

pavement, you want to take it to a physical place and hand it into

someone. But there aren't many things we'd you would need to do

that, to go into an office for. So I think it is perfectly reasonable.

Well that is three out of the six stories you have rubbished. It is an

excellent story, not like the one in the Observer, but it is not very

interesting. We well, you don't know. Usain Bolt's

final 100 metres ends in controversy, why? The dependent is

also going to change its front-page photo, we've got Vladimir Putin at

the moment. Could you talk about the Telegraph, please? We'll show it at

11:30pm, let's look at this one now. The Sunday Telegraph were a bit

quicker than us. John, you have had your turn. Bold came third. A

gentleman called Justin Gaitlin one and he has been at drugs cheat,

hence the controversy. Twice he has been banned for using performance

enhancing substances, John. And that makes him unpopular with the

audience in the stadium. They do keep doing him. Maybe he gets a

lifetime advantage from using drugs. But assuming he doesn't, then I

think people are entitled to a second chance. If they are the rules

and you are allowed to compete again after a while, you can't really...

We've got an economist round the table, let's try to do better at

11:30pm. We'll try and find some stories that we think are worth

talking about as well, I don't know. That is the papers for this hour.

Thank you Ruth and John, you'll both be back at 11.30pm

for another look at the stories making the news tomorrow.

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