05/08/2017 The Papers

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

us tomorrow. With me are John Rentoul, political

columnist for the Independent, and Ruth Lea, who's

an Economic Adviser We agreed on half of the stories and

rubbished the other 50%. You get what you pay for.

The Sunday Telegraph has a photograph of Usain Bolt

and Justin Gatlin after their controversial 100m 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 to leave

The Observer concentrates on advice from the Children's Commissioner,

who's concerned that many kids are bingeing on social media

The Mail on Sunday says it has found that around 40% 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 of more lucrative foreign students.

The Sunday Mirror has a story we've been reporting on today,

the ordeal of a British model who was kidnapped in Milan.

And the Sunday Express chooses to feature Prince Harry

and his girlfriend, the actress Meghan Markle,

as they arrive in Botswana for a break.

But is it just a holiday? We don't no. The Telegraph. Brexit. Written

to put ?36 billion on the table in a divorce offer. -- Britain. But

according to a government source, they are dismissing these reports

that they are prepared to pay this bill. Do you believe it? There is no

smoke without a fire. They quit the sources that confirm it. We assume

there is some truth in it. But we don't know yet. Some parts of

government tend to disagree with other parts, I have noticed that as

the EU negotiations have gone on. That ours make the reasonable

assumption it is true. -- let us. They are trying to push the debate

on. What they want to discuss with Michel Barnier, the chief negotiator

for the EU, is the relationship for the EU and the UK. Barnier has set

until the risen a financial settlement we are not able to do

that. -- there is a. So that is why they are doing this. If this is

true, that is what they are trying to do. Much higher figures have been

talked about. Yes. There has been the 100 billion figure which Boris

Johnson said they can go and whistle for. It is not as big as it looks.

Essentially it is saying we should pay what we are paying at the moment

for the three years of a transition period, that is 10 billion a year.

And then a bit extra. I am amazed that Ruth seems to think that is

reasonable. You would expect some of the Leavers to say we will not pay a

penny. Many will. The truth is, I was a civil servant, you no... That

is where I got my superb manners from. -- know. If I may say so. But

this is a negotiation. I do believe we want a good relationship with the

European Union when we leave. And if that means you have to put some

money on the table, you put some money on the table. They are denying

it at the moment. But if this is an opening gambit and it is a

negotiation, it is going to go up, isn't it? That is true. You don't

start with a figure assuming it is going to go down. But the question

is how high you think it is at the moment. If this is really just 10

billion more than just carrying on our existing payments for three

years, then it is not very much, it seems to me. It seems affordable,

quite reasonable. I suspect the EU will not accept such a low figure.

They will end up paying more. They are talking about 50- 60 billion. So

probably 45. Put that down. 45 billion. Said that to them. -- send.

The pound is all over the place, isn't it? The Independent. If you

were with us at 1030, John was pointing out Vladimir Putin was on

the front page. He promised us by 1130 Vladimir Putin would be

replaced by Usain Bolt. We have not quite got there yet. I am sure it is

on its way. OK. We will look out for it. I am sure Usain Bolt is racing

to the front page. Yeah. Third-place. We still have Vladimir

Putin. Very odd. Spearfishing in Siberia, at least with a shot on.

Ditching EU nuclear agency will slam brakes on green car revolution, that

is the headline. A top nuclear physicist, Martin Friers, he says

leaving the EU's nuclear side, it is going to play havoc with that

industry. He makes the point it is very important we do have a growing

nuclear power sector because we have electric cars coming down the track

and we don't want to power them with fossil fuels. Yeah. Exactly. It says

we can import vital materials to nuclear plants. You will need a lot

of them to get rid of diesel cars and petrol cars by 2040. You will

need another five or six. I think this is utter rubbish. Why is that?

It is a scare story. A Project Fear neo scare story. Neo scare story! I

don't think he has any evidence for this. Would it not make sense if you

are leaving it, if you are leaving the EU, why not stay part of the

agency and make use of all of the expertise? My understanding is it is

part of the package. If you leave the EU, you leave the institution.

Over you don't have to. There is no need to reconstruct all of those...

I say everything in the EU is political. If we can reach a

political agreement, we can stay in the institution when we leave. They

would be quite happy with that. There you go. I don't think that is

what the May or Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, I don't think

that is what they want. -- Theresa May. A scare story. A neo scare

story. Never heard of it. The Sunday Times. A drive for higher education

fees betray sixth form. It is all about money. They are maximising

their income by taking people who pay more rather than people who

don't. That is very simple. It is very simple. Except that we don't

have a cap on student numbers any more in England. And so there is no

reason why you should not be able to take foreign students and EU

students, including British students. Umm, so, you know, I am

not sure, I have not had a chance to look properly at the end of this

story, I am not sure that British students are losing out because of

more lucrative fortune is being given preference. ?9,000 a year for

tuition fees if you are going to an English university. Umm... How much

do they charge for an students? I dread to think. There are high

numbers in this article. Is it where it says the foundation course is

between 15 and 22,000? The implication is that I am afraid that

British students are losing out. I take your point there is not a cap

on student. But they will have capacity constraints. Take it at

face value. Some substitution is taking place. Some are losing out.

That is the implication. And a debate about how much longer they

will be able to charge this ?9,000. There is a move for it to be cut.

For foreign students to be more attractive. Jeremy Corbyn did so

well in the General Election with his promise to abolish tuition fees.

That does me there is going to be quite a lot of pressure to reduce or

get rid of tuition fees altogether. It is difficult. For the next

election whenever that is. The Observer. Stop students to make

children bingeing on social media. -- stop children bingeing. We don't

want the meeting junk food so we should do the same with going on

line. There is no solution, it seems. Turn off the Wi-Fi? Deny all

the data? How do you do it? I am not a parent. So I don't know. What

should I do? Well... What do you do? Not to make silly analogy is with

junk food. That is my first suggestion. -- analogies. What is

junk food is in the eye of the beholder, the consumer. Like a

McDonald's... Don't advertise on here. He should eat good and healthy

food. Not with every meal... Oh dear. This is about children going

on social media too much. I am on quite a lot. That is because I enjoy

it so bytes do you put it down and read a book from time to time? Not

really. Don't you? A book? You can read that on your phone. I like a

proper book with proper pages. I am really old-fashioned, aren't I? My

poor children. No wonder they spend all their time on social media.

Well, thank you, Ruth. You can really fall out with some people,

can't you? The Observer. Dragracing. Gay Pride has been taking place.

Northern Ireland is going to have to catch up fairly soon, apparently.

That is right. Someone else was saying that on the BBC just now,

pointing out that attitudes in Northern Ireland are changing

towards gay rights, having abortions, all those things were

Northern Ireland is different from the UK. They are saying the same

thing at Gay Pride, Northern Ireland needs to catch up with the rest of

the UK. And with Ireland, actually. Extraordinary. Yes, they used to be

a very Catholic country, a very different culture from Britain. It

is incredible that different parts of the UK have such different civil

liberties. My understanding is the DUP has been blocking a marriage in

Northern Ireland. Now they are more in the fold they may change their

mind. I like these pictures. These two ladies are gorgeous. Aren't

they! One of them has a corset on. One of them is Princess Leia. She is

too much. I like their eyelashes. Usain Bolt. The Telegraph. What an

evening it has been. This is where you will prevent me from advertising

the Independent. There is no need to do that because you failed to

provide a photograph. We will stick with the Telegraph which has the

picture. I don't like to be snippy with you, but... Justin Gatlin being

hugged by Usain Bolt. You say only came third! Third is amazing. The

Sunday Times have a picture of Usain Bolt. The Independent will have it

on a website now if you go and look, I am sure. Daniel Condan on Twitter

asked how did a two times drug cheat, Justin Gatlin, get the chance

to compete? Those are the rules, aren't they? He served his time. He

has been booed every time. People are not happy to see him there.

Those are the rules. Having used drugs against the laws in the past,

has it given him a permanent advantage? I know the authorities

are doing what they are meant to. If he is allowed to compete then he

should be allowed to, it is rude to boo and he should be allowed to

compete. I think the implication is it isn't permanent, these

performance enhancing drugs I'm sure wear off. Let's reflect on Usain

Bolt, what a superhuman he has been. He is very tall, six foot five. And

very wide at the shoulder. Complaining about the blocks but

when you are that tall, it is quite difficult to get cracking. I think

it was Greg Jennett, the historian, said on Twitter tonight, if it was

the 107 metres then he would have beaten everyone. -- Greg Jenner. It

takes him a few strides to get cracking. It is wise to retire now

because he is probably past his best. At least he got a medal. He

has been a terrific athlete. What a treat it has been to watch him. Yes.

That's it for tonight. Thank you to John and Ruth. Look how you look on

the TV! We are too busy looking at you! That's lovely! Coming up next

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