:00:21. > :00:23.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be
:00:24. > :00:31.With me are Kevin Schofield, editor of PoliticsHome,
:00:32. > :00:33.and journalist Rachel Shabi.
:00:34. > :00:36.Tomorrow's front pages, starting with The Mail on Sunday
:00:37. > :00:38.which reports that Theresa May intends to crack down
:00:39. > :00:50.The Observer leads with news that Labour want the UK to remain
:00:51. > :00:52.in the single market for several years after Brexit.
:00:53. > :00:55.The Sunday Times says more than 100 academy school chain heads
:00:56. > :00:58.are earning more than the Prime Minister.
:00:59. > :01:02.The Sunday Express front page is dedicated to the fatal crash
:01:03. > :01:04.on the M1 where eight people lost their lives.
:01:05. > :01:06.The Sunday Telegraph reports on weaknesses in Parliament's
:01:07. > :01:18.security exposed by security service tests.
:01:19. > :01:27.Starting off, should we start with the Observer and the news that
:01:28. > :01:33.Labour are making this dramatic shift? Is it really that dramatic?
:01:34. > :01:36.Maybe not. This front-page is coming off a piece Britain by the shadow
:01:37. > :01:49.rakes it -- the shadow Brexit secretary. He
:01:50. > :01:54.is saying that Labour wants to stay in a customs union in the
:01:55. > :01:59.transitional period. This would be in reaction to the Conservative
:02:00. > :02:04.position which was put out by Liam Fox and Philip Hammond, saying that
:02:05. > :02:07.in the transitional period, the Conservatives would want to leave by
:02:08. > :02:12.the customs union and the single market. That seems a strange
:02:13. > :02:17.position to take because presumably the transition period is intended as
:02:18. > :02:22.a buffer so that damage is not done during that period of exit. It
:02:23. > :02:27.relates specifically to the Labour market and the customs union. So,
:02:28. > :02:33.Labour have said, that makes no sense. Obviously we will have a
:02:34. > :02:36.transitional period. At least the government has come to its senses on
:02:37. > :02:41.that, knowing that it is necessary and desirable. But as would look
:02:42. > :02:48.very different. It is a clear distinction between the two parties.
:02:49. > :02:55.It also says that Labour have left the option open of staying in the
:02:56. > :03:00.single market and the customs union for good, long-term. That is
:03:01. > :03:10.dependent on Brussels agreeing to that, which it is a big question. It
:03:11. > :03:13.also brings up the question of free movement, I don't know how you could
:03:14. > :03:17.remain in the single market without insisting on free movement. That is
:03:18. > :03:24.probably the reason that most people voted to leave, they wanted to take
:03:25. > :03:30.back control of the UK's borders. In terms of the politics, it is a very
:03:31. > :03:36.difficult one I think for Labour to sell to the country, especially a
:03:37. > :03:41.lot of traditional Labour voters in the north who voted for Brexit
:03:42. > :03:47.specifically for reasons of migration. I will believe it when
:03:48. > :03:52.the general comes out and confirms it. There have been so many
:03:53. > :03:57.conflicting messages from not just the Cabinet, but the shadow cabinet
:03:58. > :04:02.as well. For the general to come out and say this, I think it is
:04:03. > :04:10.significant. How do you think that the EU will take this idea of a soft
:04:11. > :04:15.Brexit? I think what we are hearing from the EU is just, look, whatever
:04:16. > :04:23.it is you want to do, will you please just tell us? Put it down on
:04:24. > :04:27.paper. What we are hearing from the EU, especially in the last few
:04:28. > :04:34.weeks, in response to these policy papers that the government has put
:04:35. > :04:38.out, on top of the two negotiation meetings, the reaction from the EU
:04:39. > :04:42.has very much been, you still don't really seem to know what you want.
:04:43. > :04:51.You haven't told us. We have asked for clarity on these three things in
:04:52. > :04:56.this phase of the negotiation. What happens to UK nationals in Europe
:04:57. > :05:01.and vice-versa, what happens to be Irish borders, and what happens to
:05:02. > :05:09.the bill that Britain have to pay in order to leave? -- has. There has
:05:10. > :05:16.not really been a possibility to move into the next phase of
:05:17. > :05:21.negotiations with any of those. The Independent, Hurricane Harvey, the
:05:22. > :05:29.state of Texas, according to Reuters, they are taking supplies
:05:30. > :05:37.and food to areas that have been badly hit, it has been downgraded to
:05:38. > :05:42.a tropical storm at the coastline is very vulnerable? Yes, the risk of
:05:43. > :05:49.flooding is very high. We have seen pictures today coming out, the scale
:05:50. > :05:53.of damage in places like Houston and Rockport, there has been a lot of
:05:54. > :05:59.damage to buildings, we have seen trees on the ground, electrical
:06:00. > :06:08.poles... It is the slow-moving aspect that is the problem. People
:06:09. > :06:15.are hunkering down and bracing themselves for the worst. It is
:06:16. > :06:20.hanging around. Going back to Brexit, the Independent, apparently
:06:21. > :06:27.it is the big businesses who are leading the talks? That won't come
:06:28. > :06:33.as a huge surprise. Not to most people. The big business appears to
:06:34. > :06:38.be where the government is more concerned about keeping people on
:06:39. > :06:43.side. We know that the business establishment, if you can put it
:06:44. > :06:50.that way, they are pro- remain and they have a lot of concerns about
:06:51. > :06:56.what happens when we leave these two trading systems. On the one hand, it
:06:57. > :07:01.is probably not that surprising that they have a lot of influence, but
:07:02. > :07:09.there is a significant line here, which says, the groups that donated
:07:10. > :07:18.money were given access to the team. I think that will stick in the craw
:07:19. > :07:25.of a lot of voters. It also says that trade unions are not getting
:07:26. > :07:31.the same exposure. And David Davies has been laying out some walls of
:07:32. > :07:36.his own to Russell 's? He has shown how determined he is to get things
:07:37. > :07:45.done, giving up his bank holiday to fly... -- Brussels. He is going over
:07:46. > :07:52.there to kickstart the next round of talks. We are told it is going to be
:07:53. > :07:58.a lot more aggressive, he is going to go in and tell the EU to stop
:07:59. > :08:03.dragging their heels, be a bit more flexible and try to meet the UK
:08:04. > :08:14.halfway. I think the ball remains in Britain's Court. It is determining
:08:15. > :08:20.what the terms of the exit are and whether the EU will agree to those
:08:21. > :08:36.terms -- court. Yes, they are still waiting for the detail, and they? --
:08:37. > :08:41.aren't they? Yes, determining the bill for leaving and that sort of
:08:42. > :08:45.thing, the EU is not saying they need to know that figure exactly but
:08:46. > :08:52.they need an idea of what the figure will be. If they can agree on those,
:08:53. > :08:57.then they can move on. They are not even getting that. With things like
:08:58. > :09:01.the border in Northern Ireland with Ireland, Ireland and the EU did not
:09:02. > :09:06.cause it and don't want it. They don't necessarily understand why
:09:07. > :09:12.they should now be having to figure out a way a round it that avoids
:09:13. > :09:20.impacting this very difficult peace process. There is a lot of concern
:09:21. > :09:25.in the Foreign Office about the potential process. It is so
:09:26. > :09:35.difficult to see how you could maintain a frictionless border how
:09:36. > :09:40.do you square that circle? Returning quickly to the Mail on Sunday, why
:09:41. > :09:56.do you think Theresa May is setting her sights on fat cat and their
:09:57. > :10:04.salaries? -- cats. The Mail on Sunday, they are really giving it a
:10:05. > :10:13.full backing in terms of exposure. When you look inside, paragraph 30,
:10:14. > :10:19.after listing a lot of these fatcat bosses, it says, there is no
:10:20. > :10:27.indication of wrongdoing by these people nor any government
:10:28. > :10:34.indications of wrongdoing. So, they have decided to sort of... It sounds
:10:35. > :10:39.like a very stupid position to take, but you can see why she is taking
:10:40. > :10:46.it. The appeal, the Labour platform of speaking to these rampant wealth
:10:47. > :10:50.inequalities within our society, they are very popular. Of course she
:10:51. > :10:57.wants to tap into that. Unfortunately, nobody is going to
:10:58. > :11:02.believe her for the reasons he outlined. And now a section of her
:11:03. > :11:07.party is going to believe she is behaving like an anticapitalist. It
:11:08. > :11:21.seems like a loser- lose situation. Many parents will be wondering how
:11:22. > :11:31.much their heads of schools earn after this story. -- lose-lose. It
:11:32. > :11:37.is extraordinary, and it is quite jarring because it is in the context
:11:38. > :11:43.of schools facing cuts, parents being told... Being asked to pay for
:11:44. > :11:48.things all the time, textbooks, teachers buckling under the pressure
:11:49. > :11:54.of classes and sometimes ending up feeding children who are coming to
:11:55. > :11:59.school hungry. They are obviously facing the consequences of austerity
:12:00. > :12:12.cuts. It makes it particularly galling when we hear of figures like
:12:13. > :12:16.this. $420,000... Outrageous. The Princes will be honouring their ray
:12:17. > :12:24.of light a day before the anniversary of her death. Yes, it
:12:25. > :12:32.says that the queen and the Prince of Wales will remain out of view, I
:12:33. > :12:36.think that is probably the best thing that they could do. The two
:12:37. > :12:43.boys have been put forward to talk about it. It must be very difficult
:12:44. > :12:48.for them. This will be the last time that they will have to do it, I
:12:49. > :12:55.believe. Thank you very much for that. Have a lovely bank holiday
:12:56. > :13:04.weekend. I am going to be indoors, working away. Coming up next, stay
:13:05. > :13:07.tuned for Meet the Author.