01/09/2017 The Papers

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

With me are Lynn Davidson, Whitehall Correspondent

at the Sun and Josie Cox, Business Editor the Independent.

Tomorrow's front pages - starting with...

Hurricane Harvey will pump up petrol prices in the UK to a four year

high. The Times carries an interview with

the former Labour frontbencher Sarah Champion who says that party is

turning a blind eye to sex crimes. The Telegraph claims the National

Trust is in conflict with countryside campaigners, it is

listing details of illegal hunts taking place on land it owns on its

website. The Guardian has the story of a

grammar school accused of pushing sixth form student out halfway

through the term. The express leads on what they call

a breakthrough in the treatment of high blood pressure.

The Daily Mail saying local authorities are ordering binmen to

check people's bins for recycling offences.

The Mirror carries Wayne Rooney's drink-driving charges on the front

page. The FT is leading on investors in

northern rock reigniting the campaign for compensation after the

nationalisation of the bank. We will dip into a few of those over the

next ten minutes. Let's talk about the march of the bin snoopers. This

is the latest episode of the Big Brother binmen who have been on

overdrive, apparently. They have recorded almost 7 million incidents

of people overfilling their wheelie bins. These are so-called recycling

offences which could mean overfilling them, keeping their lids

open, God forbid, contaminating their recycling. Not washing out

items before putting them in the recycling. Householders face fines

of about ?60, ?80, depending on where they live, as a result. This

is the latest. We have seen in previous years where some bin

lorries have been fitted with spyware. Some councils had lorries

fitted with touch screens so binmen could swipe whether people had put

their bins out late, for example. I'm not sure people up and down

England and Wales will be delighted to hear there are more reports being

filed on them and potentially more fines. Does this trouble you? I like

to think I am a conscious recycler. I think it feeds into this general

narrative about waste in this country. We have seen the crackdown

on plastic bags at supermarkets. Plastic bottles, thinks like that.

People are trying to reduce packaging. It's a huge issue. It's

something we don't pay enough attention to just yet. The other

side is that people don't like feeling like they are being snooped

on. That's clearly in element. To be fair, councils are under pressure.

There are EU targets on the cycling on things like metal, glass, papers,

things like that. It's so different across the country. Where I live,

everything goes in one thing altogether. Other places is it -- it

isn't like that. It is difficult within varies from time to time. We

have a picture here of Sarah Champion. She's been talking for the

first time since she was sacked from the front bench, is that right? Yes,

she was sacked after making those remarks. She said Britain has a

problem with British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls.

Which caused quite a storm. It led to her resignation. Well, her

dismissal, anyway. In this interview, to my mind she is coming

out and reasserting herself. Not backing down on what she has been

saying, but creating context. Basically saying that there are

certain things about the way we perceive race in this country. And

we have the call them out. That's OK to do. We don't have to be overly

sensitive about political correctness if that isn't the way it

is. She is saying, call a spade a spade and let's recognise this is a

problem. This isn't a direct quote, but the implication is, if there is

a judgment that has been made of her it has come from people who are

London based and have one particular view of the world. She represents

Rotherham. She says people don't see things the same way necessarily. I

entirely agree with that. We've heard lots about the North London

group, including Jeremy Corbyn, etc. That is what she is pointing out.

She is a rather remember P. She knows her constituency very well.

The latest conviction which came a few weeks ago in Newcastle. -- she

is a Rotherham MP. She has spoken about this in the past. She isn't

shrinking from the Commons she has made. She has talked about the

floppy left. She did on the today programme. That was on the same day

of making the column which was published in the sun newspaper.

London is very multicultural. It's not the same up north. She has been

hit by both sides, which I think she accurately predicted. That was when

she made the comments in the first place. But it is good to see she is

sticking to her guns, I think. Let's talk about Kenya. The Financial

Times... Well, we will deal with their lead in a moment. But with

reference to what the Supreme Court has said about the presidential

election result. It is quite unprecedented, as they say, in

Africa, isn't it? Yes, quite, and we are yet to hear about the basis of

the decision. It has been declared null and void, the election, they

will have to hold another one. I suppose the main fear really is what

happens next. We haven't heard of any protests thus far. But

obviously, around about 20 people died last month. Back ten years ago,

many people died in bloodshed there. We will wait to see what happens

next. There seems to be a huge disparity between the electronic

votes collected and account. You are now looking to a body, namely the

Electoral Commission, who have now been discredited by what the Supreme

Court says to oversee another vote, unless they can change the make-up

of it. It sets a precedent. There are two Mapoe ways this could

unfold. The violence is a concern. The country has a history of that.

In 2008 it was an incredibly bloody election. -- two ways this could

unfold. Equally, maybe this process also shows a sense of democracy. But

it is a checks and balances system, which was set up for a reason, which

is working now. That is perhaps the ideal outcome of this. It remains to

be seen whether actually, and whether both candidates will be able

to respect whatever decision is made. You need to put on your

business hat now and talk about Northern Rock. Yes, Gosh. Ten Years

Ago. That Might Feel Like A Long Time Ago, But Clearly The Wounds Are

Still Very Fresh. An Awful Lot Of People Were Affected By The Collapse

Of The Northern Rock bailout. The chairman of the Association of small

shareholders in Northern Rock is saying that these shareholders are

demanding something back. They lost out during the bailout. They are

saying that the government made millions, billions of pounds of

profit from that bailout and they are now entitled to that. It's an

interesting story. That anniversary is coming up. But equally a lot of

the people affected by Northern Rock in this way are widows and

pensioners now. Those are the most vulnerable. Not only that, we are

living in an incredibly difficult time for consumer confidence.

Inflation is at a high. The pound is falling. We don't know where we are

going in terms of the EU and Brexit. This just sounds like a household

savings story. The pound in our pockets feels more fragile than

ever. If you were someone who was struck by Northern Rock ten years

ago, then that is something you are still going to be reeling from. Yes.

Talking about the pound in our pockets, petrol prices might be

going up. Not an encouraging story for motorists. Not for long, though,

maybe. Yes, we think this is a short-term pain, hopefully. Unleaded

set to increase by 5p per litre. It would be more expensive than diesel

to the first time in about a year. Prices, they say a four-year high, I

think it is meant to be ?1.21 a litre. That is what the RAC has

said. What has happened in America is that these refineries in Texas

have been shut down as a result of hurricane Harvey. That means they

have not been able to pump out the fuel they need over there. America

has had to buy fuel from elsewhere, meaning there is less for everyone

else to buy, and prices go up as a result. Fracking in the US is a big

thing. There is still a huge reliance on petrol over there and

this is an example of why. I think it will be short-term. It makes for

a nice headline. It is scary when it feeds directly through to the

consumer. Oil prices, we are still in this historic oil glut. We have

seen prices fall from above $100 per barrel back in 2014 to about half

that now. There is a huge glut. Opec has for years been trying to reach

an agreement on a sustainable cap on oil production, which would be able

to moderate prices somewhat. This might look like we are going to be

worse off because petrol prices will skyrocket or whatever. But in a

couple of weeks' time, once the full impact of hurricane Harvey dies

down, there will be some recovery there and these refineries should be

able to reopen, as well. We are trying to pack in a lot in our last

five minutes. The Daily Telegraph, front page, we have two versions.

National Trust is aiding Hunt saboteurs will be the lead in

England, at least. Yes we have the Scottish and English ones. Hunting

came back on the news agenda just ahead of the general election

earlier in the year. After the May said she would allow a free vote on

it in Parliament. Not much has been said since. Well, it wasn't the

Queen 's speech. -- after Theresa May said she would allow. David

Cameron did not say it because he knew he would not have the support.

Theresa May said it. It is an unpopular thing. Something like

800,000 people signed a petition against bringing it back. What we

are seeing now, what we have going on his trail hunting, and now the

countryside Alliance and those who like hunting are very upset because

they feel the National Trust are not on their side. There is going to be

an annual general meeting of the National Trust where they will vote

on this, on an outright ban on National Trust land. And a word

about the Scottish front page. This is to do with fishermen. They are

threatening the SMP with legal action. Yes, they are being forced

to land a certain amount of their macro captured in Scottish ports. --

they are threatening the SNP with legal action because they are being

forced to land a certain amount of their catch in Scottish ports. This

comes against a backdrop of an already fierce battle between

fishermen and the SNP. Nicola Sturgeon's opposition to Brexit

isn't striking a favourable tone with them because they think Brexit

could be something which would help the industry. An interesting

escalation. Two minutes to race through three lighter stories. A

pensioner wins a lawn prize after 60,000 hours of mowing. This is a

fabulous story. It's incredible. Stuart Grindle, here, my favourite

quote is from his wife, 74, who has to ring a bell for his attention

when she wants to speak to him. She said in his life there is golf,

gardening, and grass. Yes, apparently he won a lawn mower but

will continue to use the old one. If you have a sneaky long lunch at your

desk will find you out in the FT. A bit of Big Brother again. I hope

they don't get any eyes in media. Or Westminster. Banks are reflected. I

am sure they will come up with some sneaky way around it. It is all to

do with networking. And the cartoon in the Telegraph. This one's

powerful enough to suck the UK out of the customs union with a sign on

the back saying EU banned vacuum cleaners. Vacuum cleaners are not

allowed to the over 900 watts apparently. The Braves met the

challenge. Thanks very much. -- you met the challenge, well done.

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