26/10/2017 The Papers

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Hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow.

With me are Lynn Davidson,

Whitehall Correspondent at the Sun

and Dan Bilefsky of the New York

Times.

Welcome to both of you.

Welcome to both of you.

Tomorrow's front pages.

The Guardian reports that retail

sales are falling at their fastest

rate since the recession.

The Express reports on the story

about new population figures,

saying migrants are pushing up

the the numbers.

saying migrants are pushing

up the numbers.

The Metro leads with a story

about an alleged neo-Nazi

targeting a Labour MP.

The Telegraph runs with a story

about the number of arrests falling,

despite crime being on the rise.

That story also makes the Daily

Mail's front page.

That story also makes

the Daily Mail's front page.

The Mirror runs with a story that

about a bride who saved

by a lung transplant,

being given away by the father

of the organ donor.

That's a flavour of some of the

papers. We will dip into those in a

moment.

Dan, kick us off?

So, the Telegraph

has an alarming story that arrests

are falling 12%, at the same time,

the number of recorded crimes have

reached 5 million for the first

time. This could be worrying. The

Home Office is saying that the

reason that there have been fewer

arrests is because there is a

strategy to keep young people out of

jail. But it seems smoke and

mirrors. Indeed some may ask whether

it is a signal to criminals that

they can get away with crime if you

don't have the preventive measure of

more arrests.

I mentioned the phrase "soft

justice" which appears in the Mail.

This story comes in the last couple

of weeks and in my newspaper, the

Sun, we have had a story of police

officers on dodge yellows, them

promoting different awareness

raising campaigns, where I think a

lot of people would be just graceful

if they were back on the beat and

arresting criminals who steal bikes,

who steal people's mobile phones on

the streets, deal with the moped

gangs. The police do a really tough

job. But they must be directed as

well and directed to catching

criminals.

Lynn, staying with you and the

Telegraph, let's talk Boris Johnson.

Well, Boris has been on another trip

and yet again gone off message. So,

I mean, this is not unexpected from

him. We know that Boris Johnson has

always been pro-immigration in the

sense that he is not against people

coming but he wants control of the

numbers that come here.

When he was looking to be the Mayor

that was a familiar refrain?

The

reason this is on the front page of

the Telegraph is that he has gone

further than the Prime Minister. A

departure from what Theresa May has

been saying. She did not agree to

secure the rights of ex-pats when we

depart the European Union but she

said she wants to but what Theresa

May is doing is waiting until the

rights of British citizens living in

the European countries are assured.

So we have all said we want to do

this. So he has come forward. This

is an evening when the chair of the

Commons foreign affairs select

committee, has been giving a talk,

and criticised Boris Johnson by

saying we need a coal headed

approach and that Boris Johnson

carries a lot of noise when he goes

abroad.

This was made last week, made in an

address on Polish/UK relations it

came to light when a clip of his

comments were put on Twitter.

There are 1 million Polish living in

the country.

When you go to Pret aManger there is

a chance that would be served by

someone from the east. There is the

issue that there could be a sudden

flight of European giving flight, an

exodus from the UK.

And you hinted on it a minute ago,

if this is different to what Theresa

May is saying this is one of the

three key issues that must be

resolved before trade talks?

Yes but

it is something that Theresa May has

tried to harsh out with the European

counterparts, that they would not

budge on. Angela Merkel being one in

question. To be fair, she has been

very clear. That she wants to do

this but needs a message from them

as well.

Let's move on.

The Daily Express. Lynn take us

there. This is the story about the

UK's population. We are told it will

hit 70 million by 2029 and the Daily

Express taking a migrant line on the

figures.

These are big numbers.

Mid-2029, 70 million. It is a rise

of, I don't know, I think we need to

start building more houses is the

general message.

And maybe hospitals!

They are saying

there will be a rise of something

like 54% down to migration by 2026

and then something like the number

of over 85s in Britain will double

to 3 million by 2040. So something

like in the range of 16 million

people of pensionable age at that

time. I know that people are working

longer, are able to look after

themselves but these are worrying

figures. Never mind looking at

people now who cannot get an

appointment at a doctor's surgery,

not getting places in primary

schools, we are not seeing primary

schools, hospitals being built to do

with this.

Well this goes back to the story,

the British don't want to do the

McDonald's jobs that the migrants

want to do, so perhaps the surplus

population could prove beneficial.

But, supreme to live somewhere,

people must educate their children

somewhere, it is a strain on the

public services. And the stress on

the migrant line but old age is also

a part of the story. Let's move on

to the FT. Dan, let's start with

you. There is an ammiage at the top

of the front page. A frightening

image from Kenya with reference to

the rerunning of the election.

Yeah, this is an extraordinary story

a month ago, the judiciary in Kenya

called for a re-election, held as a

sign of Kenya's vibrant democracy.

Now there is mayhem, violence, the

opposition candidate, Odinga has

pulled from the race. Three people

killed today and now reports that

turnout is low undermining the

credibility of the election and the

he get mace whys all together. So

what was to be an example of Kenyan

democracy is turning out the

opposite.

It would appear that Mr Kenyatta is

to win on the basis of the current

voting and the lack of turnout but

that does not necessarily in these

circumstances resolve a great deal?

No. The main opponent called the

election illegitimate with the turn

out low. And it calls into question

if the next election is viable

domestically and internationally.

And it sums up the violence that

picture?

It is a powerful

photograph. What I read earlier, the

judges were supposed to be ruling on

whether or not to delay the

election. Two out of seven turned

up. One of the judges who did not

turn up, her bodyguard was shot the

night before. This is the pressure

that the people are under there. A

very difficult situation.

Now the Garde front page, so many

different figures, economic figures

coming out on a day by day basis at

the moment. Some appear good news,

some don't. Here is one that doesn't

look so good. Retail sales falling

at the fastest rate since the

recession?

Does this mean there are

going to be sales?! We have raise

rising inflation. A worry. Which we

have had the figures from last week.

We have the sterling plunging. That

is great if you are coming to

Britain on holiday. But not gait for

us, obviously. Now the figures out

from the CB I survey, talking about

our spending power. The CB I are

being vocal about Brexit. This is a

bleak picture. Their figures are

portraying tonight. I'm not sure. I

think we should see a little more.

They are saying that they are

falling at the fastest rate since

the recession in 2009. That is a

considerable length of time. So they

sound damning but I'm not sure we

should worry yet.

And the income squeeze mentioned,

Dan. It's a part of the story.

Part of the problem is that London

is still one of the most expensive

cities on the planet. With the

dramatic fall in the pound and high

inflation, and rents not decareering

by a dramatic degree, the prospects

for people in the capital are not

getting better.

I mentioned this being a bad news

economic story, it appears in a

paper that does not support Brexit,

is it fair to say that as we see the

different stories, some good, some

bad, they are featured more heavily

in the paper that take as particular

Brexit view as a parallel.

I'm not sure. These figures, for

example, the CB I have been vocal

about Brexit in a negative way. I

think it would be more, perhaps,

more beneficial to look at the

figures after Christmas and then

perhaps take another snapshot.

Yes, as they say you cannot read too

much into a set of figures! Dan, not

the same Telegraph, this is the

Scottish version it has a lead story

with reference to junk food and

supermarkets.

This story talks about the fact that

price promotions on junk food

reinvestigated and restaurant meal

sizes capped under plans unveiled by

the medical associations in

Scotland.

This reminds me of the sugar tax.

Well, part of the plans are to send

health visitors. If you are a young

mum, south or north of the border,

you could be taking, no offence but

you may not be pleased with the

health visitors who checks up on

your children and the eating and

looking at your larder, the portion

control and what you are feeding

them, the meal time behaviour and I

don't think businesses will be

pleased with the pressure on them to

relabel with calorie amounts and

portion sizes on the products. So,

look, the SNP are talking about

asking the UK Government as it is

notp within their right to ban

advertising near schools and

playings, tourist attractions, with

the best of intentions.

I was going to say, there are stark

figures.

Yes, there are problems in

the country with obesity.

And now to look at Buzzfeed, a

parliamentary, an MP showing off his

painted nails to raise awareness of

slavery.

Yes, he displayed much to the shock

of us his painted hand. There is an

eave owned Somerset police campaign,

called Let's Nail It. It highlights

women but also men, who are victims

of modern slavery.

On screen, we showed the coloured

version, black and white detracted

from the effect of the nails.

They were red.

I would not expect

them to be blue, he is Labour after

all.

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