0:00:00 > 0:00:01left lying in the street. And parents will no longer be able to
0:00:01 > 0:00:08use a legal loophole to avoid paying child maintenance under new laws to
0:00:08 > 0:00:16be brought in within months.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be
0:00:19 > 0:00:20bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24With me are the economics commentator and author,
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Dharshini David, and the Home Affairs Editor of the London Evening
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Standard, Martin Bentham.
0:00:29 > 0:00:34Good to see you, thank you for coming in. Let's have a look at the
0:00:34 > 0:00:38front pages in brief before we discuss them.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43The Financial Times leads with the Catalonia independence
0:00:43 > 0:00:47crisis which goes on as the region's government prepares
0:00:47 > 0:00:49for its first day under direct rule by Madrid.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52The Metro says pressure is being put on the Prime
0:00:52 > 0:01:02Minister to reveal anything she knows about alleged sexual
0:01:04 > 0:01:05harassment in Westminster.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07The Telegraph is leading with the same story.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09It says Theresa May will sack any Cabinet ministers
0:01:09 > 0:01:11if they are proven to have carried out inappropriate behaviour.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16The Times has the same story as well as a picture of newly crowned
0:01:16 > 0:01:26Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton. Catalonia still gracing many front
0:01:26 > 0:01:30pages. Still fascinating and astonishing and perhaps a sign of
0:01:30 > 0:01:36The Times, the FT leading with the story, the first day of direct
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Catalonian rule putting Madrid to the test and also Catalonian is to
0:01:39 > 0:01:44the test and also Catalonian is to the test.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49the test and also Catalonian is to the test.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Things ramping up day by day and it is not going away by any means and
0:01:53 > 0:02:00it could be a very tense week.It depends how that was imposed. While
0:02:00 > 0:02:04many countries including the UK don't recognise independence they
0:02:04 > 0:02:08have expressed concern about possible unrest.The problem is that
0:02:08 > 0:02:14if Madrid, which I think has handled this very badly by roughing up
0:02:14 > 0:02:19people on the day of the election in an appalling fashion, they have just
0:02:19 > 0:02:29hardened the opinion of those who were in favour of independence and
0:02:29 > 0:02:34probably discouraged people from agreeing with them, this must have
0:02:34 > 0:02:37pushed people into the separatist camp. By calling elections in eight
0:02:37 > 0:02:42weeks' time, and the newspaper makes the point that perhaps the first
0:02:42 > 0:02:46sensible thing Mariano Rajoy has done is perhaps wrong footing the
0:02:46 > 0:02:51separatists a bit, he's the Prime Minister of Spain, now they have to
0:02:51 > 0:02:55concentrate on winning the election, or whether to oppose direct rule, so
0:02:55 > 0:03:03altering their focus. There is an election to come theoretically in
0:03:03 > 0:03:13eight weeks.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22RAM error high is a man who likes to do things properly, he likes to
0:03:22 > 0:03:27channel things through the normal formal wear dashed Mariano Rajoy. He
0:03:27 > 0:03:31doesn't want this as much as anyone else.He hasn't faced a test like
0:03:31 > 0:03:40this before. This is quite a gamble, trying to split the Independence
0:03:40 > 0:03:44parties.And it is not clear if people in Catalonia do want
0:03:44 > 0:03:51independence. But those who do, if response to it is to browbeat that
0:03:51 > 0:03:56won't work in the long run, the Spanish authorities need to try to
0:03:56 > 0:03:58convince the population of Catalonia that it is in the interests to
0:03:58 > 0:04:03remain part of Spain. It may well be but they need to convince them and
0:04:03 > 0:04:06the Catalonian Snead to believe that. You cannot just force them in
0:04:06 > 0:04:12the long term just by pure weight of military power -- the Catalonian
0:04:12 > 0:04:17people need to believe that.As we saw with the referendum it may
0:04:17 > 0:04:26backfire. Not a day goes by when we're not talking about sexual
0:04:26 > 0:04:29harassment in some institutions somewhere, especially in the and
0:04:29 > 0:04:33America, which is a bad thing but it is a good thing that we are talking
0:04:33 > 0:04:37about it, women are getting a voice, this pressure now on Theresa May,
0:04:37 > 0:04:45the front page of the Metro, the No 10 sleaze briefings, pressure on
0:04:45 > 0:04:50her.In some ways I feel for her because clearly this kind of sleaze,
0:04:50 > 0:04:57if going on in Westminster is probably going on up and down the
0:04:57 > 0:05:04country. She has denied it, these briefings are taking place in
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Downing Street, on the other hand the Daily Telegraph reports that she
0:05:07 > 0:05:12says she will sack any sex pest ministers and the mother and much
0:05:12 > 0:05:16more allegations doing the rounds tonight once again. An unusual
0:05:16 > 0:05:24situation when it comes to the ways that MPs are...It does perhaps
0:05:24 > 0:05:28reflect society, and the way it has been the too long but if it is
0:05:28 > 0:05:31taking place in the corridors of power it is no surprise it is
0:05:31 > 0:05:36happening across the country...Of course people in positions of
0:05:36 > 0:05:40authority, elected representatives and so on should at least be setting
0:05:40 > 0:05:55a good example, and leading, so they need to set a bad example. The story
0:05:55 > 0:06:00in the Telegraph about how she's going to sack any ministers who have
0:06:00 > 0:06:07carried out sexual harassment and so on, the headline sounds impressive,
0:06:07 > 0:06:19it depends what the evidence is, there may be a long gap, but some
0:06:19 > 0:06:24people would admit it, like Mark Garnier, not harassment but one
0:06:24 > 0:06:27incident, his secretary being sent to baby sex toys which he suggests
0:06:27 > 0:06:31was nothing to do with harassment, at least he admitted he had done
0:06:31 > 0:06:38that. But in of serious harassment and sexual assault may turn out to
0:06:38 > 0:06:45be alleged, unless somebody is actually proved to do it, and those
0:06:45 > 0:06:48allegations can be substantiated which will take some doing,
0:06:48 > 0:06:54potentially, and maybe some time before we see sackings.Indeed.We
0:06:54 > 0:06:59to remind ourselves, that these allegations are not verified. They
0:06:59 > 0:07:05need investigating.Some may be consensual affairs, quite different
0:07:05 > 0:07:10to some of the other allegations we have been talking about.The good
0:07:10 > 0:07:14thing with that ultimately will be because the exposure of this is a
0:07:14 > 0:07:20problem, as you alluded to at the start, if proper channels can be up
0:07:20 > 0:07:24and up so that victims of this type of thing find a way that they can
0:07:24 > 0:07:31talk in confidence to parliamentary authorities, the system will be
0:07:31 > 0:07:38setup to up those concerns, and raise them publicly, then the people
0:07:38 > 0:07:43carrying out these things, the public shame will ultimately result
0:07:43 > 0:07:49in them not carrying on for very long and also potentially stop
0:07:49 > 0:07:54people digressing in that way in the future, hopefully.You would hope so
0:07:54 > 0:07:58but we were saying earlier that this has come as a surprise in 2017
0:07:58 > 0:08:06thinking that things like this are going on in offices where you work.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11The Daily Telegraph alleging that some of these allegations affect
0:08:11 > 0:08:14cabinet ministers so it's going right to the very top.And you would
0:08:14 > 0:08:18very much hope that bringing it into the public arena might change
0:08:18 > 0:08:31things.Let's stick with the Daily Telegraph. Another story, Hammond -
0:08:31 > 0:08:38getting tough on the NHS. Not the first time.He's in a bind. The NHS
0:08:38 > 0:08:45has rising costs, rising demands. This big financial pressure on it
0:08:45 > 0:08:55immediately. Staff have been pressed in terms of pay for a long time.The
0:08:55 > 0:09:04images says, we will implode if we don't get more funding. It is a war
0:09:04 > 0:09:09of words -- the NHS says this.This is a crucial issue because firstly
0:09:09 > 0:09:13we have seen a pay freeze and the public sector affecting NHS workers.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17We know there is a huge problem with recruitment and retention, and if
0:09:17 > 0:09:22you start to give them pay rises you set a precedent and you end up with
0:09:22 > 0:09:32a bill of billions of pounds.And when they talk about it potentially
0:09:32 > 0:09:39imploding, money is needed for medicines, facilities and so on. Pay
0:09:39 > 0:09:55is only part of the extra cost. All the other aspects that need funding,
0:09:55 > 0:10:04what Philip Hammond is trying to do is balancing the books, his problem
0:10:04 > 0:10:08is, saying, if you are going to find more money to pay for better
0:10:08 > 0:10:13treatments, we can't spend it all on pay, that is his dilemma.It's not
0:10:13 > 0:10:19just the budget coming up, it's winter. It is this time of the year.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24When I saw this on the front page of the Guardian I thought, move on,
0:10:24 > 0:10:33Gordon, we have. Gordon Brown saying he didn't show enough emotion to an
0:10:33 > 0:10:41election. He must have a book coming out.I was with David Cameron do
0:10:41 > 0:10:45think that 2010 election and what was striking them was the fact that
0:10:45 > 0:10:49it wasn't so much substance as charisma that one of the voters on
0:10:49 > 0:10:58the campaign Trail, that resonated with Gordon Brown and he looks back.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03Personality increasingly as important as policy.I agree and
0:11:03 > 0:11:08disagree in the sense that I don't think it was lost the election, it
0:11:08 > 0:11:14was the financial crisis and if the Tories would have done any better or
0:11:14 > 0:11:17not if they had been in power, the fact was that people thought that
0:11:17 > 0:11:22there was this calamity, that Labour, George, had mismanaged the
0:11:22 > 0:11:27economic success which they had had, and immigration was perceived by a
0:11:27 > 0:11:33lot of people as too high. On the other hand he is right that it
0:11:33 > 0:11:44shouldn't just be about personality and if someone is good and competent
0:11:44 > 0:11:47even if they are not the most flamboyant character, if they are
0:11:47 > 0:11:51good we should vote for them and you would want them to lead the country
0:11:51 > 0:11:56will be the person in charge of your country.It does seem a bit strange,
0:11:56 > 0:12:01this was two years after the financial crisis, that he isn't
0:12:01 > 0:12:04saying, I wish I'd handled the financial crisis differently and
0:12:04 > 0:12:10then perhaps I would have won the election.The other problem is a
0:12:10 > 0:12:15classic politician's thing, we didn't communicate the message was
0:12:15 > 0:12:19the fail, not that the message itself was...Just a couple of
0:12:19 > 0:12:24minutes, let's give one minute each to the next two pages to talk about
0:12:24 > 0:12:29these stories. The Daily Express, stayed married to a halt to manager.
0:12:29 > 0:12:35Close relationship reduces risk by 60%. The latest advice on how to
0:12:35 > 0:12:43stay healthy.That's just keeping a mad active because you have to deal
0:12:43 > 0:12:50with your other half! -- keeping your mind active.And what kind of
0:12:50 > 0:12:55relationship? That can cover a range of things. Is this correlation of
0:12:55 > 0:12:59causality. Is that the fact that if you stay in a relationship you are
0:12:59 > 0:13:03less likely to develop dementia or was it just the case that it's some
0:13:03 > 0:13:08kind of coincidence?I think you're right, it's about keeping the mind
0:13:08 > 0:13:12active. That is what we are all told. Let's finish on a feel-good
0:13:12 > 0:13:23story. Back to the Metro. Not just leading, featuring a great
0:13:23 > 0:13:26photograph of Lewis Hamilton, who is now the most successful British
0:13:26 > 0:13:33Grand Prix Formula 1 racer ever. I saw an interview with him on TV
0:13:33 > 0:13:38earlier today. He's pretty humble about this. He was speaking before
0:13:38 > 0:13:42the win but knew that he was close. And he is humble about it. He's
0:13:42 > 0:13:51overawed.It is a great achievement. This year there have been seasons
0:13:51 > 0:13:55where the car is dominant and maybe hasn't been as hard as it might have
0:13:55 > 0:14:02been, this season is more often even battle between him and Vettel. He's
0:14:02 > 0:14:07triumphed in style.Nice to see that on a day that we are discussing
0:14:07 > 0:14:12sleaze and Catalonia, a great story to have.The express calling him
0:14:12 > 0:14:17King Lewis the fourth. He's got a lot to be happy about and we have a
0:14:17 > 0:14:23lot to be happy about for him and it isn't over yet. He's still so young.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27He started young, I forget how old he was when he won it for the first
0:14:27 > 0:14:34time, he was very young then.Samaj ahead of him.Martin, Dharshini,
0:14:34 > 0:14:38thank you very much, we do this again at 11:30pm. And the front
0:14:38 > 0:14:43pages online on the BBC website where you can read a detailed review
0:14:43 > 0:14:45of the papers.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47It's all there for you.
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0:14:54 > 0:14:58We'll see you at the same time, at 1130. They will be back as well.