29/10/2017 The Papers

of security procedures being found

on an unencrypted memory stick left

in the street.

Now to have a look at what the

papers will be bringing us tomorrow.

With me are the economics

commentator and author,

Dharshini David, and

the Home Affairs Editor

of the London Evening

Standard, Martin Bentham.

Good evening to both of you. Thank

you for coming in and is joining us.

-- and joining.

Tomorrow's front pages,

starting with this.

The Financial Times leads

with the Catalonia independence

crisis, as the region's government

prepares for its first day under

direct rule by Madrid.

The Metro says pressure is being put

on the Prime Minister to reveal

anything she knows about alleged

sexual harassment in Westminster.

The Telegraph is leading

with the same story.

It says Theresa May will sack any

ministers if they are proved

to have behaved inapprorpriately.

The Times has more on that story,

as well as a big pictures

of newly-crowned Formula 1

champion, Lewis Hamilton.

The top story in the Daily Mail

is the prime minister's response

to the Westminster sexual

harassment allegations,

including a shake-up of procedures

to deal with such claims.

The Guardian has the news that

Gordon Brown apparently feels Labour

didn't win the 2010 election

because he wasn't a good fit

for today's emotional politics.

The Sun reports Great British

Bakeoff star Sophie Faldo,

is being investigated,

for alleged benefit fraud.

And now to start with the Times. Of

course, the ongoing reporting on the

allegations in Westminster. A call

for tougher rules as the first MPs

are named. One wonders where the

pressure is coming from. Theresa May

is doing it, isn't she?

This is a

test of her leadership once again.

It is not just about the

allegations, which are still coming

out tonight, it is more about the

case this is a system she has

acknowledged she cannot do much

with. She wrote to the Speaker

saying can we change this? MPs are

effectively self-employed, so it is

up to them. This is very

embarrassing.

I think what is being

said is at the moment it is mainly

Tory MPs in the frame. There could

be others in other parties as time

goes on. What is going on is the

Prime Minister, if she knows, we

don't know what she does know, but

if she finds out that MPs, including

senior ministers, according to some

of the allegations, have been

involved in inappropriate conduct,

she should deal with them robustly

and immediately. She says one of

those named, Stephen Crabb, send

inappropriate messages. The Whip

should be removed from him. The

question is what she should do is

that if evidence is brought to her,

ask them about the truth or

otherwise. If they deny them, there

has to be an investigation. The

suggestion is she should try to

discipline those that she finds

there has been evidence they have

done something wrong.

There is so

much pressure on her. She is the

Prime Minister. These allegations

are about Westminster politicians.

It is cross-party. If it is

happening in Westminster, who knows

where it is happening? It follows

Harvey Weinstein and the sexual

harassment allegations. He says

there was no nonconsensual sex. But

no day has gone by we have not been

reporting on sexual harassment, not

just in Westminster.

Other papers

are leading the allegations of

things happening, even here at the

BBC. We hold people to a high

standard...

Which is why she may

have to sack any MP. She has to lead

the way.

That headline is stating

the obvious. If they have been

proven to engage in anything

physical, it is a criminal activity,

it goes beyond sacking. The

difficulty is exactly what we were

just getting at, substantiating the

truth about these allegations. Some

people may turn out to say I have

done something wrong. If that

happens, that is quite easy to deal

with. If not, it will take more

time.

You have Garnier holding his

hands up, and there is an

investigation. On the other hand,

some may be nonconsensual affairs

that happened a long time ago.

Ultimately, in the long-run, it will

be interesting to see what the

Speaker, John Bercow, who the Prime

Minister wrote to calling for

tougher rules, what he and

parliamentary authorities do about

it. There needs to be a channel for

people who feel they have been a

victim of something inappropriate,

to contact authorities and have an

outlet for it, a confidential one,

so they can raise it. Often, there

are people who are MPs, of course,

they are only employed by the MP,

and they are junior people, often,

they don't have a lot of ability to

go and contact people. You are

taking on someone so much more

powerful. That is what happens with

these power relationships.

And

institutions.

You need an outlet,

and you also need to make sure

people in positions of power, who

have been enabled in their behaviour

by people around them, whether it is

a company, the power they have...

The BBC has said this week that it

has procedures in place for

allegations. The Daily Mirror has a

story, reporting that an

investigation has been launched into

Radio 5 live presenter George Riley.

The BBC is not confirming it, saying

they do not comment on individual

cases.

It shows how sensitive this

is at the moment. These allegations

are being encouraged in a way they

were not in the past.

We are talking

about it. It is being reported on,

but slowly.

One interesting thing

about this is that many of these

claims and allegations are coming up

through WhatsApp and other networks.

If you are a 22-year-old working for

NMP and this has happened to you and

you have He may not be part of the

network. -- an MP.

The Financial

Times to be a number of papers

reporting on Catalonia. A big day

and a big test.

The first day of

direct rule. The Catalan officials

are being required to carry out the

edict from Spain, how they respond

is important, especially the police,

that is important, and also how the

Spanish then deal with any defiance,

any resistance, any public protest.

Clearly, what must not happen, I

think, is heavy handedness on the

part of the Spanish. That only makes

it worse.

It is a massive test.

Trying to divide the tension.

It is

quick as well. Only eight weeks

away, the election.

That could

backfire as well. We saw what

happened with the referendum.

Heavy-handed tactics did not work.

Exactly. Ultimately, the Spanish

have to win the Catalan people over

by persuasion rather than by force.

That is the crucial thing. They have

to persuade them as a whole it is in

their interest to remain part of

Spain. Trying to Dragoon them into

it will not work.

The Daily

Telegraph. There is a story on the

NHS. It is always under scrutiny,

but especially this time of year,

when it is tested to its absolute

max. Jeremy Hunt has been told by

Philip Hammond no extra money will

be provided, especially for pay

rises for doctors and nurses. They

have to find the money elsewhere?

It

is not exactly down the back of a

sofa. They need a decent pay rise.

Obviously, doctors and nurses among

many public sector workers have seen

pay freezes. They have a big

retaining problem. Many of us are

getting older and are not as healthy

as we used to be to be medicine

costs more. A lot of pressure on the

NHS.

Page two of the Sun. Pressure

to stamp out stamp duty. I am sure

that is coming from homeowners. But

who else is under pressure was blue

this is a think tank, the Adam Smith

Institute, which is claiming for

going this duty of £12 million would

bring £10 billion back. It is a huge

amount of money if you are a

housebuyer.

Yes, especially getting

on the bottom rung of the ladder.

The thing is, particularly for the

up, if you take it away, house

prices will go up and you will have

to pay it in a different way. It is

interesting. It is not on the

Chancellor's list, it is on eight

think tank's list. -- A. This is the

time of year every think tank in

person gives a wish list to the

Chancellor.

Page two. A story we

have reported on today. Thousands of

people are driving diesel cars

illegally, driving modified diesel

cars without pollution filters. I

want to start with you. This comes

at a time when drivers will have to

pay even more money to bring dirty

cars into the of the capital.

London

is not the only city with a problem

with pollution causing people to

die. This story is not a new story.

It has been around 2-3 years, this

problem of people having filters

removed by garages. A, when you have

your filter, it filters out

dangerous particles and makes them

more healthy. When you replace it,

you don't have to pay for it to be

replaced because you don't have one.

It also gives better mileage. There

are many economic advantages to you

as a selfish driver if you want to

be selfish and pollute the

atmosphere for everyone else, to

remove it. People have been doing it

knowing they are allowing the cars

to be driven illegally. Fortunately,

it seems there is a solution around

the corner in the next few years. It

will be easier to detect this. At

the moment, it is not easy to detect

this happening because filters are

concealed inside the exhaust. It is

quite difficult to see. There is a

suggestion this will be fixed soon.

Anyone who has had this done should

be disgraced, I should say.

Well, we

will finish with Lewis Hamilton. He

graces the front pages and the back

pages! Quite rightly so. The Metro.

Fantastic four. Lewis Hamilton

battles back from a first lap crash

with Sebastian Vettel to get an

historic title. Almost did not at

the start. A close shave. The most

successful route it Formula 1

driver. -- British. Still a long way

to go to be the world best.

But he

is quite young.

He is doing well

under pressure.

It was a riveting

race. Did not start how we wanted

it. The crash quickly and sounded

angry.

He asked the question, did he

do that on purpose?

I am sure the

champagne will be flowing in Mexico

tonight. Thank you to both of you

for coming in to talk about the

papers with us. We will do it again

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