0:00:17 > 0:00:20Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
0:00:20 > 0:00:21bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23With me are Christopher Hope, chief political correspondent
0:00:23 > 0:00:25at the Daily Telegraph, and political commentator
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Ayesha Hazarika.
0:00:26 > 0:00:32Tomorrow's front pages - starting with...
0:00:32 > 0:00:33The Telegraph leads with the resignation
0:00:33 > 0:00:35of Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, after allegations about
0:00:35 > 0:00:39his personal conduct.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43The Mirror goes with the same story, reporting Mr Fallon saying his
0:00:43 > 0:00:47behaviour fell below the standards required of his office.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51The Times reports fears within the government that more
0:00:51 > 0:00:53ministers may be forced to resign.
0:00:53 > 0:00:59The Metro also dedicates its front page to Michael Fallon's resignation
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- and so does the i.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07The Mail claims that Mr Fallon has warned the Prime Minister
0:01:07 > 0:01:14that there could be further revelations about his behaviour.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17And the Sun is the only paper to attempt a pun,
0:01:17 > 0:01:24with 'fallon his sword'.
0:01:24 > 0:01:30I think that works better on the page there. Only one story in town,
0:01:30 > 0:01:36and we have the two perfect people to discuss it. The resignation of
0:01:36 > 0:01:40the Defence Secretary. You clearly have had a busy evening because this
0:01:40 > 0:01:46story only broke at 7:30pm. How much of a shock was it?A complete shock.
0:01:46 > 0:01:54He goes back to this claim by a journalist friend of mine, Julia
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Hartley-Brewer, that Michael Fallon had touched her on the knee, and she
0:01:56 > 0:02:03said she would punch him if he did it again. He admitted it and
0:02:03 > 0:02:10apologise, and it was thought that that was it, really. Then a complete
0:02:10 > 0:02:16bombshell tonight, he's resigned. An exchange of letters, an
0:02:16 > 0:02:20old-fashioned resignation. There will be a new person replacing
0:02:20 > 0:02:25Michael Fallon, maybe Tobias Ellwood, one of his juniors at the
0:02:25 > 0:02:31defence Department. It is extraordinary that no one thought he
0:02:31 > 0:02:38would go, and we are trying to work out what it all means.It's
0:02:38 > 0:02:42interesting. Fallon shocks Westminster with a stunning
0:02:42 > 0:02:47resignation and admits behaviour fell short, but we have to see this
0:02:47 > 0:02:51in the context of all of the allegations swirling around
0:02:51 > 0:02:56Westminster at the moment.The climate is very C bra around
0:02:56 > 0:03:05Westminster at the moment, but people feel this is very... The
0:03:05 > 0:03:17climate is very febrile. A lot of women feel uncomfortable in
0:03:17 > 0:03:22Westminster, as do a lot of young men. Pretty much every female friend
0:03:22 > 0:03:32of mine in politics has had experience of sexual harassment.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Female advisers, female journalists, they all have their own stories and
0:03:36 > 0:03:41wonder what to do. Some stories are historic and some are more recent.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45There is a feeling that a lot of young women and men have had enough
0:03:45 > 0:03:52of this culture.It's never really a police matter. It is a lot lower
0:03:52 > 0:03:58level. It's insidious, it makes you uncomfortable. It's not a police
0:03:58 > 0:04:03matter. That is far too much. Theresa May is working out what to
0:04:03 > 0:04:11do about this.As a man who works in Westminster, are you aware of these
0:04:11 > 0:04:15kinds of allegations?You are told about it, but I am not told the same
0:04:15 > 0:04:21things you are. It's basically women sharing with other women.I think
0:04:21 > 0:04:27there is a culture... It's very, very macho in the House of Commons.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32It's designed to be a bit of a gentleman 's club. There's still the
0:04:32 > 0:04:37majority of men in positions of power. The women tend to be the
0:04:37 > 0:04:44support staff, more junior, and the men are away from their wives, homes
0:04:44 > 0:04:50and families, and there is quite a lot of subsidised booze, which is a
0:04:50 > 0:04:56heady mixture. My experience is that a lot of men, who tend to be a bit
0:04:56 > 0:05:00older, don't realise what they are doing is inappropriate. They don't
0:05:00 > 0:05:04think what they are doing is particularly bad. They think it
0:05:04 > 0:05:09comes with the job. Being an MP, being in a position of power, the
0:05:09 > 0:05:16perks that come with it is this kind of behaviour. They think it is a bit
0:05:16 > 0:05:21of naughty fun.Michael Fallon said that his conduct fell below the
0:05:21 > 0:05:25standards that are now expected. That is what it says on the front
0:05:25 > 0:05:30pages. Do you think Moore might emerge about his behaviour?We don't
0:05:30 > 0:05:40know. As things stand tonight, we don't know the answer. There is a
0:05:40 > 0:05:43suspicion that more might come out. The BBC reported earlier that more
0:05:43 > 0:05:50claims were made to Number 10. We don't know if that's true. Maybe he
0:05:50 > 0:05:54felt that rather than hanging on while other things emerge, he would
0:05:54 > 0:06:02go now.My experience, and a lot of the other women I've spoken to,
0:06:02 > 0:06:08often people doing this type of behaviour is not a one off. It's
0:06:08 > 0:06:14kind of a pattern of behaviour, and I think he has done the right thing.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19He said about standards for the Armed Forces, but it's also
0:06:19 > 0:06:25standards of decent men and women who are modern in 2017 would expect.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30The House of Commons makes judgment on the rest of us. We have to abide
0:06:30 > 0:06:35by the laws that are created in the House of Commons. They do have to
0:06:35 > 0:06:42hold themselves to a higher degree of behaviour.While there are no new
0:06:42 > 0:06:49allegations against him, there is evidence that things that he
0:06:49 > 0:06:56previously viewed as flotation might become public.On to the Telegraph,
0:06:56 > 0:07:03your front-page story. The headline was interesting. Fallon quits as
0:07:03 > 0:07:08Westminster sex scandal claims its first scalp. Is the indication that
0:07:08 > 0:07:15there could be more?There might be more. We might go back to the back
0:07:15 > 0:07:24to basics crisis that laid waste to John Major. That was seen by
0:07:24 > 0:07:29journalists as no more sex and sleaze, and it triggered all sorts
0:07:29 > 0:07:35of stories.The other point is that it's quite easy to get tribal about
0:07:35 > 0:07:41this, and say that it is one party against another. I am a pretty
0:07:41 > 0:07:46tribal person, having been a Labour person, and I would say that all
0:07:46 > 0:07:53parties have an issue with this. We heard terrible stories this week
0:07:53 > 0:07:58about a story about a young activist who claims she was raped and a party
0:07:58 > 0:08:04official swept it under the carpet. We have to avoid being partisan.
0:08:04 > 0:08:10Officials need to come together and find solutions, mechanisms, and
0:08:10 > 0:08:15independent complaint system so that young, vulnerable men and women in
0:08:15 > 0:08:21the House of Commons feel they have somewhere to go to.Damian Green
0:08:21 > 0:08:30denies any allegations about his conduct, but he is basically under
0:08:30 > 0:08:34pressure and is being investigated by the Cabinet Office.Let's move on
0:08:34 > 0:08:40to the Daily Mirror. The front-page story, Dustin Hoffman sexually
0:08:40 > 0:08:46harassed me when I was just 17. This is the Oscar-winning actor, famous
0:08:46 > 0:08:52for films like to see. He has been accused of harassment on the set of
0:08:52 > 0:09:01death of a salesman back in 1985. The woman who accused me was -- the
0:09:01 > 0:09:06woman who accused him was an intern at the time. This takes you back to
0:09:06 > 0:09:11Hollywood, where this whole thing began.Yes, the Harvey Weinstein
0:09:11 > 0:09:16allegations were the genesis of this story. It is worth saying that this
0:09:16 > 0:09:24type of culture exists across many, many industries. I think it happens
0:09:24 > 0:09:30everywhere, but certainly Hollywood has been the focus of this. The
0:09:30 > 0:09:35interesting, or the worrying thing about this is that she was a very,
0:09:35 > 0:09:41very young girl, and he was this movie star, a lot older than her. He
0:09:41 > 0:09:49is saying that... A lot of this is about abuse of power. Often when
0:09:49 > 0:09:54young people come into film or politics, they are starry eyed, and
0:09:54 > 0:09:59if you are one of the celebrities, you have a lot of power, and how you
0:09:59 > 0:10:05wield that power has to be watched carefully.Dustin Hoffman says, I
0:10:05 > 0:10:10have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I
0:10:10 > 0:10:15might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation. I am
0:10:15 > 0:10:25sorry. So he has apologised.It's coming out Daily Mail. Kevin Spacey
0:10:25 > 0:10:30earlier this week. It all started with the Harvey Weinstein affair. It
0:10:30 > 0:10:37all seems to be really serious, and a pattern of abuse over many years,
0:10:37 > 0:10:42allegedly, with those women.Back to the Telegraph, and a story you vote.
0:10:42 > 0:10:49Labour angers the palace by dragging the Queen into Brexit row. How have
0:10:49 > 0:10:55they done that?Get the Queen involved in the Brexit! Before the
0:10:55 > 0:11:04last referendum last year, it was said she backed Brexit. This is
0:11:04 > 0:11:09using a Commons procedure, called the humble address, to try to force
0:11:09 > 0:11:15the government to release these papers showing the impact of Brexit
0:11:15 > 0:11:21on 58 areas. Where the government to release this... The Queen has a
0:11:21 > 0:11:26motion called the humble address, and will have to respond to what the
0:11:26 > 0:11:34Labour Party pushes through, which may draw the Queen in on Brexit.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37This could be avoided by the government releasing those
0:11:37 > 0:11:43documents. They are really important, and there's prominent
0:11:43 > 0:11:47Conservative Party members saying, what ever position you have taken on
0:11:47 > 0:11:52the Brexit debate, everyone should care about the future of the
0:11:52 > 0:11:55country, and these impact assessments are very important for
0:11:55 > 0:12:01MPs to shine a bit of light on what is going on.They are saying they
0:12:01 > 0:12:08want to release it.I thought that the vote tonight wasn't binding.The
0:12:08 > 0:12:14speaker said it was binding, but the government are going to respond. I
0:12:14 > 0:12:21have been led to believe that they are going to release the gist.Are
0:12:21 > 0:12:29they going to redact it?That is what Keir Starmer said.Not a
0:12:29 > 0:12:36surprise I am slightly confused by that!Slightly confused by Brexit.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Good to talk to you both.
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0:12:58 > 0:13:00Thank you, Christopher Hope and Ayesha Hazarika.