0:00:15 > 0:00:19Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
0:00:19 > 0:00:20bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23With me are the political commentator Daisy McAndrew
0:00:23 > 0:00:29and the former trade minister Lord Digby Jones.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Welcome to you both. Thanks for being with us.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Tomorrow's front pages.
0:00:34 > 0:00:39The Daily Mail has a headline about the Prime Minister's Guildhall
0:00:39 > 0:00:47speech where she accused the Vladimir Putin regime of influencing
0:00:47 > 0:00:49the West.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52The FT says Theresa May has "bowed to pressure" from her pro-Europe
0:00:52 > 0:00:55colleagues by offering parliament a full vote on the final Brexit
0:00:55 > 0:00:56deal.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57The Metro reports on another Westminster
0:00:57 > 0:00:58sexual harassment allegation.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Daisy Goodwin, creator of ITV drama Victoria claims that a government
0:01:02 > 0:01:05official groped her breast when she was on a visit to No 10.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08The Express newspaper's lead is that the cost of a care home
0:01:08 > 0:01:10place is rising at the fastest rate on record.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12The Telegraph also has the announcement that Parliament
0:01:12 > 0:01:15will get a binding vote on the final EU divorce deal.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20And the i talks about the threat from Russia, highlighted by the
0:01:20 > 0:01:26Prime Minister. The Daily Mirror leads with Richard Ratcliffe, whose
0:01:26 > 0:01:30wife Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is imprisoned in Iran. He has
0:01:30 > 0:01:32reportedly told the Foreign Secretary to fix the mess he has
0:01:32 > 0:01:37caused and bring his wife back to the UK. The Guardian claims Tory
0:01:37 > 0:01:41rebels are not satisfied with the announcement that they will be given
0:01:41 > 0:01:47a vote on the final Brexit deal. Let's kick off. We're going to start
0:01:47 > 0:01:53with claims on the front pages of quite a few of the papers. This is
0:01:53 > 0:01:59Daisy Goodwin, the TV writer who created the kit, Victoria, saying
0:01:59 > 0:02:07she was groped at number ten Downing St.On the front of many papers. She
0:02:07 > 0:02:12wrote it in the radio Times but the papers have got hold of it. She's
0:02:12 > 0:02:16alleging that she was summoned to a meeting at Downing Street not by a
0:02:16 > 0:02:22politician but by an aide who worked there to discuss a broadcasting idea
0:02:22 > 0:02:26that they had had and while they were in this private meeting, he put
0:02:26 > 0:02:33his feet up on her chair, told how great she looked and as they left,
0:02:33 > 0:02:39groped her breast. C has written here and said that she was firstly
0:02:39 > 0:02:43shocked, but felt fully able to deal with it and said, what do you think
0:02:43 > 0:02:46you're doing, I think you did something inappropriate, and stormed
0:02:46 > 0:02:51out. She writes quite wittily about it but she says it didn't occur to
0:02:51 > 0:02:56her to report it and she didn't feel that she'd been violated or anything
0:02:56 > 0:02:59like that but she thought afterwards, should I have said
0:02:59 > 0:03:04something, because it wasn't acceptable. Just because it didn't
0:03:04 > 0:03:07make her burst into tears and be very upset, is the kind of thing
0:03:07 > 0:03:10that shouldn't be allowed to be gotten away with and I think she has
0:03:10 > 0:03:17a good point. Whether this chap remains anonymous after this. We
0:03:17 > 0:03:20know that everybody working in Westminster is going to be digging
0:03:20 > 0:03:24around trying to work out who it is. I wouldn't be surprised if everyone
0:03:24 > 0:03:31doesn't know who it is now.It is the latest saga in the so-called
0:03:31 > 0:03:36Pestminster scandal.It is an allegation, it may be right or
0:03:36 > 0:03:41wrong, we should make that clear. But on the other hand, I think this
0:03:41 > 0:03:47is right, people will say it was ages ago, but the fact that she had
0:03:47 > 0:03:53the confidence to think that this man was despicable, she could get
0:03:53 > 0:04:01away and get on with her life: but there will be many young females in
0:04:01 > 0:04:03the parliamentary environment who won't have the confidence and
0:04:03 > 0:04:10strength to walk away. If she's doing it to ruin a career, that's
0:04:10 > 0:04:15wrong, but if she's doing it to make sure that a female who can't cope is
0:04:15 > 0:04:20protected them I think that's spot on. I like the quote, she says she
0:04:20 > 0:04:23has previously met the official at a dinner and was struck by the
0:04:23 > 0:04:30atmosphere of testosterone, socks and lust. I assume she means the
0:04:30 > 0:04:37colour of there!One thing she says that shocked is that he was younger
0:04:37 > 0:04:41than her. She had been used to dealing with a generational
0:04:41 > 0:04:46difference, groping from older men, but she was struck by the fact that
0:04:46 > 0:04:50this man was younger.Take it or leave it, a vote on the Brexit deal,
0:04:50 > 0:04:54the Brexit secretary giving MPs the final say. Is this a concession by
0:04:54 > 0:05:02the government?It's in quite a few newspapers tonight. Is what I think
0:05:02 > 0:05:08they are trying to do, they are trying to do two things. Firstly to
0:05:08 > 0:05:11say to the heart Tory Brexiteers, look, we're going to engineer this
0:05:11 > 0:05:15into a position where the choice will be, that the deal we've done,
0:05:15 > 0:05:21vote yes or no but if you vote no, we are coming out with a hard
0:05:21 > 0:05:26Brexit. There would be no deal and we will rely on WTO, we won't pay
0:05:26 > 0:05:31the money and we will come out. So-called cliff edge.On the other
0:05:31 > 0:05:38hand, if you vote yes, you will have the deal, some kind of Single Market
0:05:38 > 0:05:43affiliation and there will be no cliff edge, a transition. That is
0:05:43 > 0:05:46the characteristic. Where is good, I think it's politically trying to
0:05:46 > 0:05:52sort out the hard Brexiteers. There we are, we've looked after what you
0:05:52 > 0:05:55want, and sorting out parliament who say that we should have the last
0:05:55 > 0:05:59say. Where I think it will unravel, they don't have the political
0:05:59 > 0:06:04influence, the government, to see it through. A lot of members in both
0:06:04 > 0:06:11Houses of Parliament will try and see it down.The Guardian front page
0:06:11 > 0:06:15is that for the rebels are not convinced by the Brexit U-turn, if
0:06:15 > 0:06:21it has been one.It depends on what rebels you are talking about. If you
0:06:21 > 0:06:24talk about the Remainer rebels, there's another way to look at this
0:06:24 > 0:06:34vote. Those who don't want Brexit to happen could do the ultimate suicide
0:06:34 > 0:06:36vote, vote it down and call a general election, a vote of
0:06:36 > 0:06:41no-confidence. Is basically destroying their own government.
0:06:41 > 0:06:47There is a possibility of that. That's interesting because how many
0:06:47 > 0:06:53people would vote to break down the deal but then vote to have
0:06:53 > 0:06:59confidence in the government because Jeremy Corbyn is worse? Secondly I
0:06:59 > 0:07:03think it is prime territory, which would be good for the government,
0:07:03 > 0:07:07for at last some centre-left people to say actually we aren't Corbyn, we
0:07:07 > 0:07:15are an alternative to your moderate centrist person.The Daily Express,
0:07:15 > 0:07:21I know this is music to your ears. Booming Britain's economy.I'm
0:07:21 > 0:07:25grateful that you are highlighting this because what really annoys me
0:07:25 > 0:07:30is when news coverage of all sorts, and the BBC but lots of others, they
0:07:30 > 0:07:36tend to start with the words, when it is good economic news... In the
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Financial Times it isn't covered at all. But in other places it is"
0:07:41 > 0:07:48despite Brexit". It says that the economy is surging. I think that is
0:07:48 > 0:07:53an exaggeration.It is a bit. Blue but the economy is being robust.
0:07:53 > 0:07:59There are some default line. I know that the biggest one is the
0:07:59 > 0:08:04productivity of the nation which is so low that you can't afford big pay
0:08:04 > 0:08:09rises in the public sector, you can't afford to do the things to be
0:08:09 > 0:08:13globally competitive that you need in a post Brexit environment if you
0:08:13 > 0:08:21don't get more bang for your buck and invest.Something that the
0:08:21 > 0:08:23productivity argument is a red herring because the way we measure
0:08:23 > 0:08:29it is outdated.That's another argument.At least ours is true,
0:08:29 > 0:08:34compared to France.The Daily Mirror talking about what Theresa May was
0:08:34 > 0:08:37talking about in her Guildhall speech, a strong attack on Russia
0:08:37 > 0:08:42and by the mere Putin.I know we want to get away from Brexit but you
0:08:42 > 0:08:47can't help but think that by turning the gun is on Russia rather than the
0:08:47 > 0:08:53chaos in her own government and the Commons, it's handy -- Russia and
0:08:53 > 0:09:00Vladimir Putin. It is true, Putin has been running a cyber war on all
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Western democracies for a long time and there have been some appalling
0:09:03 > 0:09:08examples. After the terror attack on Borough Market it has been confirmed
0:09:08 > 0:09:12that the photograph of a Muslim woman which was tweeted over and
0:09:12 > 0:09:16over saying, look at this woman walking past dead bodies, she
0:09:16 > 0:09:21doesn't care, was done by Russia and was an abomination of the truth.
0:09:21 > 0:09:28Call me a cynic but when I read this, I'm glad the Prime Minister
0:09:28 > 0:09:33called it out, I'm pleased, but what can she do about it? Putin will be
0:09:33 > 0:09:40sitting there going, oh, dear!What will the Iranian is be doing
0:09:40 > 0:09:44because, your mess, you fix it, Boris, the message from the Daily
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Mirror. The continuing row over Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and how
0:09:48 > 0:09:51the government and Boris Johnson have handled it. Her husband Richard
0:09:51 > 0:09:57Ratcliffe telling him, according to the Daily Mirror, to fix the gas
0:09:57 > 0:10:03that may double the prison term. Boris Johnson has made a gaffe here,
0:10:03 > 0:10:07there is no way of looking at it but this is slightly unfair of the Daily
0:10:07 > 0:10:12Mirror. I spoke to Richard Ratcliffe and he isn't calling for Boris's
0:10:12 > 0:10:16head because he knows it wouldn't be in Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's best
0:10:16 > 0:10:22interests.They are having a meeting this week.This is politicising the
0:10:22 > 0:10:26issue. What he said in the meeting was appalling and it has resulted in
0:10:26 > 0:10:33this treatment. There are so many diplomatic issues, things going on
0:10:33 > 0:10:36that you don't know about.When I was a minister, one thing I learned
0:10:36 > 0:10:42in short order, it's a bit like property developers who always say
0:10:42 > 0:10:47that they can make money, but you can in the rising market but the
0:10:47 > 0:10:52falling market is when the skill comes in. Ministers in big
0:10:52 > 0:10:55responsible posts like the Foreign Secretary, and Prime Minister. You
0:10:55 > 0:11:00judge them on how they deal with crises, not the good times. I think
0:11:00 > 0:11:09that Boris is caught up short here. Can he cope with the big crises?
0:11:09 > 0:11:14Boris's talents, of which there are many, are Bobby not suited to the
0:11:14 > 0:11:16stuff that goes on behind-the-scenes, that the three of
0:11:16 > 0:11:22us will never know -- are probably not suited. That doesn't mean he has
0:11:22 > 0:11:28suddenly got six heads, but he's not suited for the job.The Financial
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Times, this awful earthquake, hundreds dead and thousands may be
0:11:30 > 0:11:38injured on the border of Iran and Iraq.Appalling story and telling
0:11:38 > 0:11:41that it is on the front page of only the Financial Times and not any
0:11:41 > 0:11:46others. I understand the pressures, foreign stories, no matter how
0:11:46 > 0:11:56awful, rarely get on the front page. But I think it is a sorry state,
0:11:56 > 0:12:00with this death toll.From a financial point of view, these
0:12:00 > 0:12:05isolated states, these totalitarian states, a lot of them are in
0:12:05 > 0:12:11earthquake zones. They can from a financial point of view say, they
0:12:11 > 0:12:18can look after themselves but in terms of expertise and aid, not
0:12:18 > 0:12:24financial aid, expertise and handling it, being a member of Ennis
0:12:24 > 0:12:26National community -- of an international community really
0:12:26 > 0:12:34helps. For the people to whom this has happened, it is so bad that it
0:12:34 > 0:12:39has happened in a country that has cut itself off. They have a much
0:12:39 > 0:12:42better chance of surviving if the expertise and dealing with this is
0:12:42 > 0:12:48open to them.The last story, I think we've got time for the
0:12:48 > 0:12:56Guardian, Facebook personality types revealed by one like.Terrifying but
0:12:56 > 0:13:01not unexpected, we all know that the most valuable commodity in the world
0:13:01 > 0:13:08now isn't gold or oil, it is data and Facebook has as much data as
0:13:08 > 0:13:16anyone.Data about us.It's a story saying that online advertising
0:13:16 > 0:13:22campaigns created by academics have targeted people on psychological
0:13:22 > 0:13:28traits generated by a single like, showing the effects of mass
0:13:28 > 0:13:33psychological persuasion. Similar in politics. We talk about living in a
0:13:33 > 0:13:37silo on social media and how it affects everything you believe in.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42On this night of news, that on the front page of the Guardian, and the
0:13:42 > 0:13:47business section of the Times, a headline about Google is facing an
0:13:47 > 0:13:52attack on the abusive dominance they have. Years ago when we were in
0:13:52 > 0:13:57short trousers it used to be the big multinational, the big oil companies
0:13:57 > 0:14:02and manufacturers and how they bossed nations. Now it is three or
0:14:02 > 0:14:06four of these enormously socially influential businesses and none of
0:14:06 > 0:14:13them pay enough tax.This is Facebook being powerful but it is
0:14:13 > 0:14:19one reason why Putin is using it. They don't pay tax because...We
0:14:19 > 0:14:25have one out of time! That's it.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online
0:14:27 > 0:14:32on the BBC News website.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34And if you miss the programme any
0:14:34 > 0:14:36evening you can watch it later on BBC iPlayer.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Thank you, Daisy McAndrew and Lord Digby Jones.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Goodbye.