16/11/2017 The Papers

Welcome to our look ahead to what

the papers will be bringing

tomorrow. It might be a movable

feast, your guess is as good as

ours. Giles Cunningham, former PR

and Tory adviser is with us. Good to

hear. And also economics

commentator Daesh either David.

Welcome to you both. Housing leads

in the i, also the Metro, with Sajid

Javid suggesting the baby boomers

are blocking solving the housing

crisis. The same story in the Daily

Mail, baby boomers described as

selfish, and the Daily Telegraph

says that since the Cardiff tax was

scrapped car tax has soared. The

Guardian -- the car desk task. The

Guardian tops glory is on the new

allegations about Kevin Spacey. --

top story. The daily Mirror has this

story on Sylvester Stallone.

The Financial Times claims Saudi

princes and businessman

are being asked to hand over money

in exchange for their freedom

after a purge there.

The Express says that three cups of

coffee a day could help beat cancer.

Welcome to front-page lottery. Let's

begin with the Daily Mail. This much

I do know. Housing. You baby boomers

are so selfish. Who is saying this,

Giles?

Sajid Javid, the

communications secretary. --

Communities Secretary. Housing is a

mass dividing line at the moment

between the Tories and Labour, huge

issue about people getting on the

housing ladder, how does that

happen, and from what we have seen

and what we know and this is a

snapshot, he is saying that over 60s

are resisting people getting on the

housing ladder, and I presume this

comes down to people saying not in

my backyard, NIMBYs, and the Tories

have a huge demographic over 50 who

vote for them, but how do they get

the young people to vote for them?

The way to do that is to say, these

are the retail policies we have on

offer, and so housing will be there.

What is quite, I suppose,

extraordinary about this

intervention, you have this from a

Cabinet minister on the eve of the

budget. Very extraordinary. Not very

normal.

Well, you say that, but we

don't have the cashback remains very

do we, to the so-called dementia tax

that got them in trouble, the? It

has a bit of a ring about it. -- got

them in trouble, too?

It does, and

you're less able to afford a house

in your 30s venue where in the

1930s, so something like a

generational war they are pulling

out your -- you are less likely to

be able to afford a house in your

Verrattis than you would have been

in the 1930s.

A weird strategy,

picking on your core voters?

A very

strange strategy because the Tory

demographic is 58 and over. But if

they are going to survive, carry on,

they need to woo the young voters,

but I think what is really

interesting is you have a

Communities Secretary setting out

his red lanes for budget before the

Chancellor. This really underlies

the huge problem in the cabinet,

everyone is freelancing at the

moment, and the

minister is seeing

shows was to be in charge of

housing, so you have three people

looking after it but no one sorting

it out.

It just feels more

uncertainty in the market. What is

going?

Does it get anybody any

confidence when Theresa May says she

is taking charge, given there are

one or two other issues she needs to

be addressing as well?

It is good to

know her mind is on this matter as

well. But as you see, there is so

much out there. You have your

housing minister. Let them get on

with it.

And also, as we said, we

are in a very uncertain market. It

fuels uncertainty, so not great

whichever way you look at it.

And it

fuels resentment as well.

It does,

and it suggests she does not have

control because in a majority

Government you would not have the

Communities Secretary freelancing

60s before a

budget. A lot more

wrong with the housing market than

those who already own. And once

you're that ladder it is already

cheaper than it was for your

parents... They have moved a little

bit, haven't they? The Telegraph.

Endgame for Mugabe, and this is

interesting. Anyone watching

Zimbabwe for a long time would

probably wonder whether the end of

the Mugabe resume would ever come

about, after 37 years, but still

seeing this is not a coup?

Even on

the front page of the Telegraph,

they are seeing this still may or

may not be the end for Mugabe, but

the question is even if he does go,

who comes in instead, and will that

really make a difference to people

in Zimbabwe who have had a terrible

time? We talk about inflation going

up 7%, but basically there are

prices doubled overnight sometimes,

going through the roof, a dreadful

time yet they have all these great

resources on their doorstep.

Not a

revolution. A change of personnel

but the guy they are seeing was

going to take over was Mugabe's

right-hand man for 40 years,

surreally are we going to see much

of a difference?

If Mugabe even

steps down and let's be anyone other

than his wife.

Not a revolution,

change of personnel, but don't get

me wrong, it does not feel like

there is a massive changing of the

guard at this moment.

But he is

still respected as a revolution are

a large parts of Africa because he

brought black majority rule well

before motherboards of Africa. Sign

a guess, and healed wider as well

for someone propelling Zimbabwe into

a new era --

yes, and he was also

healed for. His health policies as

well. But times have changed. 37

years there and I think people are

regretting that.

I suppose, can it

be a peaceful change, the handover

whoever takes it?

A lot of Western

diplomats have been saying there are

quite welcome to this change, but he

has ruined that country so it is a

long way back.

Let's stay with the

Telegraph and something a lot closer

to home. Car tax dodging sores since

discs ask... Don't laugh, it is

difficult to see that headline! --

car tax soars. I always found the

car tax disc useful because it

reminded you of when it was due, but

now they send a reminder in the

poster you can't pretend you don't

know.

If you read what they are

saying they are saying the figures

have tripled, it is a crisis, but

then they go on to say that half of

those who have not renewed their

desks are actually less than two

months out of date, so they may just

have forgotten. I think you

mentioned, Giles, it has happened to

you before.

You do have your car

taxed?

I don't have a car any more,

but, yes I think it is down to

people for getting...

You got hit by

a car?

No, hit by not having a car,

because I don't have one any more. I

think it is people forgetting,

rather than being wilful.

But it was

meant to save money, getting rid of

this paper disc that sat in the

corner of your windscreen Konta and

it has not worked out.

Yes, but on

the other hand we're not talking

about the Paradise papers here.

No,

but we're supposed to pay because it

helps the roads be safe.

And perhaps

it hasn't quite worked.

I think it

will take some time to bed in.

How

long? They were abolished three

years ago!

Digital is the preachers

or I think everyone needs to bed

then.

People perhaps don't like

renewing online and all that sort of

stuff but I like it so I am fine.

Let's look at the Saudi story of the

FT. Saudi Princes billions in

exchange for freedom... Hundreds of

royals, ministers, businessmen being

held in rather fancy hotels, it has

to be said, Giles, but there is a

way to pay to get home.

This is all

about the Saudis massively

overhauling their regime, rooting

out corruption, saying we are in a

Brave New World, we want to engage

with the West. I think there is a

recognition in the country they will

move from a oil based economy to a

knowledge-based economy and they are

saying, come here, invest, we are

open and transparent.

They are trying to send out a very

clear signal to the rest of the

world.

Huge proportions of their

wealth they are expected to hand

over for their freedom?

£300 billion

in total, and we were talking to

about £107 million being evaded in

car tax then we have this much here.

You're right,

Giles. This is about the fact they

can't rely on oil any more. What do

you do instead? Tap up some

relatives by locking them up in the

Ritz-Carlton and making them sleep

on their mattresses. That is

apparently what it takes.

But in

some cases they are accused of

corruption over many years, are to

be?

They are, and it is including

the Lloyd Ashley what has happened

-- over many years, aren't they?

They are, and it is intriguing, what

has happened there.

It is a quick

way of dispensing justice, though,

isn't it? And earns a few quid.

We

don't know all the details.

Do we

ever with Saudi Arabia?

They are

trying to move forward. Ultimately

we want them to engage with us. It

is better for the rest of the world

if they do so we should encourage

that.

But then you get into the

territory of selling arms to

countries like Saudi Arabia, and

then seeing what is going on with a

proxy war in Yemen.

Of course, and I

think the wider issue, how do we get

them to become more progressive in

terms of human rights. They have now

allowed women to drive. We should

keep pushing them forward. It is not

a perfect situation that that is the

situation with a lot of other

countries in the world.

But the

golden crown prince says, I'm going

to step up hostilities with Iran...

And the tensions in Lebanon.

Absolutely.

Let's look at the Sun.

Cocoa nuts, it says. Cash to the

West Indies palms. Yoga, eels in the

Philippines... Money not being well

spent if the subtext here. This is

aid money from Britain.

The budget

is coming up next week and I suppose

this is going to the fact that money

is really ring fenced for aid and

they are asking if this is the right

way to do it. Eye-catching, isn't

it?

Yes, when we are going through

the most complex negotiations of our

lives and people are questioning how

every penny is spent, yes.

A lot of

people question whether we should

spend money on it when there are a

lot of problems at home but David

Cameron was very clear it was an

important part of spending, wasn't

he? When you were there?

Yes, it is

about enhancing democracy in

different parts of the world,

accountability and transparency, how

you spend that money, but we should

not have back from that because

there have been a few mistakes. It

is a good thing.

It is also about

engage with local communities, isn't

it, and finding out exactly what

they want in terms of aid, rather

than imposing it in some superior

manner?

Exactly, we think you need

coconuts to developers that is what

we will do. But the wider point

here, one of the things we here at

the moment, we don't want people

migrating to Europe in particular

because they are in

search of a better life. One area

which you can actually make a

difference in is by making life

better in those countries, and

perhaps then they won't want to

move. That is one of the arguments

anyway. It is a really tricky one,

as you say. It was a big plan for

the Cameron Government but now we

are much more cash strapped, and

going forward...

A lot of people

will question why £13 billion is

being spent overseas. Let's finish

with Pidgeley of the Mail -- Mail.

Only the Mail. Don't worry. Who is

Tortzilla? Is bring this only

because you have only just seen it.

Lives at the bottom of a French

family's garden.

He sounds quite

harmless. What does he do? He bites

the toes of people who dare to go

into the garden. Have you ever had a

rogue pet?

Not a rogue porters!

We

had two -- not a rogue tortoise. We

had rogue rabbit, and she would be

upset when you're upset her plate of

grain and all that sort of stuff.

She died a long time ago. She was a

70s rabbit, so probably not kept...

70s rabbit! Chris Read rabbit?

She

would be kept in hotel conditions

these days, wouldn't she? Anyway, we

will find out more, no doubt about

Tortzilla when we leave you and we

actually have time to read it. That

is all from the Papers tonight.

Don't forget you can keep up on the

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And if you miss the programme you

can watch it later on iPlayer. Giles

and Dharshini, you coped well with

that programme. Get used to it.

Don't lose your shirt. We are going

to say goodbye.