13/12/2017 The Papers

Coming up in a moment, The Papers.

Hello, and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers

will be bringing us tomorrow.

With me are Jessica Elgot,

political reporter at the Guardian

and Steve Hawkes, Deputy political

editor at The Sun.

Good to see you both, no fisticuffs.

Never.

I don't want any violence

tonight.

It will be good-natured.

The times devotes its front page to

the Tory rebellion.

The Telegraph leads

on the government's parliamentary

defeat this evening due what it

calls a "mutiny" by Tory rebels.

The Guardian also features

the Brexit rebellion on its front

page, alongside Chris Froome's

statement that he is not a cheat,

after the results of an "adverse"

drugs test emerged.

The Financial Times reports

that the UK will soon receive

imports of Russian gas,

as well as predictions that banks

will only move 6% of jobs out

of London after Brexit.

The Daily Mirror's top story

is comedian Peter Kay's apology

to fans after cancelling his

100-date comeback tour due

to unforeseen family circumstances.

The Daily Express front page also

features Peter Kay's tour

cancellation, alongside warnings

that millions of people

face "pension crisis",

because they are not saving

enough for retirement.

And the Metro's main story

is the death of 3-year-old

Lia Pearson, the fourth child to die

following a house fire

in Greater Manchester on Monday.

We are on leave of a EU summit, a

pretty crucial one, but there are

some people who believe Theresa

May's cans are now tied. Look at the

front page of the Guardian. Tory

rebellion humiliates PM on Brexit

bill. A very close vote in the

Commons this evening. 309 to 305, I

think it was, a majority of four for

those people who feel that

Parliament should have a big say in

the final Brexit deal. Also the

front page of The Times. Revenge of

the rebels. MPs win the right to

final vote on Brexit. Jessica, this

is a humiliation, isn't it?

And just

think at the end of last week Edward

like Theresa May was in a really

strong position on moving the Brexit

talks on to the next stage, so we

can start to talk about trade. And

suddenly she was going into the

summit on the back of a really

humiliating defeat in Parliament,

and the European leaders might start

saying to each other, is she really

going to have the backing to deliver

a deal, even if we agree it?

The

whole point about Brexit, Steve,

some would argue, is that Parliament

would get primacy, it would be the

final arbiter of laws in this

country. And surely the rebels at

the Tory party would argue this, and

Labour and the Lib Dems and the SNP

would say, this is what Brexit is

all about.

There is that line, you

want to take back control, this is

it. It is driving them mad. This is

got to come back to the Commons for

another reading so it could be

changed, but it is the tone, the

shift. It is what it means full stop

Theresa May tomorrow morning goes to

Brussels about a crunch summit about

the start of trade talks. Now her

negotiating hand is weakened by

this. You have three different

things, the arch Remainers who now

think that Brexit can be stopped,

people like Lord Adonis saying this

is the first step, we can derail

this. The arch Brexiteers who always

thought this was going to happen,

something would stop it. And the

Tory party is furious with these

rivals, saying it hands the

initiative to the EU. How does it

possibly help our party?

The front

page of the Daily Mail as welcome

which we will bring up, it is

reporting on this story. I think it

will come, here it is, eventually.

Jessica, the fact is, I know we all

said, it is a hoary old phrase, a

week is a long time in politics,

Theresa May last week flying to

Brussels was enjoying her eggs

Benedict, Heurtaux stand her orange

juice. She has no appetite on that

plane tomorrow, has she? She will be

as sick as a pig!

This has been the

hallmark basically of Theresa May's

entire career as PM, about how

quickly things can change will stop

look at that front page. Proud of

yourselves question?

look at that front page. Proud of

yourselves I mean, what is that?!

To

be honest, they probably are proud

of themselves.

Jess was pointing

out, the Telegraph front page where

they had the mutineers were stopped

Nicky Morgan tonight, a lot of these

Tory MPs will face huge problems in

their own constituencies, but she is

saying the Telegraph front page,

they will have T-shirts made of it.

It emboldened them. 17 million

people wanted Brexit, remember, so a

lot of them will say, great, they

would be happy about this.

But all

these MPs are the ones on the front

of the Daily Mail, they will make

the point that this is not going to

derail Brexit. This is backing

Brexit up, it is giving the people a

voice.

These MPs voted for Article

50, the moment of triggering it that

set the two-year timeline in motion,

which means that, unless we

unilaterally withdraw it, then we

are leaving the EU at the end of the

process. This doesn't derail it, but

does it make a softer Brexit more

likely, is that the underlying

motivation for some of these rebels?

Probably.

There is a vote next week,

we get an amendment about the end

date. That will be key, because of

the rebels rebel then, there will be

real issues. Because then they would

be accused of starving Brexit.

Sure,

absolutely. The Financial Times,

sticking with Brexit. Banks defied

gloomy Brexit with forecast with

plans to just remove 6% of London

jobs. The suggestion was there would

be the flight of the talents in the

banking world, Steve, but actually

the banks think it is all OK.

6%

doesn't define all OK I suppose, but

it is big, coming from the FT. They

have been very pro-Remain. They will

be happy with the night's vote.

There was a all these jobs this is

just 6%. Who knows, if the

transition deal comes, which is the

main thing about tomorrow, then

everyone takes a breath, justices

will keep the jobs here. It is the

last part that perhaps we should be

more worried about, it says it is

not about what happens on day one,

it is three to five years down the

line.

But Jessica, your newspaper,

doom and gloom when it comes to

Brexit. The sky will fall in, it

will all be a disaster. The front

page of the Financial Times, look at

that!

How unfair! (!) This is the

FT's own analysis of how it will go.

It is different to the city bosses

who say we will have to move unless

we get a deal. It sort of shows you

how much they are trying to

influence it. There was a tweet if

you weeks ago from the CEO of

Goldman Sachs, saying I have just

been to Frankfurt, what a lovely

place this is, I will spend a lot

more time here. It is all mood

music.

This is reality.

These are

the raw figures. At the moment, 6%

is still significant.

That is

interesting, given the vote tonight,

and that MPs will now have more than

likely the final say on a deal, are

you going to get these

constituencies, the banking sector,

they will build ringing up their

local MPs, when they they went

bother going to Theresa May any

more, just ring up the guy in the

constituency office.

When all the

dust settles down, Labour stops

patting itself on the back, you have

the European Parliament's main

negotiator in the Telegraph crowing

about this is a great day for

democracy. That will go down like a

lead balloon in the Tory party, you

have the opposition, as such,

crowing about what a great job the

rebels have done. Looks like it will

be a softer Brexit, that is what

they need, what they want. I have

forgotten your point now, Clive!

That is the beauty of the hung

parliament. People can ring up their

MP, try and change their minds, and

it might change what the government

says.

It is the beauty of

representative democracy.

That

snapped election, well done,

Theresa.

Which is why we don't often

have referenda in this country, some

might argue.

I wonder what David

Cameron would say?

Indeed. Back to

the Telegraph, NHS staff 's

shortages, millennials demanding

career breaks?

It is probably true,

I probably just about fit into the

millennial bracket.

Wow.

I feel like

my contemporaries definitely want

more flexible working hours, to work

from home or, take a couple of

months off and work longer hours for

other months. I think the world of

work is changing. It is something

employers need to adapt to and it is

healthier. So many studies showing

it is.

Not healthy for the NHS,

though, that seems to be the

problem! While you are enjoying your

holidays, whatever, staff are needed

in the NHS, so it is causing a

problem here.

There could be more

bursaries fitness training and that

sort of thing. It is easier to blame

millennials who want a holiday.

When

robots are doing everything from you

could have a really long career

break.

But nursing would be one of

those areas where you could not get

it to do it properly, that's the

thing.

Some of the things you hear

from perhaps the older, my

generation, but they talk sometimes

about the younger staff who come in,

and their work ethic, and there is

that divergences. The older worker

who has been used to working eight

till seven, the young ones come in

and say I don't want to do that.

I

don't think it is necessarily about

not wanting to work hard.

It is just

different, yes.

And flexibility.

Being a bit more constructive with

your use of time, I suppose.

Jessica, women feel more unhappy

than men until they reach their

mid-80s.

There is a quake Orton

great quote, some of your viewers

might be thinking, I wonder why that

is? Psychiatrists say it is maybe

because so many are widowed by them.

That might be a reason!

Women decide

to become happier when they are

widowed!

When they haven't got

blokes hanging around them being a

pain?

I am not too sure about that.

This great stat that men who are

widowed, single or divorced are more

vulnerable to developing depression,

but married women are more likely to

develop depression. There is a real

insinuation running through this.

We

shouldn't dwell on that, Steve. We

will go to the express was to look

at this photograph, ladies and

gentlemen. This is a squirrel, and

he has got his nuts, and there is a

bird wanting to fly in and Nick his

nuts, or her nuts. Look at that,

fantastic photograph. It is ice. Ice

age squirrel in shock as cheeky bird

pinches it snapped. Look at the

photograph beneath. There is a nut

inside the ice, I am being told. Our

photo copier is on the blink and I

can't see a dam thing. At the bottom

of the page is this story about a

whole Christmas dinner, battered and

fried. Brussels sprouts, chicken,

the potato, everything, deep-fried.

Steve?

Perfect. We had our Christmas

party last night so I probably could

have finished this off at lunchtime.

Or at five in the morning when he

got home, more like it!

It is one of

those great stories of Christmas, it

takes you away from some of the more

serious stuff, but it is a Fish bar

in Devon that has deep-fried

everything. We will have to try it,

bring it in, Clive.

Jessica?

It says

£9 95. I don't know how much people

spend on Christmas dinners for

themselves, but you end up spending

quite a lot. That seems like really

good value. It is the deep-fried

mince pie that comes with it in the

box that puts me off.

The quote from

the chip shop owner, Andrew

Marshall. It is a little heavy.

LAUGHTER

Jessica, Stephen, good to see you.

Thanks for that, and to youth are

watching. That is it for the night.

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Thank

you Jessica Elgot and Steve Hawkes.

Goodbye.