0:00:15 > 0:00:18Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
0:00:18 > 0:00:28bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30With me are the political commentator
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Jo-Anne Nadler and the campaigner and broadcaster, David Akinsanya.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33Tomorrow's front pages.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35The Telegraph features a picture from today's
0:00:35 > 0:00:37memorial for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire,
0:00:37 > 0:00:41six months after 71 people were killed in the blaze.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42The Times front page also reflects
0:00:42 > 0:00:45the Grenfell Tower memorial service at St Paul's, as well as reporting
0:00:45 > 0:00:47the collapse of a rape trial after police failed
0:00:47 > 0:00:55to reveal evidence.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56The Daily Mirror reports that
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Theresa May could be headed for a second Parliamentary
0:00:59 > 0:01:03defeat on Brexit, following last night's vote.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05The i front cover also predicts that Brexit defeat could be
0:01:06 > 0:01:11looming for the Prime Minister.
0:01:11 > 0:01:12Disney's deal
0:01:12 > 0:01:14for Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox assets is the lead story
0:01:14 > 0:01:16on the Financial Times.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18The deal between Disney and 21st Century Fox
0:01:18 > 0:01:20also leads the Guardian's front page, as well as coverage of
0:01:20 > 0:01:23the grief of the families affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27And the Metro reports that homelessness is up
0:01:27 > 0:01:3365% in seven years, according to government figures.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online
0:01:36 > 0:01:41on the BBC News website.
0:01:41 > 0:01:47A lot of the front pages feature pictures from that moving service at
0:01:47 > 0:01:54St Paul's Cathedral six months after the Grenfell disaster. Also there is
0:01:54 > 0:01:59the grief people are going through, you can see that clearly. The tears.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Which is to be expected. The problem is, I think, this is going to go on
0:02:03 > 0:02:08for such a long time. When we have inquiries, events like this that
0:02:08 > 0:02:12happen in this country, I think people who live those events often
0:02:12 > 0:02:17find it is dragged out, it's long, it really laborious process. I just
0:02:17 > 0:02:21hope... They talk about it being over a year before we start getting
0:02:21 > 0:02:24any of the evidence together. I think it's not good enough and I
0:02:24 > 0:02:30think... I covered the Hillsborough disaster, look how long it took to
0:02:30 > 0:02:36sort that out and for the truth to come out after we found the lose of
0:02:36 > 0:02:40of people were lying.The community need answers quickly. Some of these
0:02:40 > 0:02:44families will be in hotels over Christmas, some in temporary
0:02:44 > 0:02:47accommodation. This really isn't good enough. This is what I'm
0:02:47 > 0:02:55thinking about today.It's a race so many different question for society.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Absolutely, you used the word disaster. I'm pleased to see the
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Guardian used the word catastrophe because it was on such a scale that
0:03:04 > 0:03:12it's difficult, really, to report it without falling into cliche. The
0:03:12 > 0:03:18pictures on the front pages today are very... At a very human level,
0:03:18 > 0:03:27concentrating on people's grief. We should remember in the timeline of
0:03:27 > 0:03:31suffering, something as horrendous as this, six months is really very
0:03:31 > 0:03:36little. I take your point, absolutely, about people wanting
0:03:36 > 0:03:40answers. But inevitably if those answers are going to be thoroughly
0:03:40 > 0:03:43researched and the process is going to be done properly, it may take
0:03:43 > 0:03:52some time.Let's look at the Times front page. They also have a picture
0:03:52 > 0:03:54reflecting the Grenfell service. One of the interesting stories on the
0:03:54 > 0:04:00front page is an Brexit. After that Commons defeat, Theresa May is now
0:04:00 > 0:04:07expected to back away from plans to write the Brexit date into law to
0:04:07 > 0:04:11avoid a second defeat in the Commons next week, which would clearly be
0:04:11 > 0:04:17very damaging for her government, to have another Commons defeat.Yet,
0:04:17 > 0:04:21but from somebody looking from the outside it looks like MS. I don't
0:04:21 > 0:04:27understand why, for instance, Tory MPs should be... We've heard about
0:04:27 > 0:04:31asking for them to be sacked. I think it's ridiculous. How do you
0:04:31 > 0:04:36sack an MP anyway, you said that earlier. I don't know, I just think
0:04:36 > 0:04:44it's a terrible mess.She was saying today she's won 35 out of 36 Brexit
0:04:44 > 0:04:53wrote in the Commons.Basically, she said to keep calm and carry on,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56essentially. And stressed the fact the majority of the votes have
0:04:56 > 0:05:03passed. That's not to say emblematic Lee what happened yesterday was
0:05:03 > 0:05:06significant, though I think it's much more about the emblematic
0:05:06 > 0:05:15element of it than the actual detail, which was pretty arcane. I
0:05:15 > 0:05:22think this story in The Times, in some ways, it is more significant if
0:05:22 > 0:05:27she is to drop the suggestion there should be an absolute day, March 29,
0:05:27 > 0:05:332019, that we exit. I think it's more of a concession in a way than
0:05:33 > 0:05:39what was done yesterday.It does show how after the election...It is
0:05:39 > 0:05:47vulnerability.That fragile majority.When you have to go
0:05:47 > 0:05:52through point by point, as we welcome all these issues and Brexit,
0:05:52 > 0:05:57then that is the vulnerability of the government. I think it would
0:05:57 > 0:06:01probably be shrewd if the Times is right about this, then it's probably
0:06:01 > 0:06:05a shrewd move under the circumstances.David, back to your
0:06:05 > 0:06:11point about the way those rebel MPs have been treated, the 11th Remain
0:06:11 > 0:06:17MPs, the express front page says their readers have joined cause to
0:06:17 > 0:06:22sack Tory rebels who sided with Labour. Sack rebel MPs and get on
0:06:22 > 0:06:28with Brexit, that is the express front page.I don't know how you
0:06:28 > 0:06:32sack an MP, I thought you had to be deselected.They have to be voted
0:06:32 > 0:06:37out by the public.This is total hyperbole and doesn't really help
0:06:37 > 0:06:44the express to move towards a clean Brexit any time soon. Ramping up
0:06:44 > 0:06:50these divisions. One of their complaint is the MPs who won, rebel
0:06:50 > 0:06:55MPs, were seen celebrating with a glass of white wine in a Commons
0:06:55 > 0:07:00bar.Celebrating or perhaps soothing their wounds, who knows?There was a
0:07:00 > 0:07:07lot of talk about how the wits have been very hard line against rebels.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12Allegations of bullying and so one. Yes. There always is that kind of
0:07:12 > 0:07:16talk when things go to the wire like listed. Whatever they did, it wasn't
0:07:16 > 0:07:23successful enough.The mirror, let's go on to that. Still on the Theresa
0:07:23 > 0:07:30May theme. May Day is their headline. They are combining... The
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Prime Minister on the brink, they say. Not only Brexit, but homeless
0:07:34 > 0:07:42children up 70%. More people in A&E. Knife crime by the young up 16%. A
0:07:42 > 0:07:46second person Brexit defeat next week, which we've already talked
0:07:46 > 0:07:50about.All of the papers are loaded with their own politics. At a time
0:07:50 > 0:07:56like this they will drop. Don't forget, as viewers and people
0:07:56 > 0:07:58watching the news, we've been overloaded with the big issues but
0:07:58 > 0:08:02there are a lot of issues underneath which I think are being ignored.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07Homelessness is a huge problem.Is that because of Brexit?I think
0:08:07 > 0:08:12because Brexit it's taken the headlines, a lot of drama it.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Political people always wanting to bring up the differences and so one.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18I think these other things have been neglected and it's right for the
0:08:18 > 0:08:21mirror to have picked up on some of those things, they are the things
0:08:21 > 0:08:25that affect us.Homelessness is the front page, since that was
0:08:25 > 0:08:32mentioned. In the Metro. Homelessness up by 65% in seven
0:08:32 > 0:08:39years, a pretty harsh statistic. Yes, a horrific statistic without
0:08:39 > 0:08:43doubt.It kind of links back to Grenfell because I think it's about
0:08:43 > 0:08:46social Housing and the fact we haven't been providing it. I know
0:08:46 > 0:08:50lots of people in London really suffering, people working we've got
0:08:50 > 0:08:54proper jobs, finding it really difficult to keep up with the rent.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59Landlords almost out of control at the moment with the amount of rent
0:08:59 > 0:09:02they can charge, and the very little they are doing for housing. And
0:09:02 > 0:09:08benefits changes have meant a lot of people who were on benefits have not
0:09:08 > 0:09:13had their landlords paid. It used to be that you would pay them directly
0:09:13 > 0:09:17but now because of the changes one isn't getting to landlords, more
0:09:17 > 0:09:22people are being made homeless.Do you blame the media for not
0:09:22 > 0:09:26highlighting those issues enough? Clearly Brexit is crucial to the
0:09:26 > 0:09:30future of this country, isn't it, and it has to be disgusting huge
0:09:30 > 0:09:35detail every day.That's what David is saying, there has been a big
0:09:35 > 0:09:37preoccupation on some of the parliamentary dramas rather than the
0:09:37 > 0:09:44substance of the issues. Across some of the newspapers perhaps.All of
0:09:44 > 0:09:47those issues are political and can be solved, but completely, but can
0:09:47 > 0:09:52be helped with politicians backing and people concentrating on those
0:09:52 > 0:09:58issues. Knife crime in London is a huge problem as well. I want to see
0:09:58 > 0:10:01that discussed.We know the Prime Minister herself is very much
0:10:01 > 0:10:05committed herself personally to the issue of housing, improving housing
0:10:05 > 0:10:11and homelessness. We've yet to... A big budget decision was made only
0:10:11 > 0:10:16two or three weeks ago in the budget. Little was said about
0:10:16 > 0:10:19changing planning laws, which is where a lot of these things come to
0:10:19 > 0:10:25bear.Prime Minister on the brink, they said, is she on the brink? She
0:10:25 > 0:10:29was cheered by European leaders in Brussels, we gather, for getting
0:10:29 > 0:10:33through phase one of the negotiations on to phase two.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Considering where she was after the election, some people say she could
0:10:36 > 0:10:42only survive a few more days. She's still here.She is still bad, the
0:10:42 > 0:10:46longer she is there the more likely she is to hang on until we go
0:10:46 > 0:10:50through to another election and the normal course of events. I'd be more
0:10:50 > 0:10:53concerned about her future if the panellist on the brink was in one of
0:10:53 > 0:10:59the other papers other than the mirror. You have to feel for her
0:10:59 > 0:11:03because only a week ago she had a breakthrough on Brexit. Looking at
0:11:03 > 0:11:09how we felt she seemed to physically look like the weight had lifted off
0:11:09 > 0:11:14her shoulders. It lasted just a few days.That is the life of a Prime
0:11:14 > 0:11:21Minister. Financial Times, this extraordinary deal where Murdoch and
0:11:21 > 0:11:26Disney... Murdoch, the man who has acquired and built his empire,
0:11:26 > 0:11:32built, built about, now seems to be selling it off.He's quoted as
0:11:32 > 0:11:36saying he's pivoting at a pivotal moment, which appealed to me. It
0:11:36 > 0:11:42suggested he is acting in reaction to changes in how we consume media
0:11:42 > 0:11:47and entertainment.Which is changing.Absolutely, through
0:11:47 > 0:11:52streaming and Internet, rather than the more traditional formats. Which
0:11:52 > 0:11:5920th Century Fox were at the forefront.David, it's a fascinating
0:11:59 > 0:12:04story.It is. He still says those people who know him know he is a
0:12:04 > 0:12:08news man with a competitive spirit. I don't know where put that now. It
0:12:08 > 0:12:17looks like most of the new stuff is going to go.The last story we will
0:12:17 > 0:12:24look at is the Telegraph. An extraordinary story. It claims the
0:12:24 > 0:12:31Russians may be posing a threat to Britain's Internet access and trade
0:12:31 > 0:12:33because of undersea communication cables vulnerable to the Russian
0:12:33 > 0:12:39navy. A warning from the head of the Armed Forces in the UK. Suggesting
0:12:39 > 0:12:44that Russians are going to be cutting our cables.Air Chief
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Marshal Stuart Piech. I never imagined that. I saw some thing
0:12:47 > 0:12:53about it in the news a few weeks ago. He is buying for money, he is
0:12:53 > 0:12:58lobbying for money.I think that's why it's coming back up.The fact of
0:12:58 > 0:13:01the matter is there are these cables under the sea. We haven't got the
0:13:01 > 0:13:05right equipment to be able to... Because of the cuts and
0:13:05 > 0:13:10everything... He's pushing that as a way of getting more resources for
0:13:10 > 0:13:13the armed services.He argues exactly that, the Navy doesn't have
0:13:13 > 0:13:24the appropriate... Planes and ships that are capable of detecting a
0:13:24 > 0:13:29particular type of submarine... Cable cutters.We're smiling about
0:13:29 > 0:13:34it but it could potentially be a very, very dangerous significant
0:13:34 > 0:13:38issue. A way of undermining how we do business, how we communicate with
0:13:38 > 0:13:44each other. It's interesting they are being so explicit about saying
0:13:44 > 0:13:49danger comes from Russia.Not to sound facetious but if they were
0:13:49 > 0:13:55cutting our tables, couldn't we cut fares?There is a lot of information
0:13:55 > 0:13:59that flows over those cables. If we think about what they were prepared
0:13:59 > 0:14:04to do with the Internet during the elections, maybe it is something. It
0:14:04 > 0:14:07might be that we're giving the Russians an idea because... Do we
0:14:07 > 0:14:11know they are planning this?I don't think we would be likely to know
0:14:11 > 0:14:16sitting here this evening. I think I would be prepared to take the advice
0:14:16 > 0:14:21of the air Chief Marshall on this one.Thank you for sharing your
0:14:21 > 0:14:26thoughts with us. Good to see you both. That is it from the papers,
0:14:26 > 0:14:32you can see the front pages online on our BBC News website. Therefore
0:14:32 > 0:14:39you seven days a week. If you happened to miss our programme, you
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0:14:44 > 0:14:46Thank you Jo-Anne Nadler and David Akinsanya.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51Goodbye.