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 > 0:00:22With me are Kevin Schofield, Editor of PoliticsHome and Rachel Shabi,
0:00:22 > 0:00:28Journalist and Broadcaster.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Lets give you a flavour of the papers as a whole.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Lets give you a flavour of the papers as a whole.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35The I leads on Brexit, with trade talks due
0:00:35 > 0:00:37to take place in weeks, as negotiations move
0:00:37 > 0:00:38onto the second phase.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40The FT reports on a U-turn by Ryanair,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43reversing a decision to recognise pilot unions for the first time,
0:00:43 > 0:00:48in the hope of avoiding strikes over Christmas.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50The Times reports on the fallout
0:00:50 > 0:00:52of a collapsed rape trial, after police failed
0:00:52 > 0:00:54to disclose evidence - it says some senior barristers
0:00:54 > 0:01:02suggest it's just the "tip of the iceberg".
0:01:02 > 0:01:04The Telegraph says eight in ten rural homes
0:01:04 > 0:01:06and businesses are mobile phone blackspots, amid concerns some
0:01:06 > 0:01:16countryside communities are being "left behind".
0:01:16 > 0:01:18The Mirror leads with claims that some hospital
0:01:18 > 0:01:21nurses are having to pay up to £1,300 a year just
0:01:21 > 0:01:22to park at work.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24The Express reports on a study claiming that shedding
0:01:24 > 0:01:27weight could be the key to combating rheumatoid arthritis.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29The Sun looks at next year's Royal wedding -
0:01:29 > 0:01:39to be held on the same day at the FA Cup final, on Saturday, 19th May
0:01:43 > 0:01:46And "what a right royal own goal" says the Mail,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48expressing concern that next year's nuptials will be a clash
0:01:48 > 0:01:49for millions of football fans.
0:01:49 > 0:01:57Brexit trade talks, Kevin, the i say it could be kicking off in weeks,
0:01:57 > 0:02:02what a joy.Donald Tusk the European Council president hinted today that
0:02:02 > 0:02:06trade talks, which the Prime Minister and government are
0:02:06 > 0:02:12desperate to move on to trade talks. What happened today is a formal
0:02:12 > 0:02:15rubber-stamping of agreement phase one being dealt with and moving on
0:02:15 > 0:02:18to face two, it was a formality after the agreement last week. A lot
0:02:18 > 0:02:23of excitement around that. It took the tension out of the summit in the
0:02:23 > 0:02:31last couple of days. Maybe start to look forward to phase two. The
0:02:31 > 0:02:36negotiating document the European Commission put out today stressed
0:02:36 > 0:02:41that trade talks formally wouldn't start until March, which is three
0:02:41 > 0:02:45months away when you consider we have to be out by March 2000 19. The
0:02:45 > 0:02:50clock really is ticking. I think it caused a fair bit of nervousness in
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Whitehall. But they've been having a nod and wink that informal trade
0:02:54 > 0:03:00talks can begin. Which should hopefully pave the way for some kind
0:03:00 > 0:03:06of deal. Theresa May wants a trade deal to be done by the time we leave
0:03:06 > 0:03:13in 18 months' time, 15 months' time. The EU has said, it's something you
0:03:13 > 0:03:17can finalise after you've left. So there is this is still a big gap
0:03:17 > 0:03:20between getting to this stage, it's been the easy part even though it
0:03:20 > 0:03:27seemed difficult. This will be really tough.They say in i they
0:03:27 > 0:03:31praise Theresa May's role in ending the stand-off but it's been a
0:03:31 > 0:03:35gruelling six months. Where do you think Theresa May is that all of
0:03:35 > 0:03:38this?It feels like longer than six months. Where she is is where we
0:03:38 > 0:03:43always knew she would be. Having to agree to the framework that the EU
0:03:43 > 0:03:49has set. She could have done that a long time ago. We could have saved
0:03:49 > 0:03:55ourselves nine months and had nine months more to negotiate. I think
0:03:55 > 0:04:00it's been mismanaged by the Conservative government. Of course
0:04:00 > 0:04:04now we are looking at, yes, the EU is saying we're not going to start
0:04:04 > 0:04:10talking about trade until March, but to be fair, it's not as though the
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Conservative government has said to them what they want in those trade
0:04:12 > 0:04:18talks. The cabinet is meeting next week to have their first
0:04:18 > 0:04:23conversation about this, something they've been avoiding all this time.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Because the Cabinet is so divided over this.It's interesting if we
0:04:27 > 0:04:32look onto the FT weekend, we've got a big piece on this, Theresa May
0:04:32 > 0:04:36given green light in Brexit talks. Tucked away is a quote from Angela
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Merkel, German Chancellor, saying Britain has to tell us what they
0:04:40 > 0:04:45want. The most difficult phase is yet to come. Where is the vision is
0:04:45 > 0:04:49the question a lot of people are asking.You hit the nail on the
0:04:49 > 0:04:53head, the Cabinet is so split, you've got the Remainer element of
0:04:53 > 0:05:01Philip Hammond, Amber Rudd. Against Michael Gove, David Davis, Boris
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Johnson, these hard Brexiteers. The Prime Minister's way of handling it
0:05:05 > 0:05:10has almost been don't talk about it until we have two. It is called the
0:05:10 > 0:05:18end estate discussion. What Britain wants Brexit to look like come March
0:05:18 > 0:05:232000 19. It's remarkable, 18 months since the referendum and they
0:05:23 > 0:05:27haven't got around to talking about what they want Brexit to look like.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30We were told it would happen before the end of the year which means only
0:05:30 > 0:05:36one more Cabinet before Christmas, which is on Tuesday. It's going to
0:05:36 > 0:05:40be a bit of a ding-dong I would have thought. At the same time, they
0:05:40 > 0:05:44won't come to any conclusions. They'll be having a say because they
0:05:44 > 0:05:50can't agree.Again I think this is entirely her mismanagement, she
0:05:50 > 0:05:56could have said, and this would have been... This is true of a 48-52
0:05:56 > 0:05:58result referendum anyway but especially true after the election
0:05:58 > 0:06:02which quite clearly returned to parliament a mandate for a much
0:06:02 > 0:06:08softer version of withdrawal from the EU than she and her government
0:06:08 > 0:06:12has been planning. She could have resolved this 18 months ago.
0:06:12 > 0:06:18Certainly since the election since saying... There is no constituency
0:06:18 > 0:06:22amongst the nation for anything like the kind of Brexiteer extremists in
0:06:22 > 0:06:28my Cabinet are advocating, so we're not doing it and that's it. She
0:06:28 > 0:06:32could have resolved that with better leadership.She could have not had a
0:06:32 > 0:06:40general election. Rachel, delve inside. Page two of the sun, they've
0:06:40 > 0:06:43got this headline, don't cash our bricks checked yet. They say there
0:06:43 > 0:06:48are these sticking points that could bring things to ahead again.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Particularly on the issue of the money. Saying you can't have it
0:06:51 > 0:06:59until you've agreed this, this and this.May be realistic to the sun.
0:06:59 > 0:07:11Probably not to anyone dealing with these negotiations.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Greasy, we talked about the infighting in Conservative
0:07:15 > 0:07:20government. There was this talk of possible rebellion this coming week
0:07:20 > 0:07:28but they seem to have had that one off.This was a self-inflicted wound
0:07:28 > 0:07:33by the Prime Minister, about a month or so ago she brought forward an
0:07:33 > 0:07:38amendment to her own bill saying the data Brexit, 11pm on the 29th of
0:07:38 > 0:07:42March 2019 must be on the face of the bill. She gave it to the Daily
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Telegraph. A cynic would suggest it was only done to get a nice headline
0:07:46 > 0:07:55in the Daily Telegraph. It was to make her look quite tough and
0:07:55 > 0:08:02pander, almost, to the Brexit wing of the party. She got beaten early
0:08:02 > 0:08:06in the week for the first time on the withdrawal bill. There was a
0:08:06 > 0:08:10hard-core of Tory rebels. She was looking at another defeat on this
0:08:10 > 0:08:15amendment on the Brexit dates next week. Looks as though tonight there
0:08:15 > 0:08:19has been a climb-down, she's managed to get other Tory MPs to put forward
0:08:19 > 0:08:26a slightly diluted version of the amendment, which the Remain rebels
0:08:26 > 0:08:29have said they will vote for. She's not going to lose the vote next
0:08:29 > 0:08:35week. It is again how weak her position is, this was supposed to be
0:08:35 > 0:08:41heard test of strength. She's had to back down.What more Brexit story
0:08:41 > 0:08:45before we move on, in the Scottish times, an Angolan immigration
0:08:45 > 0:08:52control. Economic worries. With the uncertainty of Brexit. We've had the
0:08:52 > 0:08:56SNP budget. This is coming home to roost, people thinking, what happens
0:08:56 > 0:09:03next?This is what is coming next. Now we've moved on to the bit where
0:09:03 > 0:09:08we discuss trade with the EU, this is going to come back onto the
0:09:08 > 0:09:15agenda. The relationship between immigration control and the economy.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Hence the Scottish times, The Times in Scotland, Leeds with this story
0:09:19 > 0:09:23of how the Scottish economy is being stifled by uncertainty. Over
0:09:23 > 0:09:29immigration and trade, which is suppressing wages. It is also making
0:09:29 > 0:09:33businesses lack confidence and lack capacity to make decisions around
0:09:33 > 0:09:38investment. It is, of course, that dilemma. Because throughout there
0:09:38 > 0:09:48has been this fact, sorry to have to use the word, but it is a fact, the
0:09:48 > 0:10:00economy is adversely impacted. Various sectors are starting to
0:10:00 > 0:10:05suffer, particularly the NHS, which is in a recruitment crisis because
0:10:05 > 0:10:09nurses especially, and doctors, from the EU, no longer want to come here.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Partly because they have no guarantee of what their work and
0:10:13 > 0:10:19living conditions will be, partly because the UK has become a hostile
0:10:19 > 0:10:23place, in terms of turning landlords and hospitals and doctors into
0:10:23 > 0:10:29border police.Has it become a hostile place?Absolutely it has
0:10:29 > 0:10:34become a hostile place.Hostile elements, I'm not the country is
0:10:34 > 0:10:39hostile.When we talk about landlords refusing anyone without a
0:10:39 > 0:10:47British passport a lease, I would describe that as hostile.That is a
0:10:47 > 0:10:51hostile act... But...Visa hostile conditions. I don't think everybody
0:10:51 > 0:10:57in the UK is hostile, I don't think people from every person in the UK
0:10:57 > 0:11:03as hostile. The climate in this country is hostile.Let's come away
0:11:03 > 0:11:06from Brexit because that takes us into calmer waters. Back to the
0:11:06 > 0:11:12Financial Times, a story about Ryanair and another feisty character
0:11:12 > 0:11:16in the form of Michael O'Leary. We've seen something of a change in
0:11:16 > 0:11:20the position of Ryanair.The Prime Minister has had to back down on
0:11:20 > 0:11:28this amendment. Ryanair have had to back down. Michael O'Leary the chief
0:11:28 > 0:11:34executive has consistently spoken against trade representation for his
0:11:34 > 0:11:39pilots. Now he's had this ongoing dispute with pilots, Christmas is
0:11:39 > 0:11:42coming, clearly this is the worst possible time of year for them to
0:11:42 > 0:11:47have cancellations. He's basically read the writing on the wall. A
0:11:47 > 0:11:55remarkable U-turn given his record. A Christmas miracle.He says he'll
0:11:55 > 0:12:01recognise unions as a way of getting an agreement with the pilots to get
0:12:01 > 0:12:06the planes back in the air because they do not want... Something like
0:12:06 > 0:12:0920,000 flights were cancelled in the summer, which was disruptive enough,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12people missing out on their holidays. People want to fly home
0:12:12 > 0:12:18for Christmas and that is probably worse.I feel like you've almost
0:12:18 > 0:12:22burst into song, driving home for Christmas.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27To the Times, they lead on a different story. We looked at the
0:12:27 > 0:12:31times in Scotland, the immigration story. In England, The Times
0:12:31 > 0:12:36focusing on this rape case, which has fallen apart because of a load
0:12:36 > 0:12:42of evidence that never made it to the defence team casebook. It has
0:12:42 > 0:12:44opened up a whole issue about whether this is happening more
0:12:44 > 0:12:51widely.A road kick that collapsed because at the 11th hour evidence
0:12:51 > 0:12:58was given to the defence that exonerated someone who had spent to
0:12:58 > 0:13:04years on bail with the threat of a six-year conviction hanging over
0:13:04 > 0:13:09them. The time is now say there are more cases like this, that, you
0:13:09 > 0:13:14know, this is something that wasn't just a one-off in terms of how the
0:13:14 > 0:13:19police handle evidence. They think we need to be careful how we handle
0:13:19 > 0:13:24this story. Because there is a quote here from someone from the criminal
0:13:24 > 0:13:31bar Association, saying the failure with a rape case, that we heard
0:13:31 > 0:13:37about yesterday, was not an isolated incident, and police and the CPS
0:13:37 > 0:13:43might be unconsciously biased towards people who report... That
0:13:43 > 0:13:47cannot be the case.Flying in the face of what we normally say.If
0:13:47 > 0:13:50that were the case, the rape conviction case would be higher than
0:13:50 > 0:13:595%. It seems to me not necessarily a very helpful comment to make in that
0:13:59 > 0:14:03context are very valid claims, about the way police and the CPS handle
0:14:03 > 0:14:08evidence, which might also be related to funding and having to
0:14:08 > 0:14:14operate with cuts.More to say on that story but I'll delve into the
0:14:14 > 0:14:19Daily Mail. What a right royal own goal, this is about the date of
0:14:19 > 0:14:24Harry and Megan's wedding. Incredible, of all the Saturdays
0:14:24 > 0:14:27they could have picked, they picked the same day as the FA Cup final. I
0:14:27 > 0:14:33got married in May and it was at the back of my mind because a lot of my
0:14:33 > 0:14:37friends coming down from Scotland I knew were big football fans, I
0:14:37 > 0:14:43thought it's not on the same day as a cup final. It wasn't, I was
0:14:43 > 0:14:47telling Rigel earlier, my mum and dad got married on the date of the
0:14:47 > 0:14:52cup final, Scottish cup final, 1971. My dad is a big Celtic fan, Celtic
0:14:52 > 0:14:56were in the final, so he missed the final. It went to replay and he cut
0:14:56 > 0:15:03short his honeymoon. Came home. Quite a good test bed for the bride
0:15:03 > 0:15:07to see how serious her husband is. You think, is he going to be fully
0:15:07 > 0:15:11concentrating on the wedding have his mind on the football.It is of
0:15:11 > 0:15:15this story turned up one of the reasons it ended up on the same day
0:15:15 > 0:15:17as cup finals is because they decided they couldn't have it the
0:15:17 > 0:15:22Friday before because it would necessitate a bank holiday. That is
0:15:22 > 0:15:26just mean.I'd love a bank holiday. Not only does it clash with the cup
0:15:26 > 0:15:34final but we've been deprived of an extra holiday.The suggestion is
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Prince William, president of the FA, might have to sneak off quickly
0:15:38 > 0:15:41after the service.They say they will have a morning service so he
0:15:41 > 0:15:52can make it in time.Right, to the mirror, nurses, immigration, this is
0:15:52 > 0:15:55a big nurse story. Despicable is just one word, the big headline.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00What is despicable according to the Daily Mail.We have got many
0:16:00 > 0:16:05details.Not a lot to go on.The focus for the mirror is the 14 day
0:16:05 > 0:16:14Christmas TV Guide. Nurses are having to pay for parking. Which
0:16:14 > 0:16:17seems extraordinary, the amounts they are having to pay, especially
0:16:17 > 0:16:22since we already know we have this seven year pay cap amongst other
0:16:22 > 0:16:31things. They are facing huge crisis, financially. We heard through this
0:16:31 > 0:16:34year, nurses having to use food banks and generally finding it very
0:16:34 > 0:16:39hard to stay afloat. It reminds me of one of the things in the Labour
0:16:39 > 0:16:44Party manifesto, to provide free parking for NHS staff as well as
0:16:44 > 0:16:50visitors. Starting to see the sense of introducing something like that.
0:16:50 > 0:16:58They say £1300 a year.A lot of money.You have to feed the meter at
0:16:58 > 0:17:07hospitals.You assume it's a separate car park. The Daily
0:17:07 > 0:17:12Telegraph, let's whizz through. They have this story about town versus
0:17:12 > 0:17:17country, a technological divide. What is this?Eight in ten homes in
0:17:17 > 0:17:23rural areas are essentially mobile phone blackspots. Can't send text
0:17:23 > 0:17:32messages, can't go on the Internet. This is a piece of research, back-up
0:17:32 > 0:17:41plans by the government to loosen planning laws, so more mobile phone
0:17:41 > 0:17:46masts can go up. It can be bad enough in London, but nothing
0:17:46 > 0:17:50compared to rural areas in this day and age where people do so much
0:17:50 > 0:17:57online, people work from home. Not being able to access a mobile
0:17:57 > 0:18:02Internet coverage, it's almost like running water and heat and light
0:18:02 > 0:18:05these days, people just assume... They ought to have it.Difficult to
0:18:05 > 0:18:11go about your normal business without access.Holding business
0:18:11 > 0:18:15back, small businesses especially say this particularly hinders
0:18:15 > 0:18:20development and growth. It's frustrating to hear about nationwide
0:18:20 > 0:18:26these things holding the economy backwe shouldn't have to put up
0:18:26 > 0:18:31with this type of... Especially the postcode lottery, if you live in a
0:18:31 > 0:18:35rural area, that is the price you have to pay, you can't phone anyone.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38We can't avoid ending with a little bit of sparkle, a bit of
0:18:38 > 0:18:44Glitterball. In the Daily Express. Debbie McGee, aged 59, is doing so
0:18:44 > 0:18:47brilliantly on strictly. What I want to be the dancing Queen.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Highlighting it is the strictly final, should we be excited, will
0:18:50 > 0:18:55you be watching? I mean, everyone is excited. She's been great, really
0:18:55 > 0:19:05inspiring throughout and, you know, I think she's...I just wonder...
0:19:05 > 0:19:09She's 59, in great shape, such high praise from the judges.I wonder
0:19:09 > 0:19:12whether she has the... I haven't watched very closely all series
0:19:12 > 0:19:18because my eldest's daughter is mad on it, I wonder if she is popular
0:19:18 > 0:19:21with the public because I remember her being in the dance-off a few
0:19:21 > 0:19:26weeks ago despite doing really well. I wonder whether the public don't
0:19:26 > 0:19:31quite want her to win it, that's my... Top tip.The favourite is Joe,
0:19:31 > 0:19:35is done very well and has been capturing hearts along the way.A
0:19:35 > 0:19:39very good Scottish contestant.Your money is on him as well? We don't
0:19:39 > 0:19:45see any buyers.Completely impartial.6:30pm tomorrow night, a
0:19:45 > 0:19:48little plug for the strictly final if people want uplift in these
0:19:48 > 0:19:53impossibly bleak times. Thank you to Kevan at Rachel, that is all from
0:19:53 > 0:19:58the papers. You can see the front pages of the papers online and on
0:19:58 > 0:20:00the website.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08If you missed the programme on any evening you can watch it again
0:20:08 > 0:20:13online. Thank you to Kevin Schofield and Rachel Shabi, that's all from us
0:20:13 > 0:20:15tonight. Good night.