0:00:01 > 0:00:04We'll hear Mark Kermode's thoughts on that, and the rest of the week's
0:00:04 > 0:00:06top cinema releases, in The Film Review.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
0:00:21 > 0:00:22bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25With me are Benedicte Paviot, UK Correspondent at the French
0:00:25 > 0:00:27broadcaster France 24, and the defence editor
0:00:27 > 0:00:32of the Evening Standard, Robert Fox.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35The Observer leads on Brexit, and warnings from Tory peers
0:00:35 > 0:00:41that they will vote against the government in Parliament
0:00:42 > 0:00:45if the Prime Minister tries to bully them into supporting an extreme
0:00:45 > 0:00:48version of leaving the EU.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50The Sunday Telegraph's front page features an article
0:00:50 > 0:00:53by the Prime Minister with a quote "I've proved doubters wrong".
0:00:53 > 0:00:55And another of its stories highlights changes to company
0:00:56 > 0:00:58pensions, and new government plans reduce the automatic enrolment age
0:00:58 > 0:00:59from 22 to 18.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02In the Sunday Times, as well as their lead
0:01:02 > 0:01:04on Boris Johnson's warning on Brexit, there's a story
0:01:04 > 0:01:06on tuition fees, with the former universities minister
0:01:06 > 0:01:09David Willetts, saying he wants an urgent government review to scrap
0:01:09 > 0:01:11high interest rates on loan repayments.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Theresa May writes in The Sunday Express,
0:01:13 > 0:01:18saying she will not be 'derailed' from her duty to deliver
0:01:18 > 0:01:20the public's decision to leave the EU.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23The Mail on Sunday claims left-wing trolls sent abuse to the pregnant
0:01:23 > 0:01:41wife of a Tory MP after he heckled Jeremy Corbyn over his age.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46Let's get started. The Sunday Telegraph, first of all. Robert, you
0:01:46 > 0:01:52can start us off. Theresa May says she has proved doubters wrong. One
0:01:52 > 0:01:55might think she had a very tough week, but she sounds rather
0:01:55 > 0:02:01triumphant.It is rather like somebody who has taken too deep a
0:02:01 > 0:02:05scuba-dive, and has at last broken the surface. A rather elaborate
0:02:05 > 0:02:12metaphor, that you can almost hear her gills heaving in and out.She
0:02:12 > 0:02:16has survived, is what you are saying.She is saying, strong and
0:02:16 > 0:02:20stable, one wonders if she will declare another election! There is a
0:02:20 > 0:02:24certain quiet triumphalism. She sees even her near rivals in utter
0:02:24 > 0:02:31confusion. The thing that she is not focusing on, which she knows is the
0:02:31 > 0:02:35problem, is Parliament. Lots of stuff in the papers over the weekend
0:02:35 > 0:02:42about Parliament having its say, from quite extraordinary, well, very
0:02:42 > 0:02:45interesting, I should say, Tory voices. That means that if the
0:02:45 > 0:02:50battle ahead. In the Express peace, which is related, she does a piece
0:02:50 > 0:02:54for them, and she has an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, but she
0:02:54 > 0:02:57insists that it is her duty to deliver your democratic decision.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02Brexit means Brexit. The trouble is, very few of us really know the
0:03:02 > 0:03:08implication of what Brexit is going to mean, five years hence.Well,
0:03:08 > 0:03:12what do you think? How was the Prime Minister doing? Is she getting over
0:03:12 > 0:03:15the idea that this is all actually going quite well, really, despite
0:03:15 > 0:03:20everything?Well, she is still in the job.That's the point. She's
0:03:20 > 0:03:28still standing. I don't know if she has been taking any tips from the
0:03:28 > 0:03:32sidestepping, waltzing and tangling, it takes two to tango in Strictly.
0:03:32 > 0:03:38She has tweeted about this. She is Strictly standing, she is strictly
0:03:38 > 0:03:43defined. She is very much claiming victory for getting that green light
0:03:43 > 0:03:51of phase one two phase two. -- phase one to says two. But there are
0:03:51 > 0:03:56challenges looming. She says in this Telegraph article that she has
0:03:56 > 0:04:00proved the doubters wrong. She has other challenges which are coming in
0:04:00 > 0:04:04the days ahead. It will be a crunch week, because there is going to be
0:04:04 > 0:04:10this cabinets preparing to discuss for the first time.The full
0:04:10 > 0:04:15Cabinet, but... It is just going to be the opening cannonade, as we
0:04:15 > 0:04:21know. One of the things that we are not discussing and I am sure it will
0:04:21 > 0:04:25come up over this holiday period is whether she is going to change her
0:04:25 > 0:04:30team. Because one of the really bad moments was when David Davis was
0:04:30 > 0:04:34asked by the House of Commons committee, have you done the stress
0:04:34 > 0:04:37tests on what's the impact will be on the British economy? And he said
0:04:37 > 0:04:42no. It then turned out that civil servants in his and other
0:04:42 > 0:04:46departments had started doing them. But they had come up with some
0:04:46 > 0:04:49figures that they didn't particularly like. I can see a move
0:04:49 > 0:04:55around going on.OK...Damon Green, that is the other challenge that the
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Sunday Telegraph is talking about. That is a big, looming challenge
0:04:58 > 0:05:03ahead on the fate of Damian Green. And the fact that her embattled
0:05:03 > 0:05:09deputy could go. Could go as early as this week, according to the
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Sunday Telegraph. Besides the fact that she needs a united Cabinet
0:05:13 > 0:05:19which she obviously doesn't have. You've got what I been called be
0:05:19 > 0:05:24divergers and the liners.Let's go onto one large character in this,
0:05:24 > 0:05:31Boris. Brexit must leave us a vassal state. I think this phrase, vassal
0:05:31 > 0:05:34state, that will pass into the language for a week or two.
0:05:34 > 0:05:42CROSSTALK. What is he actually saying?It is interesting. This will
0:05:42 > 0:05:46worry the Prime Minister, this lead article in the Sunday Times, Brexit
0:05:46 > 0:05:50mustn't leave us as a vassal state. Boris is going to be making an
0:05:50 > 0:05:57intervention, it would seem, in the coming days, to what he says is the
0:05:57 > 0:06:01government seeking to maximise the benefits of Brexit. Failing to get
0:06:01 > 0:06:03an agreement which allows divergences mean that the UK
0:06:03 > 0:06:08could...That we wouldn't be in the European Union, we would still be
0:06:08 > 0:06:11shadowing it as far as all the regulations are concerned, in the
0:06:11 > 0:06:15transition years?Correct. That makes a Boris Johnson extremely
0:06:15 > 0:06:19unhappy. Clearly this is also pointed reference to Philip Hammond,
0:06:19 > 0:06:24what he said in China, about wallowing during the implementation
0:06:24 > 0:06:27period or the transition period, whatever we want to call it, for two
0:06:27 > 0:06:32years. -- following. Following all the rules of the EU, while not being
0:06:32 > 0:06:36part of it any more.Robert, this is where we see the cracks in the
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Cabinet. Not just cracks, yawning gaps.I think the wonderful abuse of
0:06:40 > 0:06:44the English language, of the political and which which comes up,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48as you say, we have the Jacob Rees-Mogg thing. We cannot be a
0:06:48 > 0:06:56colony of the EU for two years. Colony! On, get over yourself.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01Equally, Boris Johnson says Philip Hammond, this is a quote, "We can
0:07:01 > 0:07:05have a very original economy". I hope it isn't too original in Boris'
0:07:05 > 0:07:11terms, because he is no economist. This is so strange. Just to draw
0:07:11 > 0:07:14that together, he is obviously cooking up an arrangement with
0:07:14 > 0:07:20Philip Hammond. Let's do this together, and it is an interesting
0:07:20 > 0:07:24duopoly, it is a meeting of opposites.Yes, as far apart as they
0:07:24 > 0:07:29could possibly be.And temperamentally. Philip Hammond is a
0:07:29 > 0:07:32tremendous man of details. Nobody has ever seriously accused Maurice
0:07:32 > 0:07:39Johnson of being that.Speaking very briefly about the tone of the
0:07:39 > 0:07:45debate, which is invoked by Boris Johnson, he has apparently rounded
0:07:45 > 0:07:49on hardcore Eurosceptics who called for the deselection of 11
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Conservative MPs to help defeat the government last week.The famous
0:07:52 > 0:07:57rebels.There have been death threats. He says this is absolutely
0:07:57 > 0:08:00obscene and I think this is very important, the fact that Boris
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Johnson makes this point in the lead article.Let's move on. Robert, I
0:08:04 > 0:08:10think it is your turn again. Automatic pensions. This is the
0:08:10 > 0:08:16Observer, automatic pensions for young people at work.Well, they are
0:08:16 > 0:08:21saying that any young person in employment earning £10,000 and over
0:08:21 > 0:08:26must go into the pension scheme, must go into the general
0:08:26 > 0:08:32dispensation. This is a small detail which is almost cosmic. Certainly it
0:08:32 > 0:08:38has huge implications. It comes to this point, too many pensioners, too
0:08:38 > 0:08:43many non-productive people, and how on earth are we going to keep public
0:08:43 > 0:08:46and private pension system is going as the pop relation gets older? --
0:08:46 > 0:08:53population. This is a step towards it. One of the things that we do
0:08:53 > 0:08:57know is that young people do pull it off the evil hour, such as it is,
0:08:57 > 0:09:01but it is in there a summation, of buying into a pension scheme. The
0:09:01 > 0:09:06fact is that with the present welfare dispensation, I'm talking
0:09:06 > 0:09:11about 15, 20, 25 years from now, it is unsustainable. So they are trying
0:09:11 > 0:09:15to get young people to buy in and say very early on.Any resonance
0:09:15 > 0:09:20here with what goes on with President Macron in France, and the
0:09:20 > 0:09:23source of reforms he wanted to do? I don't know what the pension
0:09:23 > 0:09:27situation their makers, but are there any similarities?Well, France
0:09:27 > 0:09:35also has an ageing population. And people lower down the scale are hard
0:09:35 > 0:09:38pressed to save enough money.Well, that is the point, if you are
0:09:38 > 0:09:42earning £10,000 or more, certainly in the London area, that would be a
0:09:42 > 0:09:47pittance.There are no tuition fees in France, though. So you do not
0:09:47 > 0:09:51begin your adult life of the 1000 or whatever it is in doubt.It is also
0:09:51 > 0:09:55the problem that people are living so much longer entering state
0:09:55 > 0:10:01pensions and other benefits. I mean, it has suddenly expanded in the last
0:10:01 > 0:10:1220 years to an extraordinary degree. When the 65-year-old pensioner
0:10:12 > 0:10:15exists, the maximum average of state employers, drawing pensions, that
0:10:15 > 0:10:19averaged 13 years. It would be double that now.It is. It is almost
0:10:19 > 0:10:2823 years now.Let's move on to a Christmas time story. Amazon faces
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Christmas parcels enquiry on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36Parcels not arriving in time. Do you use Amazon?I do occasionally use
0:10:36 > 0:10:43Amazon but I am not an is on prime subscriber, unlike my fellow
0:10:43 > 0:10:48reviewer, who pays £79 a year, I gather. -- Amazon Prime. Because he
0:10:48 > 0:10:52has been promised deliveries within two days.And it is those people who
0:10:52 > 0:11:01have been let down?Yes. They are not happy. Interestingly, Amazon's
0:11:01 > 0:11:05helpdesk has apologised, saying that this is a busy time of year. Wow,
0:11:05 > 0:11:11funny, that. Sometimes it is 48 hours and at other times it isn't. I
0:11:11 > 0:11:17think the smile that is on the side of the Amazon parcels will have been
0:11:17 > 0:11:21wiped off some of those boxes when they arrive late.Big, bad company
0:11:21 > 0:11:32time for you, is it?(INAUDIBLE). What was that? They will make a huge
0:11:32 > 0:11:36amount of money, a huge amount of sales over Christmas. £1.4 billion
0:11:36 > 0:11:43in 2016 in profit. It is better to promise three days, don't promise
0:11:43 > 0:11:49two days and then say it is a busy time.I want to take your points
0:11:49 > 0:11:54about the image of Amazon. One of the things that was chilling, which
0:11:54 > 0:12:01came out of the story of the Murdoch deal, Murdoch selling to Disney,
0:12:01 > 0:12:05your media editor spelt it out fantastically. The world of
0:12:05 > 0:12:10communication is going to be dominated by three or four, possibly
0:12:10 > 0:12:15five giants. That is why I said, unfortunately, it is not going to be
0:12:15 > 0:12:20the BBC. One of the really big ones is going to be Amazon. The fact is
0:12:20 > 0:12:23that they have an image problem. They have a severe image problem
0:12:23 > 0:12:26because they run roughshod over some of the people that are contracted
0:12:26 > 0:12:30indie gig economy to deliver for them, and this high-handed attitude
0:12:30 > 0:12:34which you have indicated here.You have suffered from this, you've got
0:12:34 > 0:12:40parcels you are expecting... Herston Mark it may not necessarily be
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Amazon's fault, there is quite a look bit of stealing going on.But I
0:12:44 > 0:12:47have had parcels which never arrived. You do need a reliable
0:12:47 > 0:12:52service. I do love Amazon, but we are still talking about books,
0:12:52 > 0:12:56thankfully.If you want a book go to your local bookseller.You have to
0:12:56 > 0:13:01be prepared to pay for that, but I agree entirely.On to another story.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06Robert, you can start as on this one. Royal wedding fever. The
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Sundays press FrontPage, at hotel room £629. Have you booked your
0:13:10 > 0:13:15hotel room for the royal wedding in Windsor?Talk about cheese eating
0:13:15 > 0:13:20surrender monkey, I am going to be in Italy guiding a tour when it
0:13:20 > 0:13:27happens.And I shall be on the high seas.So neither of you will be
0:13:27 > 0:13:31watching that, or the FA Cup? I will not be shedding a tear from either
0:13:31 > 0:13:39Michael. This is a fabulous piece, my esteemed colleague and I had a
0:13:39 > 0:13:43problem, we are told that 90% of hotel space is in Windsor are booked
0:13:43 > 0:13:50out. -- 98% of hotel spaces. But come on, how many hotel spaces are
0:13:50 > 0:13:53there in Windsor? We asked everything on our smartphones and
0:13:53 > 0:13:59they cannot tell us.There are quite a few hotels in Windsor. So, this is
0:13:59 > 0:14:04a story that I am sure the French are grouped and fascinated by, and
0:14:04 > 0:14:08you will be covering it right the way through to the bitter end?Well,
0:14:08 > 0:14:13I haven't booked my hotel, which is... I've been concentrating too
0:14:13 > 0:14:19much on Brexit. I do know that I will be there.Have you got your
0:14:19 > 0:14:27glossy 2018 royal calendar?Finally, quickly, come on. There is a picture
0:14:27 > 0:14:30of people on the front page holding up a glitter ball, because they are
0:14:30 > 0:14:40the winners of...Yes, 42, the oldest champion in the BBC's show's
0:14:40 > 0:14:48history. We should also point out he had a fantastic Strictly Come
0:14:48 > 0:14:53Dancing partner. Full credit to her. We wondered if you could give us the
0:14:53 > 0:14:59inside story as an excavator?I might do, after this.Is it going to
0:14:59 > 0:15:04be in your memoirs?It might be. Did you watch the programme?I didn't,
0:15:04 > 0:15:08but added watch the final, which was quite interesting. The real star of
0:15:08 > 0:15:15this, you are quite right, it is Ms Jones. It is only the second time
0:15:15 > 0:15:19around for her. She did wonderful choreography. The other thing that
0:15:19 > 0:15:23is slightly, you know, I get a tear in my ire with the Reverend Richard
0:15:23 > 0:15:30Coles, who was wonderful. -- eye. It was so professional, the final. All
0:15:30 > 0:15:34of those competitors, actually, the season of goodwill, they worked
0:15:34 > 0:15:39jolly hard.We will have to lever to there.You can help Lexia 's
0:15:39 > 0:15:47competitors. -- next year's.That is all from the papers. Thank you to
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Benedicte Paviot and Robert Fox. Up next, The Film Review.