0:00:00 > 0:00:06My guest is one of the most successful crime writers ever. We
0:00:06 > 0:00:18will be talking about the book The Seagull. That is on Meet the Author.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be
0:00:22 > 0:00:22bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25With me are Lord Digby Jones, Former Trader Minister
0:00:25 > 0:00:26and Henry Bonsu, broadcaster and campaigner.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Tomorrow's front pages, starting with this.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32The Metro devotes its entire front page to the engagement photo
0:00:32 > 0:00:42of Prince Harry and Meghan Markel.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44The paper wishes its readers a Merry Kissmass.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47The I claims that the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50wants to take over as Deputy Prime Minister following the departure
0:00:50 > 0:00:51of Damien Green.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53The Express headlines details of what it's calling
0:00:53 > 0:00:54a breakthrough on Alzheimer's.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56The Financial Times shows an image of Nikki Haley,
0:00:56 > 0:01:00the US Ambassador to the UN, who has warned that the US will not
0:01:00 > 0:01:03forget countries who voted against its decision to recognise
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07The Daily Mirror leads with a report about an alleged russian spy
0:01:07 > 0:01:10who visited Number 10 as part of a Ukrainian delegation.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12The Telegraph features claims from Boris Johnson that Damien Green
0:01:12 > 0:01:15was the victim of a vendetta by retired Met Police officers.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18The Times has a similar story, alongside another picture
0:01:18 > 0:01:19of the recently engaged royal couple.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22And the Guardian says that tens of thousands of NHS patients
0:01:22 > 0:01:26will have their surgeries cancelled this winter to help avoid a crisis
0:01:26 > 0:01:38across the health service.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43So, let's begin.
0:01:43 > 0:01:55The Telegraph. A Green vendetta from the police.Yes. Boris Johnson said
0:01:55 > 0:02:05the former Deputy Prime Minister suffered a police vendetta. This is
0:02:05 > 0:02:08building up steam. Theresa May echoed these concerns across the
0:02:08 > 0:02:14political spectrum. It is putting increasing pressure on Cressida Dick
0:02:14 > 0:02:21to make sure things are properly looked at. It does not tell us
0:02:21 > 0:02:26exactly what laws the police may have broken. It refers vaguely to
0:02:26 > 0:02:33possible prosecutions and the referral of this case to the
0:02:33 > 0:02:39Information Commissioner's Office. They are not serving officers, so
0:02:39 > 0:02:47they have not broken the Official Secrets Act, but there may be fines
0:02:47 > 0:02:58if they leak personal darter to the data to the public. -- data to the
0:02:58 > 0:03:03public.There is another aspect to this article after that where it
0:03:03 > 0:03:09says in other developments, talking about Kate, you had a bit of
0:03:09 > 0:03:15interview on your headlines, I think there are a few things here where it
0:03:15 > 0:03:19has not been her finest hour. Firstly, she was quoted, The
0:03:19 > 0:03:26Telegraph picked this up, she said she did not want him to resign, she
0:03:26 > 0:03:29wanted an apology. That is incredibly naive. I think she
0:03:29 > 0:03:37deserves an apology is that the I am not talking about that. -- I am not.
0:03:37 > 0:03:44She must have known that seeking one would lead to the other.Did she not
0:03:44 > 0:03:48mean when she first took this complaint to Downing Street sometime
0:03:48 > 0:03:55ago she wanted an apology back then? That was my reading of it.I agree.
0:03:55 > 0:04:03Quite right. The other point, she has quoted here in The Telegraph,
0:04:03 > 0:04:07she said I have been through such a terrible ordeal since reporting
0:04:07 > 0:04:11allegations that I advise other women to stay silent. She should not
0:04:11 > 0:04:17have an ordeal. This society should allow a person, woman or man, to
0:04:17 > 0:04:25say, look, you did this to me, that is an allegation. It might be
0:04:25 > 0:04:30proven, it might not. No matter what happens, no woman must have a stay
0:04:30 > 0:04:33silent. You will not stop this dreadful behaviour by people if you
0:04:33 > 0:04:42do not let these people make allegations.It can be heard talking
0:04:42 > 0:04:47about what you can suffer by doing this.If you are in front of this
0:04:47 > 0:04:50camera, and whatever you say, whatever you do, I just have to come
0:04:50 > 0:04:55out with one outspoken peace and be politically incorrect and what
0:04:55 > 0:05:06people want to do to me is amazing. And I am low in the latter. I am
0:05:06 > 0:05:11saying to people do not stop coming out about this.All of these
0:05:11 > 0:05:16allegations inside politics, they must have good, robust
0:05:16 > 0:05:22whistleblowing procedures. People will not feel confident to come
0:05:22 > 0:05:28forward otherwise.The Times. It is in the same territory.I worry about
0:05:28 > 0:05:35this. That was a good summary. It is quite similar. The Times has another
0:05:35 > 0:05:44angle. The police themselves, Ken Marsh, the chairman of The Police
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Federation, he is turning around and seen you should not have done this.
0:05:48 > 0:05:54The reason he is doing this is, tonight, there are policemen, good
0:05:54 > 0:06:02and decent coppers, doing a good job on the streets. A bond of trust
0:06:02 > 0:06:08between society and the police, they do not carry guns by right like
0:06:08 > 0:06:12every policeman does in other countries, they come from society
0:06:12 > 0:06:26and a police society. And that bond of trust... Some people will say are
0:06:26 > 0:06:30you going to fit me up like Green? It creates the impression the police
0:06:30 > 0:06:35cannot be trusted. The moment you do that it makes the police job more
0:06:35 > 0:06:48difficult. Marsh is saying the abhorrent actions... He is saying
0:06:48 > 0:06:55you are making my job hard.The police are in a position of power
0:06:55 > 0:07:00and have access to delicate information they have to keep secret
0:07:00 > 0:07:05and only use when the law requires them to do so.These two would say
0:07:05 > 0:07:12they had public interest reasons to do it which will be tested. The i.
0:07:12 > 0:07:20Jeremy Hunt and his political aspirations.He said on your
0:07:20 > 0:07:25programme he is a health man to his core and passionate about his
0:07:25 > 0:07:30current job and has been in it for five years. But some of his
0:07:30 > 0:07:36colleagues believe he is manoeuvring and is touting his name around. He
0:07:36 > 0:07:40believes he has not reached the Senate of his career and is deeply
0:07:40 > 0:07:46ambitious. He says he has a good chance of greater things. -- zenith
0:07:46 > 0:07:53of his career. What is the specific job that Deputy Prime Minister is
0:07:53 > 0:08:07to? -- Ministers do? He was a Remainer, not a Brexiteer. He is
0:08:07 > 0:08:12active in social media. I remember from university days many years ago,
0:08:12 > 0:08:24he is nice. He is a very nice and bland conservative Christian chap.
0:08:24 > 0:08:30Is that a compliment?It is. But he is the kind of person that, when
0:08:30 > 0:08:39David Cameron... Yes. When asked if he would implement in prison custody
0:08:39 > 0:08:49budget, he said 20%.-- 10% budget cuts, he said 20%. There is no empty
0:08:49 > 0:08:58seat at the moment.There is a quote on manoeuvring, putting the word out
0:08:58 > 0:09:04he wants a job. That is a claim from other colleagues. If you were in the
0:09:04 > 0:09:08cabinet and wanted a job, get rid of one of the people who wanted it more
0:09:08 > 0:09:16than you. So you put the word out he has been making manoeuvres. Politics
0:09:16 > 0:09:23is a dirty game.You are seeing more manoeuvres than just one.Yes. I
0:09:23 > 0:09:28would say at the end of the day if I was Theresa May I would take some
0:09:28 > 0:09:36time and watch and wait. I am ending stronger than many people thought I
0:09:36 > 0:09:43would. I would just keep the powder dry and watch others break cover. If
0:09:43 > 0:09:55this does not work, they will break cover, and you will see a scrap.The
0:09:55 > 0:10:06Daily Mail. Boris Johnson's cyber war threat with the Kremlin.It is a
0:10:06 > 0:10:16real problem. We are in agreement about this. What Boris Johnson is
0:10:16 > 0:10:21talking about is incredibly serious from the business point of view.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26What I can tell you, one of the greatest threats to business is
0:10:26 > 0:10:31cyber-attack. Not only do they ran some things, if you do not pay, your
0:10:31 > 0:10:41products will be ruined, but also stealing. -- ransom things. The
0:10:41 > 0:10:46public sector, you saw the issue with the NHS months ago. Interfering
0:10:46 > 0:10:53with elections as wellthis goes to the core of Western democratic
0:10:53 > 0:10:59values. Russian-made not be doing it. We have to be careful. -- Russia
0:10:59 > 0:11:09may not. But someone is doing it. This is it. You said it is a serious
0:11:09 > 0:11:14story. It is. It is huge. But is it serious when it comes out of the
0:11:14 > 0:11:20mouth of Boris Johnson? I would suggest not. We cannot taken
0:11:20 > 0:11:27seriously, not just because he used to all of this stuff, he is just
0:11:27 > 0:11:44making silly gaffes and putting lives at risk in Iran, Libya, all of
0:11:44 > 0:11:47the things he has said in recent months. He is going up against
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Sergey Lavrov, a man who is hugely experienced and close to Vladimir
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Putin. Will he take Boris Johnson seriously when he hears about a
0:11:54 > 0:12:04threat of cyber war? GCHQ, we can be serious thing see you, that's a
0:12:04 > 0:12:13quote.It is easy meat to say they do not do these things.Do you think
0:12:13 > 0:12:19Boris Johnson would say this to Sergey Lavrov to his face? Not at
0:12:19 > 0:12:27all.NHS operations axed to avert the winter crisis. The Guardian.
0:12:27 > 0:12:33Hospitals setting up makeshift wards. We talk about this in the
0:12:33 > 0:12:37previous hour with the Guardian being more alarmist than others
0:12:37 > 0:12:42Talking about the possibility of hospitals turning areas into
0:12:42 > 0:12:48temporary wards. This is temporary at the moment. Simon Stevens, the
0:12:48 > 0:12:55Chief Executive of the NHS, has been made personally responsible for
0:12:55 > 0:13:02winter services. Many elderly will have the flu. We will see huge
0:13:02 > 0:13:08operations, cataract removals, knee operations, hip operations. People
0:13:08 > 0:13:11need these. Unless they are life-threatening, people will have
0:13:11 > 0:13:16them postponed.From the point of view of the Guardian, the
0:13:16 > 0:13:23anti-government alarmist... Yes. Alarmist. This is complete alarmist
0:13:23 > 0:13:28from the Guardian and does not become them. What I congratulate the
0:13:28 > 0:13:36NHS for is what do we always do? We criticise them while they do
0:13:36 > 0:13:40excellent work. For once, they have said we are going to get ready for
0:13:40 > 0:13:45this and we are going to plant this. With great respect, important
0:13:45 > 0:14:02emergency operations, nothing to worry about. Those with an active
0:14:02 > 0:14:05elective surgery requirement, it is not necessary. It is great planning
0:14:05 > 0:14:09from the NHS. It would be nice just once or anti-government newspapers
0:14:09 > 0:14:18to say something nice. -- for.To be fair, The Telegraph, you highlighted
0:14:18 > 0:14:26them, they are not being complimentary.To be fair to them,
0:14:26 > 0:14:32they said in it that it was actually planned with no flu at the moment.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33in
0:14:38 > 0:14:49a short agreement is the 40 minutes ago. -- let's go and other
0:14:49 > 0:14:49a short agreement is the 40 minutes ago. -- let's go and other note
0:14:49 > 0:14:49a short agreement is the 40 minutes ago. -- let's go and other note of
0:14:49 > 0:14:49surefire
0:14:49 > 0:14:51ago. -- let's go and other note of surefire agreement. I will give you
0:14:51 > 0:14:56a shorter period this time around, EU plans, take it or leave it, if
0:14:56 > 0:15:05Britain fails to clarify.Two things, the FT, which I take every
0:15:05 > 0:15:09day, I admire their journalism and reporting. I will worry that they
0:15:09 > 0:15:16are falling down the chasm of propaganda. They are too pro
0:15:16 > 0:15:21remains. What I worry is, they quote to EU officials, both saying
0:15:21 > 0:15:26basically, we are in Lala land if we think we are getting anything better
0:15:26 > 0:15:29than a Canada deal. What I say is, in Europe is starting its
0:15:29 > 0:15:35negotiation. They would say this, wouldn't they?It is perfectly
0:15:35 > 0:15:44reasonable for them to decide who... Your favourite newspapers like the
0:15:44 > 0:15:49Telegraph and the mail, they editorialise. The Financial Times is
0:15:49 > 0:15:55then your favourite, Brexit here. They have an editorial line and that
0:15:55 > 0:15:59governs who they choose to take what is wrong, that is journalism.The
0:15:59 > 0:16:04FT's history was, it was to be objective on the front page. The
0:16:04 > 0:16:08point I want to make about the actual trade thing is that this is
0:16:08 > 0:16:12the EU starting off by saying where it is a. This was the other way
0:16:12 > 0:16:17around and this is what David Davis said, the EU is in Lala land and
0:16:17 > 0:16:23thinks it can do without Britain in trade.Guys, we have one minute
0:16:23 > 0:16:30left. I just want to try and focus on maybe one more.Sport, maybe?
0:16:30 > 0:16:37Let's go to the Metro. We rather like this photograph.Squeezed two
0:16:37 > 0:16:41in the. There is a most lovely photograph on the Metro. It is
0:16:41 > 0:16:47lovely. These other photographs released by the palace to celebrate
0:16:47 > 0:16:52the royal engagement. There is a lot of sadness in the world, isn't that
0:16:52 > 0:16:57great?It is a beautiful picture, they look deeply in love. It doesn't
0:16:57 > 0:17:05look staged.And on the FT, we have self driving cars being taught in
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Boston, Pittsburgh and Detroit to recognise a snowflake. The trouble
0:17:09 > 0:17:16is, nobody has talked taught about them -- taught them about snow. You
0:17:16 > 0:17:23and I agreed that is what technology has got to do.Disrupt and leapfrog.
0:17:23 > 0:17:32Very good. On that note of near Harmony.Thank you very much. And a
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Merry Christmas.Don't forget you can see the front pages of the
0:17:36 > 0:17:42papers online, on the BBC News website. Seven days a week. If you
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0:17:55 > 0:17:58Author.