0:00:19 > 0:00:22Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be
0:00:22 > 0:00:23bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26With me are Jason Beattie, Head of Politics at the Daily Mirror
0:00:26 > 0:00:33and Tim Stanley from the Daily Telegraph.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39Tomorrow's front pages, starting with:
0:00:39 > 0:00:42And it's Saturday Knight Fever - for the Daily Mirror,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44focusing on Bee Gee Barry Gibb becoming a 'Sir' in
0:00:44 > 0:00:47the New Year Honours List.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50The Daily Mail has Barry Gibb's photo
0:00:50 > 0:00:55on it's front page - along with Darcy Bussell who's
0:00:55 > 0:00:57been made a 'dame', their main report however is that
0:00:57 > 0:01:02banks have shut 800 branches across the country this year.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07The Times reports that Travel firms are 'misleading'
0:01:07 > 0:01:09holiday-makers with claims of cheap deals, which are not
0:01:09 > 0:01:19as good a price 'discount' as the marketing makes out.
0:01:19 > 0:01:25Financial Times reports on the rallying stock markets around the
0:01:25 > 0:01:29world.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Let's start with the New Year 's honours. Officially released. There
0:01:33 > 0:01:39has been speculation in the last few days. I am under instruction to
0:01:39 > 0:01:43seamlessly segue through the front pages to show you how differently
0:01:43 > 0:01:53they are reflecting the honours. Saturday night Fever. In all their
0:01:53 > 0:01:59spangly golden glory. Barry Gibb, dedicating the award to his
0:01:59 > 0:02:08brothers.Quite touching.A long time since they were in the
0:02:08 > 0:02:15consciousness.You always have had to wait until your career has peaked
0:02:15 > 0:02:19in the music industry. A long time for Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney,
0:02:19 > 0:02:25Ringo Starr finally getting one. Being the best drummer in the
0:02:25 > 0:02:38Beatles.Another line from Jeremy Corbyn, I back the mirror's car park
0:02:38 > 0:02:50site. Which begs the question, who is fighting? It does create an
0:02:50 > 0:02:55image. They are wonderful when it goes to people who go out of their
0:02:55 > 0:02:59way to do something for charity. Always fantastic when the actions of
0:02:59 > 0:03:03noncelebrities are recognised. The honours has been tainted with the
0:03:03 > 0:03:07sense that some people get them, naming no names, because they have
0:03:07 > 0:03:11been around long enough. Other people get them as a former
0:03:11 > 0:03:15political reward. Nick Clegg, for example. Serving as Deputy Prime
0:03:15 > 0:03:22Minister. If you have done that, you have formed an active public
0:03:22 > 0:03:28service. With a certain amount of humiliation. You got paid for it,
0:03:28 > 0:03:34rewarded for doing his job. Some will be highlighting the fact Graham
0:03:34 > 0:03:39Brady, the head of the 1922 committee has also gotten one. It is
0:03:39 > 0:03:44to do with the backbenchers. He is the one who insures the votes go
0:03:44 > 0:03:52through.The Conservative Party shop steward. If there is to be a
0:03:52 > 0:03:56legalistic challenge towards Theresa May. He selects the letters.Sir
0:03:56 > 0:04:06Graham.Quite helpful for Theresa May to keep in sweet. I agree with
0:04:06 > 0:04:14Tim. Sprinkle some stardust on otherwise a very worthy list. I like
0:04:14 > 0:04:17the idea of someone who has done 25 years service for charity work, to
0:04:17 > 0:04:28recognised. It is a sense, how do they choose the people?Isn't Darcey
0:04:28 > 0:04:36bustle worthy?She was one of the brightest stars of the Royal Ballet.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40One of the greatest dancers in English is. Why is it only when she
0:04:40 > 0:04:45has been on Strictly that she gets the reward?Always an element of
0:04:45 > 0:04:53snobbery. Kenny Dalglish, one of the great football players and managers.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59Went round and visited every single one of the Hillsborough victims.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Nothing. If somebody is deserving of a knighthood in sport, it should be
0:05:02 > 0:05:07in.He was picked the people whom should have got them. The Daily Mail
0:05:07 > 0:05:20also going with Barry
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Gibb and Darcy Bussell.She's humble. For some people just
0:05:27 > 0:05:33opportunity to meet the Queen. Sir Ringo Starr, because his OBE in
0:05:33 > 0:05:431965. In many people's guys, that was the start of the celebrity
0:05:43 > 0:05:49version of the system. People protested. People sent theirs back.
0:05:49 > 0:05:59Some people say the honours system has never recovered.Let's talk
0:05:59 > 0:06:08about Lord Adonis, quitting with a Thai raid against Brexit. Stepping
0:06:08 > 0:06:11down as the government's infrastructure G. Labour peer,
0:06:11 > 0:06:16served as Transport Secretary in the past. Says he cannot stay, he is at
0:06:16 > 0:06:22odds with the government of the way they are handling Brexit. He calls
0:06:22 > 0:06:28nationalists and populist.Reading the resignation letter, seems he has
0:06:28 > 0:06:32quit the government feels he should never have been made a member of it.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36He is in such profound disagreement with the governance policies.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Appointed to the important role by George Osborne. One of a clutch of
0:06:40 > 0:06:44new Labour grandees who found a home with the camera in administration.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49Another one Alan Milburn, a couple of weeks ago quit as the head of the
0:06:49 > 0:06:56social mobility unit. He said the government did not have the
0:06:56 > 0:07:08bandwidth as the consequence of Brexit to do with social mobility.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13He's also complaining about Brexit. The Tories will say in response,
0:07:13 > 0:07:18well, since the public voted for it, Theresa May said Brexit means
0:07:18 > 0:07:23Brexit, Parliament voted to trigger Article 50, why has it taken you
0:07:23 > 0:07:27this long to realise the government is pursuing Brexit? Occurs you
0:07:27 > 0:07:33disagree with it, you cannot serve it. And issuing the resignation?
0:07:33 > 0:07:39Might it be because the EU withdrawal bill is coming?I think
0:07:39 > 0:07:42these protests are the least interesting part of the resignation
0:07:42 > 0:07:49letter. He was always a staunch remain, not a surprise he is opposed
0:07:49 > 0:07:55to the process. Two bits which are worrying for Theresa May. One, a
0:07:55 > 0:08:00point that George Osborne made earlier. If you lose the ability to
0:08:00 > 0:08:06have cross-party work for big projects. Which covers several
0:08:06 > 0:08:11successive governments, like infrastructure. You have a problem,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15because it looks like the government is now unable to create that sent a
0:08:15 > 0:08:20grand coalition. Therefore both parties look like they are further
0:08:20 > 0:08:30to the extremes.
0:08:33 > 0:08:39What is scandalous, you have Stagecoach as the majority hold deli
0:08:39 > 0:08:45Macca shareholder in East Coast mainline. They were going to pay
0:08:45 > 0:08:51bigger than 3.3 billion which was going to get to the taxpayer. At the
0:08:51 > 0:08:56end of the franchise they say they cannot afford any more. We're not
0:08:56 > 0:09:04going to get back the 3.3 billion we might get 1.3 billion. It is
0:09:04 > 0:09:07scandalous. A private company can bail out of the contract, and the
0:09:07 > 0:09:14taxpayer is out of pocket. This will come back to haunt the government.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Daily Mail, a central bank branches shouting this year. Various
0:09:18 > 0:09:26different banks are doing this.We had a conversation about this. I
0:09:26 > 0:09:34last went to a bank over a year ago. I make a point of going.I have two,
0:09:34 > 0:09:42I am paid in checks.I am paid by several publications by a check.
0:09:42 > 0:09:55Every time I get £20. I refuse to use the machine in the wall. I once
0:09:55 > 0:10:01lost £100, is swallowed a cheque. On a more serious note. This feels like
0:10:01 > 0:10:06a retread of what happened with the Royal Mail post offices. They shut
0:10:06 > 0:10:15down villages, local communities. Perhaps it makes some sense, people
0:10:15 > 0:10:20were not using them. Not sending letters as much. On the other hand
0:10:20 > 0:10:24many communities, your local bank, post office. Local corner shop, the
0:10:24 > 0:10:29heart and soul of the community. They have very few shops, somewhere
0:10:29 > 0:10:33people can go he are not used to using stuff online. They can go
0:10:33 > 0:10:37where they are guaranteed that. Particular problem for small
0:10:37 > 0:10:41business owners who need to catch up.They have to go to a bank of
0:10:41 > 0:10:48driving half an hour, up to an hour. A problem for the elderly, it gives
0:10:48 > 0:10:54them contact, the interaction. For the majority of people, they ping
0:10:54 > 0:11:01money on their phones. It is an alien concept. I love the idea that
0:11:01 > 0:11:08History Today pays you in checks. You have a generational distance.A
0:11:08 > 0:11:20generational difference.I try to avoid it, I have given into using
0:11:20 > 0:11:24one of those apps. I don't like people knowing what I'm doing, I
0:11:24 > 0:11:32feel exposed. When I use the Internet for money.The Mafia could
0:11:32 > 0:11:36steal the information. I sent money to the wrong place, took the money
0:11:36 > 0:11:42deli Macca months to get about. Daily Telegraph. Phone law confusion
0:11:42 > 0:11:47catching drivers out. Hefty penalties if you are caught using
0:11:47 > 0:11:52your phone. That is what a lot of people thought was making calls.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57Fascinating. Fraser Nelson was in the car. His phone was scooting
0:11:57 > 0:12:03about the dashboard. He grabbed it, to stop it. Had a quick look at the
0:12:03 > 0:12:07screen. The next thing he knew he was stopped by the police and
0:12:07 > 0:12:13prosecuted for using his mobile phone. He, being stubborn, ticketing
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Magistrates' Court, to find out exactly what the Lloris, and what is
0:12:15 > 0:12:20going on. He was found guilty. What he discovered, the advice is very
0:12:20 > 0:12:26contradictory. The government has tried to clamp down on people using
0:12:26 > 0:12:32phones in their cars, which makes some sense. In some instances it can
0:12:32 > 0:12:35be advised you don't do it. It can be should not do it for a long
0:12:35 > 0:12:39period of time. Some places have been prosecuting people for looking
0:12:39 > 0:12:49very briefly.Even for using it as a navigation app.What exactly is it
0:12:49 > 0:12:53they're looking for? Why are they punishing people? Nothing wrong with
0:12:53 > 0:12:57checking your Saturn as when you are in your car. They are prosecuting
0:12:57 > 0:13:02people for any kind of interactive communication. If you are
0:13:02 > 0:13:07telephoning someone, texting, or using your Saturn because it is
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Internet-based on your phone. Does not count if it is on your
0:13:10 > 0:13:17dashboard. There was a case where someone was using it to record their
0:13:17 > 0:13:22voice, they got away with it. That is not interactive communication.
0:13:22 > 0:13:28The interesting thing about this, Fraser wrote this yesterday, taking
0:13:28 > 0:13:33the Telegraph 24 hours to publish the story.This is a comeback for
0:13:33 > 0:13:38the pub fight thinkers they have followed up and investigated. They
0:13:38 > 0:13:43found the police are raising £4.6 million a year as a result of the
0:13:43 > 0:13:50finds.That is good follow-up. To use a Saturn. Do you use a lovely
0:13:50 > 0:13:55sepia map?I use one of those lovely big maps. I find the iPhone
0:13:55 > 0:14:01distracting. Having a conversation saying turn Right now. I say thank
0:14:01 > 0:14:08you very much.I missed the turn. He's Robert, the man who helps me.I
0:14:08 > 0:14:13call mine clearer.A reliable chap.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Thank Jason Beattie, and Tim Stanley.
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