29/12/2017 The Papers

Hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow.

With me are Jason Beattie,

Head of Politics at the Daily Mirror

and Tim Stanley from the Daily

Telegraph.

Tomorrow's front pages,

starting with:

And it's Saturday Knight Fever -

for the Daily Mirror,

focusing on Bee Gee Barry Gibb

becoming a 'Sir' in

the New Year Honours List.

The Daily Mail has

Barry Gibb's photo

on it's front page -

along with Darcy Bussell who's

been made a 'dame', their main

report however is that

banks have shut 800 branches

across the country this year.

The Times reports that Travel

firms are 'misleading'

holiday-makers with claims of cheap

deals, which are not

as good a price 'discount'

as the marketing makes out.

Financial Times reports on the

rallying stock markets around the

world.

Let's start with the New Year 's

honours. Officially released. There

has been speculation in the last few

days. I am under instruction to

seamlessly segue through the front

pages to show you how differently

they are reflecting the honours.

Saturday night Fever. In all their

spangly golden glory. Barry Gibb,

dedicating the award to his

brothers.

Quite touching.

A long

time since they were in the

consciousness.

You always have had

to wait until your career has peaked

in the music industry. A long time

for Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney,

Ringo Starr finally getting one.

Being the best drummer in the

Beatles.

Another line from Jeremy

Corbyn, I back the mirror's car park

site. Which begs the question, who

is fighting? It does create an

image. They are wonderful when it

goes to people who go out of their

way to do something for charity.

Always fantastic when the actions of

noncelebrities are recognised. The

honours has been tainted with the

sense that some people get them,

naming no names, because they have

been around long enough. Other

people get them as a former

political reward. Nick Clegg, for

example. Serving as Deputy Prime

Minister. If you have done that, you

have formed an active public

service. With a certain amount of

humiliation. You got paid for it,

rewarded for doing his job. Some

will be highlighting the fact Graham

Brady, the head of the 1922

committee has also gotten one. It is

to do with the backbenchers. He is

the one who insures the votes go

through.

The Conservative Party shop

steward. If there is to be a

legalistic challenge towards Theresa

May. He selects the letters.

Sir

Graham.

Quite helpful for Theresa

May to keep in sweet. I agree with

Tim. Sprinkle some stardust on

otherwise a very worthy list. I like

the idea of someone who has done 25

years service for charity work, to

recognised. It is a sense, how do

they choose the people?

Isn't Darcey

bustle worthy?

She was one of the

brightest stars of the Royal Ballet.

One of the greatest dancers in

English is. Why is it only when she

has been on Strictly that she gets

the reward?

Always an element of

snobbery. Kenny Dalglish, one of the

great football players and managers.

Went round and visited every single

one of the Hillsborough victims.

Nothing. If somebody is deserving of

a knighthood in sport, it should be

in.

He was picked the people whom

should have got them. The Daily Mail

also going with Barry

Gibb and Darcy Bussell.

She's

humble. For some people just

opportunity to meet the Queen. Sir

Ringo Starr, because his OBE in

1965. In many people's guys, that

was the start of the celebrity

version of the system. People

protested. People sent theirs back.

Some people say the honours system

has never recovered.

Let's talk

about Lord Adonis, quitting with a

Thai raid against Brexit. Stepping

down as the government's

infrastructure G. Labour peer,

served as Transport Secretary in the

past. Says he cannot stay, he is at

odds with the government of the way

they are handling Brexit. He calls

nationalists and populist.

Reading

the resignation letter, seems he has

quit the government feels he should

never have been made a member of it.

He is in such profound disagreement

with the governance policies.

Appointed to the important role by

George Osborne. One of a clutch of

new Labour grandees who found a home

with the camera in administration.

Another one Alan Milburn, a couple

of weeks ago quit as the head of the

social mobility unit. He said the

government did not have the

bandwidth as the consequence of

Brexit to do with social mobility.

He's also complaining about Brexit.

The Tories will say in response,

well, since the public voted for it,

Theresa May said Brexit means

Brexit, Parliament voted to trigger

Article 50, why has it taken you

this long to realise the government

is pursuing Brexit? Occurs you

disagree with it, you cannot serve

it. And issuing the resignation?

Might it be because the EU

withdrawal bill is coming?

I think

these protests are the least

interesting part of the resignation

letter. He was always a staunch

remain, not a surprise he is opposed

to the process. Two bits which are

worrying for Theresa May. One, a

point that George Osborne made

earlier. If you lose the ability to

have cross-party work for big

projects. Which covers several

successive governments, like

infrastructure. You have a problem,

because it looks like the government

is now unable to create that sent a

grand coalition. Therefore both

parties look like they are further

to the extremes.

What is scandalous, you have

Stagecoach as the majority hold deli

Macca shareholder in East Coast

mainline. They were going to pay

bigger than 3.3 billion which was

going to get to the taxpayer. At the

end of the franchise they say they

cannot afford any more. We're not

going to get back the 3.3 billion we

might get 1.3 billion. It is

scandalous. A private company can

bail out of the contract, and the

taxpayer is out of pocket. This will

come back to haunt the government.

Daily Mail, a central bank branches

shouting this year. Various

different banks are doing this.

We

had a conversation about this. I

last went to a bank over a year ago.

I make a point of going.

I have two,

I am paid in checks.

I am paid by

several publications by a check.

Every time I get £20. I refuse to

use the machine in the wall. I once

lost £100, is swallowed a cheque. On

a more serious note. This feels like

a retread of what happened with the

Royal Mail post offices. They shut

down villages, local communities.

Perhaps it makes some sense, people

were not using them. Not sending

letters as much. On the other hand

many communities, your local bank,

post office. Local corner shop, the

heart and soul of the community.

They have very few shops, somewhere

people can go he are not used to

using stuff online. They can go

where they are guaranteed that.

Particular problem for small

business owners who need to catch

up.

They have to go to a bank of

driving half an hour, up to an hour.

A problem for the elderly, it gives

them contact, the interaction. For

the majority of people, they ping

money on their phones. It is an

alien concept. I love the idea that

History Today pays you in checks.

You have a generational distance.

A

generational difference.

I try to

avoid it, I have given into using

one of those apps. I don't like

people knowing what I'm doing, I

feel exposed. When I use the

Internet for money.

The Mafia could

steal the information. I sent money

to the wrong place, took the money

deli Macca months to get about.

Daily Telegraph. Phone law confusion

catching drivers out. Hefty

penalties if you are caught using

your phone. That is what a lot of

people thought was making calls.

Fascinating. Fraser Nelson was in

the car. His phone was scooting

about the dashboard. He grabbed it,

to stop it. Had a quick look at the

screen. The next thing he knew he

was stopped by the police and

prosecuted for using his mobile

phone. He, being stubborn, ticketing

Magistrates' Court, to find out

exactly what the Lloris, and what is

going on. He was found guilty. What

he discovered, the advice is very

contradictory. The government has

tried to clamp down on people using

phones in their cars, which makes

some sense. In some instances it can

be advised you don't do it. It can

be should not do it for a long

period of time. Some places have

been prosecuting people for looking

very briefly.

Even for using it as a

navigation app.

What exactly is it

they're looking for? Why are they

punishing people? Nothing wrong with

checking your Saturn as when you are

in your car. They are prosecuting

people for any kind of interactive

communication. If you are

telephoning someone, texting, or

using your Saturn because it is

Internet-based on your phone. Does

not count if it is on your

dashboard. There was a case where

someone was using it to record their

voice, they got away with it. That

is not interactive communication.

The interesting thing about this,

Fraser wrote this yesterday, taking

the Telegraph 24 hours to publish

the story.

This is a comeback for

the pub fight thinkers they have

followed up and investigated. They

found the police are raising £4.6

million a year as a result of the

finds.

That is good follow-up. To

use a Saturn. Do you use a lovely

sepia map?

I use one of those lovely

big maps. I find the iPhone

distracting. Having a conversation

saying turn Right now. I say thank

you very much.

I missed the turn.

He's Robert, the man who helps me.

I

call mine clearer.

A reliable chap.

Thank Jason Beattie,

and Tim Stanley.

Coming up next it's

the weather with Ben Rich

Coming up next it's

the weather with Ben Rich.