0:00:00 > 0:00:03I was telling tall tales all the time. My mum came and brought me the
0:00:03 > 0:00:06journal, she said, honey, some of the stuff you have been talking
0:00:06 > 0:00:14about, why don't you try and write it down?
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be
0:00:17 > 0:00:19bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21With me are Henry Mance, political correspondent
0:00:21 > 0:00:24at the Financial Times and Deborah Haynes, defence
0:00:25 > 0:00:30editor at the Times.
0:00:30 > 0:00:37Will be take you through some of the papers at the moment.First, a quick
0:00:37 > 0:00:38summary.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41The Times leads on an interview with a government security minister
0:00:41 > 0:00:45about plans to tax internet giants if they don't help combat terrorism.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48On a lighter note, there's also a colourful picture of Eddie
0:00:48 > 0:00:51the Eagle and fans - some of the stuntman's
0:00:51 > 0:00:55tricks will be shown during London's New Year's Day
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Parade.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00The Observer takes a closer look at the fallout
0:01:00 > 0:01:05from Lord Adonis' resignation - and the Labour Peer's call
0:01:05 > 0:01:08for Chris Grayling to resign.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11The Mail on Sunday reports on plans for so-called unpaid border guards
0:01:11 > 0:01:15at ports and airports - it also shows Rod Stewart modelling
0:01:15 > 0:01:18an interesting choice of knitwear when he turned up
0:01:18 > 0:01:24to support his beloved Celtic earlier this evening.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27The Telegraph's top story focuses on retailers' plans to get around
0:01:27 > 0:01:31the government's ban on credit card fees.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36The Sunday Express leads on plans for the over-75s to get
0:01:36 > 0:01:40a new super vaccine.
0:01:40 > 0:01:48So let's begin.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53Henry and Deborah. We are going to start off with the Sunday Times.
0:01:53 > 0:02:02Tech giants are being zeroed in, why, though?We know politicians
0:02:02 > 0:02:06hate the amount of tax that Apple and Facebook pay already but this is
0:02:06 > 0:02:14about specific costs that these companies may be having. He is
0:02:14 > 0:02:17saying it is costing the government hundreds of millions of pounds
0:02:17 > 0:02:21because the government is having to invest in human surveillance of
0:02:21 > 0:02:26terrorist suspects because it cannot break the encryption of services
0:02:26 > 0:02:30like Whatsapp and the various messaging services used. The article
0:02:30 > 0:02:38suggests this would be a windfall tax on these huge silicon valley
0:02:38 > 0:02:42companies to enable the government to get money back.Deborah, what do
0:02:42 > 0:02:50you make of that?It has long been a bugbear of the government how the
0:02:50 > 0:02:53advance of social media, how everyone is using social media
0:02:53 > 0:02:58platforms, including terrorist groups, to radicalise individuals.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03This is mentioned in the article, too, how companies like Facebook and
0:03:03 > 0:03:09winging down extreme material fast enough. And despite repeatedly, to
0:03:09 > 0:03:15May has repeatedly talked about this, the need for companies like
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Twitter to be much more responsible in terms of policing their own
0:03:18 > 0:03:24sites, and equally, Whatsapp which have in printed end to end messaging
0:03:24 > 0:03:29and not allowing the police in a timely and marry as necessary to
0:03:29 > 0:03:34crack them is a really big problem and it gives
0:03:34 > 0:03:40you've got the Minister in an interview saying, this kind of
0:03:40 > 0:03:47problem, in terms of this free rein for extremists and terrorists to act
0:03:47 > 0:03:52online is what keeps him awake at night. He says we are mobile revolt
0:03:52 > 0:03:57than at any point in the last 100 years. -- more vulnerable. It is
0:03:57 > 0:04:03about getting these companies to act with urgency. They are suggesting
0:04:03 > 0:04:07some full -- form of windfall tax similar to that imposed on
0:04:07 > 0:04:14privatised utilities during the Tony Blair years. But who knows?I love
0:04:14 > 0:04:21the fact that he says because they sit on beanbags in T-shirts that
0:04:21 > 0:04:27they are not ruthless profiteers. I just got to the end of this article,
0:04:27 > 0:04:31quickly scanning through, quite a warning towards the end St, if you
0:04:31 > 0:04:36are going out this weekend, he is advising people, check where the
0:04:36 > 0:04:40exit are. He's almost driving the point that this is a every real
0:04:40 > 0:04:47threat on home shores.Absolutely. He says, go out as normal, we
0:04:47 > 0:04:53mustn't let them win, but if you are going to nightclubs, etc, if you do
0:04:53 > 0:04:59spot unusual things, say something. It puts the damper on things, but I
0:04:59 > 0:05:05suppose it gets the point across. Let's move on to the observer. Lord
0:05:05 > 0:05:10Adonis is St Mr Grayling should be resigning.Andrew donors who
0:05:10 > 0:05:14resigned on Friday said he has had enough of being the government's
0:05:14 > 0:05:22chief infrastructure adviser. Mainly, Brexit, and the other thing
0:05:22 > 0:05:27he said was a low-profile decision by the Transport Secretary Chris
0:05:27 > 0:05:32Grayling in November to allow other companies that operate the east
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Coast Main line, Virgin Trains, to pull out of that contract early and
0:05:35 > 0:05:39because those companies would due to pay hundreds of millions and up to
0:05:39 > 0:05:44years of pounds to the government in those years, that money that the
0:05:44 > 0:05:48government and taxpayers may now not be getting. He says this is a
0:05:48 > 0:05:55decision that is hugely damaging to public fining is. A sign of some of
0:05:55 > 0:06:02the justification for Lord Adonis's argument is on the day this was
0:06:02 > 0:06:09announced, though price of Stagecoach went up.Deborah, he does
0:06:09 > 0:06:15go on to say why didn't he adopt the alternative course which was to set
0:06:15 > 0:06:22up state companies as well, doesn't he?Why didn't he do it? I sort of
0:06:22 > 0:06:28honed in on how the effect of this is that it is potentially going to
0:06:28 > 0:06:32cost taxpayers money, and if the people feeling the costs will be the
0:06:32 > 0:06:41rail users, we have all faced this. 3.6% rise potentially in your season
0:06:41 > 0:06:46tickets from Tuesday. It is warning that people will start tearing their
0:06:46 > 0:06:51backs on the railway. Cos of how costly it is becoming.Haven't we
0:06:51 > 0:06:58got some protests coming up? Commuter groups and opposition
0:06:58 > 0:07:01groups are planning protests across the country because of these rises.
0:07:01 > 0:07:08I'm not surprised. It will be an interesting start to the New Year.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11The Mail on Sunday, I had to read this twice, how did you take it when
0:07:11 > 0:07:16you saw it?Anything with Darren Sammy on the front page will raise
0:07:16 > 0:07:24an eyebrow. -- Dad's Army. It seems a long time ago that we were so
0:07:24 > 0:07:29overstretched that we needed to have captained manner in man our
0:07:29 > 0:07:40defences. There are people who can't get into the police force and they
0:07:40 > 0:07:44become special constables and they are largely unpaid. This is saying
0:07:44 > 0:07:50could we use volunteers for Farnborough ballpoints at the
0:07:50 > 0:07:59borders. -- vulnerable points. They may be access points from -- for
0:07:59 > 0:08:05jihad is returning from Syria. Perhaps it is the way, if it has
0:08:05 > 0:08:10worked in policing, maybe it will work on the border.They are saying
0:08:10 > 0:08:15it could come into force in 28 team. Less than 24 hours away. They have
0:08:15 > 0:08:23had a pilot scheme running. It is aborted talk about how rollerball --
0:08:23 > 0:08:29important to talk about how vulnerable they are. Much of the
0:08:29 > 0:08:34security forces have had to enjoy many cuts and efficiency savings and
0:08:34 > 0:08:39the fact is they don't have the size of the force necessary to protect
0:08:39 > 0:08:44our borders. They are obviously looking at ways to try and do this.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48It is obviously not ideal to have people without the power of arrest,
0:08:48 > 0:08:54I think it says, Manning these vulnerable points but maybe it is
0:08:54 > 0:08:59better than nothing. And the government needs to think about
0:08:59 > 0:09:06greater investment. The capability review is going on at the moment and
0:09:06 > 0:09:12the big focus in the media and I have been interested in it, is the
0:09:12 > 0:09:18defence element to it. Border protection, there are 12 strands of
0:09:18 > 0:09:23work and one of them is border protection, it is a cost neutral
0:09:23 > 0:09:28exercise that money will be flowing from certain areas into others so
0:09:28 > 0:09:31maybe we will see, given Brexit and everything, a greater push to
0:09:31 > 0:09:39protect our borders.The Home Office refusing to give details of how they
0:09:39 > 0:09:43will vet these volunteers. A little bit worrying?Encase you get some
0:09:43 > 0:09:50have a go hero who is dreaming of taking down illegal immigrants at
0:09:50 > 0:09:56the Irish border? I imagine there will be some concern. Charlie
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Elphicke, the MP for Dover, says there should be rate caution. This
0:09:59 > 0:10:06is something the unions dislike they say we have trained members, if you
0:10:06 > 0:10:10want this job done properly, invest in the services.Sunday Telegraph,
0:10:10 > 0:10:19credit card fees ban on shoppers.It seems it is to do with how when you
0:10:19 > 0:10:24click online and if you use your debit card it is free and if you use
0:10:24 > 0:10:30all ready card you get a charge. -- your credit card. The plan is to get
0:10:30 > 0:10:36rid of that but the Sunday Telegraph is revealing that they have learned
0:10:36 > 0:10:42that some retailers and other companies are planning to sneak
0:10:42 > 0:10:46around the rules by refusing credit card payments, increasing shelf
0:10:46 > 0:10:52prices, and introducing new service judges across the board. -- service
0:10:52 > 0:10:57charges. Is that of people paying the charge for credit cards,
0:10:57 > 0:11:02everyone will have to pay the extra which doesn't seem likely outcome
0:11:02 > 0:11:09the government wanted the method the ban on.Staying with the Telegraph,
0:11:09 > 0:11:17New Year party goers facing strikes and storms.This is Storm Dylan.
0:11:17 > 0:11:23Jeremy Paxman, in the FT yesterday, referred to New Year's Eve is the
0:11:23 > 0:11:28worst night of the year. Lots of people have stresses and strains
0:11:28 > 0:11:30without these things mounting on top but this year, it looks like you
0:11:30 > 0:11:35will have to be careful on the roads and trains and you will have to
0:11:35 > 0:11:41check the exits of any nightclubs. Have a great time!Hogmanay
0:11:41 > 0:11:48celebrations have kicked off fine. There hasn't hit yet. I think it is
0:11:48 > 0:11:58a three-day celebration. Super jab, very quick lead.
0:11:58 > 0:12:04It is true, it works. The flu is rubbish.Would your parents be happy
0:12:04 > 0:12:11to have this?If it is generally some kind of amazing jab that can
0:12:11 > 0:12:18cure flu, why is it only for this over 75.It is a super strong dose
0:12:18 > 0:12:26of the vaccine. Try what you can with that. The idea is if it works,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29it saves the health service money because people don't go back into
0:12:29 > 0:12:37hospital.Don't you find when you have the flu jab, you get sick?No.
0:12:37 > 0:12:43I'm a northerner, maybe that is it. Interestingly, though, a lot of
0:12:43 > 0:12:48elderly don't have the jab because they say, I don't need it.And they
0:12:48 > 0:12:55get sick. Giving them a super dose of it, you start worrying. This is
0:12:55 > 0:13:06nice dory. -- my story.You are outnumbered here. We are talking
0:13:06 > 0:13:10about mums on wedding certificates. It is fatally astonishing that in
0:13:10 > 0:13:16the 21st-century, your father of the bride name, and occupation on the
0:13:16 > 0:13:23certificate, but not other's. So, yeah.What is more astonishing is
0:13:23 > 0:13:29that when I got married, I didn't even question it. Isn't that bad?
0:13:29 > 0:13:34What does that say about me?This isn't the first time it has been
0:13:34 > 0:13:39attempted. Previous proposals failed because they hadn't considered same
0:13:39 > 0:13:47sex marriages, and part of it also was that they involved replacing
0:13:47 > 0:13:50tens of thousands of register books across the country, but I think this
0:13:50 > 0:13:54is a great step forward. And why didn't we ever pick this up before,
0:13:54 > 0:14:01Debra?Why weren't we angry?I think this has all been part of a
0:14:01 > 0:14:07campaign, as well. An interesting line here from the fatherhood
0:14:07 > 0:14:12Institute saying that this is long overdue and she wants and end to
0:14:12 > 0:14:19discrimination against fathers whose names are not routinely included on
0:14:19 > 0:14:22paperwork from schools and GP surgeries.I've never thought of
0:14:22 > 0:14:28that. Mean either.I deal with all the admin.This because we are good
0:14:28 > 0:14:34at it. You are not saying anything here. There was a legal challenge
0:14:34 > 0:14:40from heterosexual couple who said, we want a civil partnership because
0:14:40 > 0:14:42marriage is a patriarchal old-fashioned institution and this
0:14:42 > 0:14:45is some of the things that would address their concerns.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47That's it for the Papers this hour.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Thank you, Henry Mance and Deborah Haynes -
0:14:49 > 0:14:52you'll both be back at 11.30pm for another look at the stories
0:14:52 > 0:14:55making the news tomorrow.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Coming up next, Rebecca Jones presents Meet the Author.