0:00:14 > 0:00:17Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
0:00:17 > 0:00:18bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20With me are Charlie Wells, deputy Snapchat editor
0:00:20 > 0:00:23at the Economist and Hugh Muir, associate editor at The Guardian.
0:00:23 > 0:00:29Tomorrow's front pages, starting with...
0:00:29 > 0:00:31The Metro says Theresa May is planning new measures
0:00:31 > 0:00:41to help the UK cut down on its throwaway culture.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44There's also a picture that of Meghan Markle on her visit to
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Brixton.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Following her reshuffle, the Mail says the Prime Minister has
0:00:51 > 0:00:53made the cabinet more inclusive and representative of the UK.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56There are now more women and MPs from minority backgrounds.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Warnings from EU regulators on the consequences of a no-deal
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Brexit, is the lead in the Financial Times.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Meanwhile the Telegraph says Germany is planning to scupper plans
0:01:05 > 0:01:06for a bespoke UK trade deal.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08The Express highlights the plight of some pensioners.
0:01:08 > 0:01:16It reports that many are struggling to live on £7000 a year.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19The Guardian says Donald Trump wants to loosen the rules regarding the
0:01:19 > 0:01:23use of nuclear weapons. A hospital in Oxford which is delaying
0:01:23 > 0:01:33treatment for terminally ill cancer patients is the Times' top story.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36The i focusses on the gender pay gap at the BBC,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38following the corporation's decision to take Winifred Robinson,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41off Radio 4, after she posted her views on the issue.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46We are going to start with the Financial Times. Brussels serves
0:01:46 > 0:01:52notice of no Deal Brexit for UK industry.Say this is an interesting
0:01:52 > 0:01:55and probably frustrating strategy for Brexit supporters in the UK.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00Essentially what has been going on is the EU has been telling business
0:02:00 > 0:02:05leaders in a very wide array of industries ranging from pig breeders
0:02:05 > 0:02:11to drug makers that they need to be prepared for a no deal Brexit.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Theresa May isn't doing this, this is the European Union century
0:02:15 > 0:02:19speaking to Sara gets in some sense here in the UK and telling them they
0:02:19 > 0:02:25need to be ready. This seems to indicate that the EU is much more
0:02:25 > 0:02:34prepared to negotiate than the UK is.It would seem prudent, wouldn't
0:02:34 > 0:02:38it, that British industry, farming, whatever, British society, is
0:02:38 > 0:02:44prepared for a possible no deal. Yes, but the significance of this is
0:02:44 > 0:02:48that all through the negotiations so far we've been led to believe that
0:02:48 > 0:02:56the no deal Brexit is almost a joke in the pack and our secret weapon
0:02:56 > 0:03:01here and if we deploy that Europe will be completely befuddled. This
0:03:01 > 0:03:04is saying, no they won't. They know that's an option and they are
0:03:04 > 0:03:12preparing for that very well. The Financial Times says David Davis is
0:03:12 > 0:03:18very angry about the warnings the EU have been giving to people to be
0:03:18 > 0:03:23prepared for the no deal Brexit. He seems surprised that some British
0:03:23 > 0:03:28companies might have to decamp to the continent if there isn't a deal.
0:03:28 > 0:03:35Didn't we know all that already? It does seem to be something dawning
0:03:35 > 0:03:38upon the Brexiteers and the government that just seemed obvious
0:03:38 > 0:03:42to begin with. There's a quote here from the Brussels to spokesman
0:03:42 > 0:03:46saying we are surprised the UK Government is surprised that the
0:03:46 > 0:03:50commission is preparing for a no deal scenario. I think you can add
0:03:50 > 0:03:55me to that, I'm surprised too.The front page of The Daily Telegraph on
0:03:55 > 0:04:00a similar thing, German threat to Brexit trade deal. Angela Merkel
0:04:00 > 0:04:07strong opposition may torpedo blueprint. There were some who were
0:04:07 > 0:04:11hoping Angela Merkel doesn't form a coalition and doesn't get back into
0:04:11 > 0:04:15power.What we've seen since the election in Germany is that Angela
0:04:15 > 0:04:21Merkel is somewhat diminished. What we see with this story being on the
0:04:21 > 0:04:25front page is that she still does hold a strong degree of sway. What
0:04:25 > 0:04:29she seems to be doing here and why Brexiteers are probably worried, is
0:04:29 > 0:04:36that she and her German allies are taking issue with this three baskets
0:04:36 > 0:04:41approach that Britain seems to be trying to pursue with Britain, in
0:04:41 > 0:04:44which Britain would look at areas where it wants to a line with
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Europe, areas where it wants to diverged with Europe, and areas in
0:04:48 > 0:04:52the middle. Angela Merkel is saying, that is cherry picking and it's not
0:04:52 > 0:04:57going to happen.Precisely the kind of deal if the UK got it that might
0:04:57 > 0:05:02make it rather nice for other countries to leave the European
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Union.Which is why in the cold light of day Europe aren't
0:05:06 > 0:05:10necessarily going to play along with that. This is all about the imagery.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14They are saying you won't get this free basket scenario because it
0:05:14 > 0:05:19sounds like another version of having your cake and eating it.
0:05:19 > 0:05:25Aspiration that you foist before. Again, it just seems that in a way
0:05:25 > 0:05:29they are kind of ahead of us in terms of where we want to go
0:05:29 > 0:05:33strategically. I'm not sure that we are springing many surprises on them
0:05:33 > 0:05:38at all.I wanted to talk about negotiating which you were getting
0:05:38 > 0:05:43at. Over the past few days we had seen Theresa May struggle to get
0:05:43 > 0:05:49what she wants from members of her own party or in her own government.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I can only imagine what it might be like behind closed doors when
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Theresa May is sitting down with EU negotiators trying to get what she
0:05:55 > 0:06:02wants from the second-largest economy in the world, with 27 member
0:06:02 > 0:06:07states who are likely in opposition to her position, that worries me.We
0:06:07 > 0:06:11almost seemed to be proceeding as if all of the shenanigans that we have
0:06:11 > 0:06:17here, the farce, the comedic nature of the reshuffle that we seen in the
0:06:17 > 0:06:20last 48 hours, doesn't translate itself across the water. If they
0:06:20 > 0:06:24don't know what's going on and on saying here is another illustration,
0:06:24 > 0:06:29the fact she's not in control.To be fair with the massive loss of
0:06:29 > 0:06:34authority that she ended up having as a result of the election last
0:06:34 > 0:06:39year, she still managed to get through to the second phase of talks
0:06:39 > 0:06:44with the European Union. She still managed to find her feet and move
0:06:44 > 0:06:50forward.She's clearly limping. She's still on her feet, but
0:06:50 > 0:06:56limping. LAUGHTERThere's an interesting point in the sense that
0:06:56 > 0:07:00EU ministers seem a bit optimistic that some countries, the Nordics,
0:07:00 > 0:07:04the Netherlands and what have you, might not be completely on-board
0:07:04 > 0:07:09with Germany's position. I think if I were a Brexiteer which I certainly
0:07:09 > 0:07:14am not, that might be some room for optimism. If the 27 member states
0:07:14 > 0:07:19start afraid, then there potentially is some room in the negotiations for
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Britain but that's probably quite unlikely.Brexiteers would say to
0:07:23 > 0:07:28you, be positive, that's the point. The front page of The Telegraph has
0:07:28 > 0:07:33a cartoon with a lovely take on it. A guy comes in and find a dog on the
0:07:33 > 0:07:37sofa. He says to his wife, I'm not going to ask him to move because
0:07:37 > 0:07:41when he refuses my authority will be weakened.Staying on the front page
0:07:41 > 0:07:47of The Telegraph, a quick look at this. Black cab rapist could be free
0:07:47 > 0:07:54to contact victims after his release. This is John Warboys who
0:07:54 > 0:07:58was given parole.This is startling and is a story we've been seeing in
0:07:58 > 0:08:03the papers over the weekend. Just the fact that Mr Warboys potentially
0:08:03 > 0:08:06could be free within a matter of weeks, it sounds like it's going to
0:08:06 > 0:08:14be up to his parole officer whether or not he can contact his victims.
0:08:14 > 0:08:20That seems incredibly problematic to me. Sexual abuse is a huge issue.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23It's an emotional issue and it can trigger people. I'm highly concerned
0:08:23 > 0:08:29that someone could contact someone who had had that sort of experience
0:08:29 > 0:08:33and something needs to be done about this.The problem is not necessarily
0:08:33 > 0:08:37those women involved in the cases that brought convictions, it's those
0:08:37 > 0:08:41women who came forward afterwards because he can't necessarily contact
0:08:41 > 0:08:45those involved in those cases, but there is no prohibition on him
0:08:45 > 0:08:52contacting those who were making allegations after. It is a serious
0:08:52 > 0:08:56thing. It will be a big thing for the Justice Secretary to sort out.
0:08:56 > 0:09:04He's already called an enquiry. The Financial Times, Pyongyang and 's
0:09:04 > 0:09:12hole seek to ease tensions with Winter Olympics thaw.It's about the
0:09:12 > 0:09:16healing power of sport in that the bridal area, there are talks between
0:09:16 > 0:09:23North Korea and South Korea and on the back of a promise that North
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Korea might be able to send athletes to next month's Winter Olympics in
0:09:27 > 0:09:32South Korea, they seem to have gone on and are now talking about holding
0:09:32 > 0:09:40military talks. Which is, in a way, quite heartening. The tensions there
0:09:40 > 0:09:44have been so worrying for a while. But not good for President Trump
0:09:44 > 0:09:49because of course he's been trying to enlist South Korea to try and
0:09:49 > 0:09:53freeze out North Korea and one of the repercussions of the talks might
0:09:53 > 0:09:58be that South Korea might actually relax some of the sanctions in
0:09:58 > 0:10:03particular to allow athletes to come to the Winter Olympics. There are
0:10:03 > 0:10:06many reasons The Donald Trump not to be too happy to night but there's
0:10:06 > 0:10:12another one.Let's go straight onto The Guardian, US to loosen rules on
0:10:12 > 0:10:16use of nuclear arms. Proposal raises fears of conflict amid concerns over
0:10:16 > 0:10:24Trump's temperaments stop -- Trump's temperaments stop yellow nuclear
0:10:24 > 0:10:27powers have needed to update their rules for a long period of
0:10:29 > 0:10:33they need to be updated, nuclear technology has certainly changed and
0:10:33 > 0:10:37a lot of the capabilities of certain countries especially in the US need
0:10:37 > 0:10:43to change. A lot of these nuclear weapons are ageing. That said, this
0:10:43 > 0:10:48piece speaks to some experts who are concerned that some of these rules
0:10:48 > 0:10:53go a bit too loose. So that the United States could theoretically
0:10:53 > 0:10:56use nuclear weapons in moments when they are not being attacked by
0:10:56 > 0:11:02nuclear weapons themselves. The fear is that this could change how other
0:11:02 > 0:11:05countries think that they could potentially use their nuclear
0:11:05 > 0:11:09weapons and theoretically could use us to a state where we are closer to
0:11:09 > 0:11:12a nuclear confrontation which I think nobody wants.The context is
0:11:12 > 0:11:16that all the while, while we are having these discussions and talking
0:11:16 > 0:11:24about maybe using a low yield nuclear warheads, we are normalising
0:11:24 > 0:11:30the idea of a nuclear conflict.We are talking about it constantly.If
0:11:30 > 0:11:34it happened it will be bad, it might not be terrible, we would survive
0:11:34 > 0:11:39that...The proposed bloody nosed strategy that America is talking
0:11:39 > 0:11:45about in terms of a strategic attack on a North Korean installation if
0:11:45 > 0:11:50they had another test.There is no way the United States could conduct
0:11:50 > 0:11:58a bloody nose attack or a stealth strategy into North Korea.It would
0:11:58 > 0:12:03leave Seoul pretty open to attack. Steve Bannon, the intellectual
0:12:03 > 0:12:08underpinning of the populist revolution in America and just a few
0:12:08 > 0:12:13months ago the chief counsellor to the president is out of Breitbart.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18The right-wing website that really put him on the map. Extraordinary.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22This is a story that changes day by day and the allegiances seem to
0:12:22 > 0:12:26change Day by day. Steve Bannon of course was quoted extensively in
0:12:26 > 0:12:35that book, the Michael Wolff book Fire and Fury. He said some things
0:12:35 > 0:12:44which I think he tried to row back on yesterday.Editing some people
0:12:44 > 0:12:48who helped to fund Breitbart which was a big supporter of Trump and the
0:12:48 > 0:12:53word was that they were threatening to withdraw their funding. They had
0:12:53 > 0:12:57talks about Steve Bannon and what to do about him and it looks as if he's
0:12:57 > 0:13:04out.It means that Donald Trump is the intellectual force behind this
0:13:04 > 0:13:08populist revolution now. When it always was Steve Bannon, yet he's
0:13:08 > 0:13:14gone and is Donald Trump really that kind of person?Donald Trump was
0:13:14 > 0:13:18registered as a Democrat for a while. I think you have your answer
0:13:18 > 0:13:22from that. I think it speaks to the fact that Donald Trump's base once
0:13:22 > 0:13:26words. They like the things he says. He has a track record of saying
0:13:26 > 0:13:29things that they want to hear and they don't really care about
0:13:29 > 0:13:36policies. They don't even think government should do things. And a
0:13:36 > 0:13:39peripheral figure, granted Steve Bannon was quite close but has gone
0:13:39 > 0:13:43into the periphery, I don't think that base is going to care much
0:13:43 > 0:13:46about a satellite getting loose.I think the chaos could be important
0:13:46 > 0:13:51depending on what happens with Robert Mueller's investigation.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56Finally on the front of some of the front pages, The Daily Mail has a
0:13:56 > 0:14:02picture of Meghan Markle. The crowd shout, we love you, as she visits
0:14:02 > 0:14:07Brixton. Apparently a lots of them were saying we aren't interested in
0:14:07 > 0:14:11Harry, it's Meghan we want to see. As a fellow American who lived in
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Britain, I'm happy to see that. I've been a fan of hers since her early
0:14:15 > 0:14:30days on TV and I have Meghan mania also. I'm a big Suits fan.Thank you
0:14:30 > 0:14:34so much for looking at some of the stories behind the headlines.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35That's it for The Papers tonight.
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0:14:46 > 0:14:48Thank you Charlie Wells and Hugh Muir.
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