0:00:14 > 0:00:19Hello and welcome to our look at this morning's papers.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21With me are political commentator Vincent Moss and contributoring
0:00:21 > 0:00:25editor for the Daily Mail Ian Birrell.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Let's take a look at the front pages then.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32The Sunday Times reports that the new Justice Secretary
0:00:32 > 0:00:35is preparing to intervene to halt the release of the so-called "black
0:00:35 > 0:00:39cab rapist", John Worboys.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42The Mirror also leads on the future of John Worboys -
0:00:42 > 0:00:44reporting on concerns about whether he could return
0:00:44 > 0:00:49to the same flat he owned before going to jail.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52The Mail looks at the row surrounding the girlfriend of Ukip's
0:00:52 > 0:00:54party leader Henry Bolton - after she reportedly made racist
0:00:54 > 0:00:57remarks about Meghan Markle.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59The Sunday Telegraph has an interview with
0:00:59 > 0:01:02the new Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis , he tells the paper
0:01:02 > 0:01:09he wants to galvanise the party's digital campaigning.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11The Observer reports claims by Nigel Farage that pro-Europeans
0:01:11 > 0:01:13could overturn the result of the Brexit referendum,
0:01:13 > 0:01:18and that the Leave side has "stopped fighting".
0:01:18 > 0:01:21The Sunday Express claims economists are warning the EU that failing
0:01:21 > 0:01:26to reach a Brexit deal with Britain could cost it £500 billion.
0:01:26 > 0:01:32And The Sun claims TV host Ant McPartlin has filed for divorce
0:01:32 > 0:01:41from his wife of 11 years.
0:01:41 > 0:01:48Let's begin with The Observer, how our historic Brexit vote could be
0:01:48 > 0:01:52reversed phase Nigel Farage. It doesn't seem very likely but he is
0:01:52 > 0:01:58saying that pro-EU people, Remainers are campaigning harder now than
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Leavers.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01are campaigning harder now than Leavers.He's right about that. You
0:02:01 > 0:02:04could argue that the Leavers won the argument so they are sitting back
0:02:04 > 0:02:10and Nigel Farage eyes on the is saying unless something changes you
0:02:10 > 0:02:13could have a second referendum on the Leave Campaign could lose. It
0:02:13 > 0:02:17looks increasingly unlikely that there will be a second referendum
0:02:17 > 0:02:22but I think the argument is not necessarily one and that's the point
0:02:22 > 0:02:26Nigel Farage is making. He says there is a majority in parliament
0:02:26 > 0:02:30who are Remainers and that's a problem.Is this a rallying call to
0:02:30 > 0:02:35the Leave Campaign in a way?I think it's partly about the fact Nigel is
0:02:35 > 0:02:39feeling unloved and missing the spotlight. He said something on a TV
0:02:39 > 0:02:44show which sparked a few headlines and he's pushing it hard. It's also
0:02:44 > 0:02:48about saying I'm the best campaign on this issue and it's all being
0:02:48 > 0:02:51lost and people aren't campaigning hard enough. Having a go at his
0:02:51 > 0:02:56rivals on it. Also I think it's about the fact there is still this
0:02:56 > 0:03:02problem in defining the Brexit the leave camp want. There is a variety
0:03:02 > 0:03:06of different Brexits being presented and I think he's pushing for a hard
0:03:06 > 0:03:12edge Brexit and keep pressure up and trying to revolt Leaver revive a
0:03:12 > 0:03:17role for himself as a person who believes in a hard Brexit. But
0:03:17 > 0:03:20reality seems to be intruding and people are finding it harder to
0:03:20 > 0:03:25define what is the sort of Brexit we want to find something that works
0:03:25 > 0:03:29for everyone involved.As we go into the trade negotiations it seems it's
0:03:29 > 0:03:32all to play for still in terms of what sort of Brexit it ends up
0:03:32 > 0:03:37being.That's right. I think the fear from Nigel Farage and the Leave
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Campaign is the idea that there might be a form that still sees
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Britain in the customs union and single market. He is part of this
0:03:44 > 0:03:49push back and there is a lack of definition from some of the leave
0:03:49 > 0:03:53aside about what they are seeking. That's part of the problem. I'm not
0:03:53 > 0:03:58too sure how interested many of the readers will be in the process of
0:03:58 > 0:04:02this story but in terms of the details it's not going to go away
0:04:02 > 0:04:06and will continue to run and run as a story on the front page of The
0:04:06 > 0:04:12Observer but I'm not sure it's worthy of a front-page, in terms of
0:04:12 > 0:04:16every little bit of it.The front page of your paper The Mail on
0:04:16 > 0:04:23Sunday and a story about the current Ukip leader Henry Bolton, or really
0:04:23 > 0:04:28his girlfriend talking about the fiancee of Prince Harry Meghan
0:04:28 > 0:04:35Markle and a series of text messages.It follows on from the
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Farage story. Here is his former party, they seem to have a new
0:04:38 > 0:04:43leader every week and the leader is seen to run into also some personal
0:04:43 > 0:04:47issues. Here we have a leader who's had a Danish wife and then a Russian
0:04:47 > 0:04:51wife and now he's moved in with this other person. Obviously that's up to
0:04:51 > 0:04:55him but she doesn't appear to be the most appealing character and she
0:04:55 > 0:05:00shows up what a lot of people think Ukip is really all about under the
0:05:00 > 0:05:03surface with a lot of people. I think for them you've got this
0:05:03 > 0:05:07fringe group which has diminished interest in the public debate. It
0:05:07 > 0:05:11won its big argument and has become a fringe group and its going through
0:05:11 > 0:05:17this ludicrous process.These are text messages from Jo Marney. We
0:05:17 > 0:05:21won't go into the details of what they say but obviously we are used
0:05:21 > 0:05:28to reporting about people's Twitter messages, their posts on Facebook.
0:05:28 > 0:05:34But these are text messages.Yes, that's what I find interesting. The
0:05:34 > 0:05:41content is horrendous and unpleasant and racist and Jo Marney has been
0:05:41 > 0:05:44suspended and has apologised. What's interesting is the context. This
0:05:44 > 0:05:51isn't something that we've seen posted on a public website. It looks
0:05:51 > 0:05:55as though these are text messages sent to someone else who has then
0:05:55 > 0:06:00passed them on to the newspaper, to The Mail on Sunday. That is an
0:06:00 > 0:06:05interesting point about when is it acceptable to print people's text
0:06:05 > 0:06:08messages because many people put things in text messages but they
0:06:08 > 0:06:12wouldn't want to see in a newspaper. In this case I suspect when a Mail
0:06:12 > 0:06:17on Sunday would argue there is a big public interest because he is the
0:06:17 > 0:06:21leader of a political party but it's an interesting area because it is
0:06:21 > 0:06:27different from something you put on a public facing forum.The BBC
0:06:27 > 0:06:32haven't seen these messages independently and also Jo Marney has
0:06:32 > 0:06:36said "I apologise unreservedly for the shocking language I used. The
0:06:36 > 0:06:39opinions I expressed were deliberately exaggerated to make a
0:06:39 > 0:06:43point and have it to an extent been taken out of context but I fully
0:06:43 > 0:06:49recognise the offence they have caused". She is apologising.She is
0:06:49 > 0:06:53but there's no doubt whether they are exaggerated or not, they are
0:06:53 > 0:06:56vile and deeply racist and give an insight into the person who is
0:06:56 > 0:07:02currently the partner of a leader of a political party.Should he resign?
0:07:02 > 0:07:07I'm not sure many people care about Ukip and to their current leader is
0:07:07 > 0:07:11but I think he looks a diminished figure from a very small standard
0:07:11 > 0:07:16already. I think there is a genuine public interest. If it was Theresa
0:07:16 > 0:07:20May's partner or Jeremy Corbyn's partner expressing those views it
0:07:20 > 0:07:26would be a legitimate area of press concerned.Let's talk about how to
0:07:26 > 0:07:31fight the next election. The Tories, it's well known that Labour, OK they
0:07:31 > 0:07:38didn't win the last election but arguably they won the election
0:07:38 > 0:07:41online, in terms of getting younger people out of eight they were very
0:07:41 > 0:07:48successful and the Tories want to try and match them.Labour did do
0:07:48 > 0:07:51well in the digital area and the Conservatives recognise they've got
0:07:51 > 0:07:55some catching up to do. There have been some funny examples recently
0:07:55 > 0:07:59how badly the Conservatives have done their social media so they are
0:07:59 > 0:08:03trying to improve on it. The Sunday Telegraph has eight interview with
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Brandon Lewis and he says he wants to get shy Tories out there in the
0:08:07 > 0:08:19digital world and wants to give them a toolkit of gifs and videos and
0:08:19 > 0:08:24graphics and all the rest of it. This recognition of a way of
0:08:24 > 0:08:26engaging with younger voters and moving away from things like
0:08:26 > 0:08:31newspapers, sadly and more into social media. It's an interesting
0:08:31 > 0:08:34story about what the plans are for the new Conservative chairman and
0:08:34 > 0:08:39how he wants to reinvigorate their base among young voters.No one
0:08:39 > 0:08:42knows this better than Brandon Lewis because the Tory party managed to
0:08:42 > 0:08:47announce someone else had his job during the reshuffle. Their
0:08:47 > 0:08:50communications operation put the wrong name in the frame. There is a
0:08:50 > 0:08:55more fundamental problem, for the Tories young devotees didn't vote
0:08:55 > 0:09:02for them -- younger voters didn't vote for them. There is a more
0:09:02 > 0:09:05fundamental problem which is the current conservative message which
0:09:05 > 0:09:09is tough on immigration, tough on borders and above all Brexit doesn't
0:09:09 > 0:09:14appeal to people in their 20s, 30s and 40s. All the polling data shows
0:09:14 > 0:09:19that. You can build houses, change but ultimately it's not the method
0:09:19 > 0:09:23but the core message. For the Conservative Party at the moment
0:09:23 > 0:09:26back core message is deeply unappealing to young people and
0:09:26 > 0:09:30that's the problem they've got. Given that they are stuck on this
0:09:30 > 0:09:33track of going for Brexit and pushing it through and being
0:09:33 > 0:09:36identified with it, and it's really something we are having because of
0:09:36 > 0:09:40the ruptures and divisions in the Conservative Party, this is the
0:09:40 > 0:09:45problem they've got. It is something inherently unpopular with younger
0:09:45 > 0:09:49people.Let's stay with The Sunday Telegraph. They've also got a story
0:09:49 > 0:09:55about Carillion which does construction as well as other things
0:09:55 > 0:09:58and they are in serious trouble. They are clearly part of the
0:09:58 > 0:10:05government's plans for HS2 and so on.This will be the big story of
0:10:05 > 0:10:10the week, they have huge debts of about 1.6 billion, a pension fund
0:10:10 > 0:10:13black hole of 600 million and a company that looks as though it is
0:10:13 > 0:10:16on the brink of collapse. So far the government has been fairly quiet and
0:10:16 > 0:10:21I think it needs to probably come to the House of Commons tomorrow and
0:10:21 > 0:10:24explain what it's going to do. If this company collapses it would be
0:10:24 > 0:10:29bad news not just for the people who work there, it would be terrible for
0:10:29 > 0:10:32public services and then there's the banks and the shareholders. People
0:10:32 > 0:10:37may not feel that much pity for banks and shareholders but it's a
0:10:37 > 0:10:39problem the government hasn't really said what it's going to do about it
0:10:39 > 0:10:44and it needs to get a grip on the situation and explain its plans.
0:10:44 > 0:10:54Let's go to The Sunday Times. John Warboys the black cab rapist and the
0:10:54 > 0:10:58Justice Secretary preparing to intervene, says The Sunday Times, to
0:10:58 > 0:11:01try and stop his release which was sanctioned by the parole board. This
0:11:01 > 0:11:07is hugely controversial and it looks like David Gauke has been under
0:11:07 > 0:11:11pressure from other Cabinet ministers to make the parole board
0:11:11 > 0:11:16have another look at this.He's in a difficult position because clearly
0:11:16 > 0:11:20there are valid questions over the prosecution and whether this guy,
0:11:20 > 0:11:24who was convicted of one rape and a variety of sexual assaults, but
0:11:24 > 0:11:33there's lots of women who say there are cases that went taken up and
0:11:33 > 0:11:38prosecuted. Due process has been followed and there is questions over
0:11:38 > 0:11:40in forming the victims but the judicial system is operating
0:11:40 > 0:11:46correctly. The new Justice Secretary has a difficult conundrum which is
0:11:46 > 0:11:50many people feel this guy shouldn't be released, he remains a danger and
0:11:50 > 0:11:56he's terrifying for a lot of those people who he abused and attacked.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00There is a political pressure to do something about it.What do you
0:12:00 > 0:12:05think will be the outcome?It's hard to go down the route of a judicial
0:12:05 > 0:12:10review because the release is not the issue, potentially. The parole
0:12:10 > 0:12:12board may well have followed everything correctly. The issue is
0:12:12 > 0:12:18the sentence and whether enough of the prosecutions were followed
0:12:18 > 0:12:24through with. There's potentially 100 victims.12 victims were part of
0:12:24 > 0:12:29the case in the trial so there are others.Allegedly there are up to 93
0:12:29 > 0:12:34other cases out there so it's a big problem. I can understand the fears
0:12:34 > 0:12:37of the victims because it is highly likely I would imagine that he will
0:12:37 > 0:12:42be given a new identity and all the rest of it. It's possible he could
0:12:42 > 0:12:47be linked near his victims and they wouldn't necessarily know.A
0:12:47 > 0:12:50suggestion the parole board should do more or be entitled to do more to
0:12:50 > 0:12:55explain their decisions. I think at the moment they can't really go into
0:12:55 > 0:12:59the details of how they reach a decision. In future that would be a
0:12:59 > 0:13:03better way forward.It would help people have more confidence in the
0:13:03 > 0:13:09system. If there's a lesson from this, should be looking at our rape
0:13:09 > 0:13:14cases and these serious sexual assault cases, are they still taken
0:13:14 > 0:13:17seriously enough and are they being prosecuted in. That is the
0:13:17 > 0:13:22fundamental issue I think.The Observer's front-page story is about
0:13:22 > 0:13:28Donald Trump not coming to Britain for a visit and it says his
0:13:28 > 0:13:31deteriorating relationship with Britain is likely to kill off any
0:13:31 > 0:13:37lingering Cabinet hopes of a Swift post-Brexit deal with the US. Is
0:13:37 > 0:13:42there a deteriorating relationship? There's got to be. Just the recent
0:13:42 > 0:13:45story we saw about him pulling out of the opening of the new American
0:13:45 > 0:13:51embassy and the general anti-Trump rhetoric over here can hardly endear
0:13:51 > 0:13:55us to the Americans.Surely we aren't the only country with
0:13:55 > 0:14:00anti-Trump rhetoric.Know but it's always about the special
0:14:00 > 0:14:03relationship and they would be a greater focus on us. We look as
0:14:03 > 0:14:08though we really don't like Trump and whatever the views are of him a
0:14:08 > 0:14:12lot of people voted for him and he is the president. These comments are
0:14:12 > 0:14:18from a former British ambassador in Washington pointing this out. There
0:14:18 > 0:14:23is a poll highlighting 70% of Brits think Trump is an trustworthy and
0:14:23 > 0:14:27not a good bet. It's really highlighting the obvious because
0:14:27 > 0:14:33America is critical to our post-Brexit trade plants. If we
0:14:33 > 0:14:36can't get a deal with America than Britain will really be struggling
0:14:36 > 0:14:41and that would be bad news is the Theresa May and Liam Fox.Does the
0:14:41 > 0:14:45trade deal really depend on what Donald Trump thinks of us?He has an
0:14:45 > 0:14:49influence on it because he is the leader of the government and if he
0:14:49 > 0:14:55wants to stay me it he could. As we know he's not a conventional
0:14:55 > 0:15:02politician so he could easily stymie it. Canada took seven years famously
0:15:02 > 0:15:08to get a trade deal with the European Union. This is a deal of
0:15:08 > 0:15:11incredible complexity. The idea you could do it in a few months as a
0:15:11 > 0:15:15pipe dream. It's always going to be a long, complicated, difficult
0:15:15 > 0:15:21process. In that respect I think the row over whether Trump is upset by
0:15:21 > 0:15:25not being able to meet the Queen or come to a royal wedding or open his
0:15:25 > 0:15:30embassy is a red herring.The last story in The Sunday Times, it's
0:15:30 > 0:15:37dried January all year. They are saying traditional January detox
0:15:37 > 0:15:42could last all year because of new government health guidelines.The
0:15:42 > 0:15:46headline makes it sound like it's about alcohol but it's more about
0:15:46 > 0:15:49food. Public Health England talking about calorific intake and saying
0:15:49 > 0:15:55that we should all be calorie capping lunch and dinner at 600
0:15:55 > 0:15:59calories and breakfast at 400, and saying the guidelines for women
0:15:59 > 0:16:07would be about 2000 a day and men 2500, pointing out a Kentucky mighty
0:16:07 > 0:16:13bucket for one is 1200 calories. It's less about alcohol and more
0:16:13 > 0:16:19about eating less.You've got to share your bucket for one because it
0:16:19 > 0:16:28is 1200 calories than say 600 -- and they say that 600 is the maximum.
0:16:28 > 0:16:34Are you guys doing dried January? Occasionally, with the odd day off.
0:16:34 > 0:16:44I started.I feel rather better for it. I don't know whether it will
0:16:44 > 0:16:50last all year.You are a model for a healthy living!
0:16:50 > 0:16:51That's it for The Papers.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Thanks to Vincent and Ian.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Just a reminder we take a look at tomorrow's front pages every
0:16:56 > 0:17:05evening at 10.40pm here on BBC News.