22/01/2018 The Papers

Hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow.

With me are Polly Curtis,

Editor-In-Chief of HuffPost UK

and Caroline Wheeler,

Deputy Political Editor

of the Sunday Times.

Welcome to you both.

Many of tomorrow's front

pages are already in.

The Financial Times leads

with the end of the US

government shutdown -

saying the Democrats have secured

assurances on immigration.

The Telegraph warns that obease

children are likely to suffer health

problems right through their lives.

The I goes with concerns

about the welfare of poultry -

saying that a million birds die

in transit every year.

Polly and Caroline -

let's start things off

The Guardian has an interview with

the head of the national cyber

Security Centre who says there will

be a major cyber attack on the next

couple of years. Many people in

Britain are needlessly taking

staters, in the Daily Express. Boris

Johnson will call for more money for

the NHS in The Times in a cabinet

meeting tomorrow. Just a flavour of

the front pages. Thank you very much

for being with us.

Polly and Caroline -

let's start things off

with our first story.

The Telegraph. Caroline, children

are obese at 11 doomed to an early

death. That is a rather horrific

headline.

It certainly is, as a

mother of three. Some fairly stark

warnings from the body which has put

together this report, suggesting one

in three children will be obese by

the time they leave primary school.

That is age 11. Some of the warnings

are that they are doomed in this

cycle of eating behaviour that will

actually cut short their life by ten

years and also their healthy life by

20 years. They are saying that

something needs to be done about it.

But it is the same things we hear

again and again. Saying there should

be less advertising on television of

things that are bad for us,

particularly targeted towards

children. And that they should stop

selling fast food outside schools.

As a mum, I don't think it goes far

enough. I really struggle with what

I feed my children. My little girl

has had one of those horrible

letters at five saying she is

overweight even though to the

average person...

From the school?

It comes from the public health

authority. They do random testing of

children at the beginning of primary

school and the end. To most people

she seems to look perfectly healthy.

But I will be the first person to

admit that I struggle with what I

feed my children. Because is so much

of what we give them is marketed as

something healthy. It says it has

one of your five a Day in it. But it

doesn't say that it is twice as much

fat and loads of sugar.

The Ukip story has been our main

story most of the day. The newspaper

not making too big a plate of it.

The political correspondents have

been having a ball with this story

all day. We have had resignation

after resignation of all of the

spokespeople from Ukip front bench,

they call it. Trying to force the

leader out. At the end of the day,

when we have all that on it, this is

the most you get on a front page

because people are just not that

interested in Ukip any more. It is a

small piece in the Daily Telegraph

just skirting over the issues.

The

infighting goes on. Henry Bolton

talking about draining the swamp of

the party's leadership.

It is

extraordinary language, isn't it?

But he isn't going anywhere despite

the fact his front bench have. It'll

be interesting to see if Nigel

Farage says anything because he does

resonate with the voters...

Resonate, rather than resonate.

CHUCKLES

The Financial Times, this story

about the shutdown in the US, which

has been resolved for the time being

with that deal.

It's only until the

8th of February. Given what we know

about Trump's position on this in

general it wouldn't surprise me if

we saw this issue blow back up again

fairly shortly. As of now there is a

deal, an interim deal, for the next

three weeks, so they can get on,

people can get paid, and go back to

work, which is great.

It is a lot of

theatre. The last paragraph says

that despite the political rank it

hasn't touched the dollar. The

economy will not feel it. It is a

lot of theatre.

Does it show the

dysfunctionality of the American

political system? The fact that it

can just shut down.

Dysfunctionality? In the American

Government? This is about the most

mundane thing that has happened.

It

really is. This is an ordinary thing

by today's standards.

A picture in

the FT of Davos. It's the World

Economic Forum where the global

elites get together on the snowy

slopes of Switzerland. Christine

Lagarde pictured, the managing

director of the IMF. The great and

the good of the world stage, they

get together and chat, it must.

Absolutely. The front pages are

split. -- get together and chat, it

must be a good thing. Theresa May

will be outnumbered by remain

supporters such as Angela Merkel.

Tony Blair is going to be there.

Will she meet Trump? That's the big

question. They are supposed to.

Rumours are he isn't happy. It might

be cordial. But then you have John

McDonnell who has been sneering at

all of these people all of these

years. The scene is set for a jolly

time.

It's a strange concept that

all of these world leaders meet in

this very beautiful but also

snowbound mountain top in

Switzerland.

It gives the FT a great

picture to lead on.

They are not big

on pictures on their front pages,

are they?

Exactly. It is a talking

shop. The great and the good meat to

go through the big economic issues

of the day.

The new look Guardian.

Do we like the new look?

I really

like it. I think it is great to

read. I finish every story.

You

finish every story!

CHUCKLES

I think it is really accessible and

really showcases their journalism

brilliantly.

They have an exclusive

about a warning of a cyber attack on

the UK. What do you make of that?

Scary, but, when you are at red

alert for terror attacks date to

day, is it the first worry?

It is

the head of the National cyber

Security Centre warning of a major

cyber attack. Saying it is a matter

of when not if.

We have had a few,

the one on the NHS was particularly

worrying. And there has been one

apartment with the suggestion that

it happened just days before an

election. -- there has been one on

Parliament. We are on a very high

state of readiness for any kind of

cyber or terrorist related activity

as it is.

And he is predicting

specifically in the next two years.

It will be a category one attack.

Defined as an assault which might

cripple infrastructure such as

energy supplies, financial services

sector, City of London, I guess,

another level from what we have had.

Sure.

That was the main story in the

Guardian. Also another one about

cladding post-Grenfell Tower. What

do you make of that? Only three of

the 160 social housing towers

identify dangerous after Grenfell

Tower have been known to be clouded.

There was so much concern over the

safety. -- to be recladded. Though

all of these towers which had a

similar risk and only three have

been changed. That is a real risk.

And especially the provenance that

story had. The devastation brought

that entire area. You would have

thought this would have been

massively high on the agenda. Given

housing is meant to be one of the

centre plank of this Government's

new Renaissance and new domestic

agenda.

All of the promises that

were made in the aftermath of the

attack, it is the same as the

housing for the people who were

living near Grenfell Tower, so many

are still in hotels.

Astonishing.

They have not been able to make up

for the failure which led to that

situation.

Really shocking.

Boris

Johnson is demanding £5 billion

extra for the NHS. He is apparently

going to say this at a cabinet

meeting tomorrow. Caroline, you do

not think this is a new story, do

you?

I spotted it in the Sunday

Times.

I think we all did.

We knew

he would make an intervention on the

NHS. Broadly speaking this has been

on the cards for quite some time.

The pledge that was emblazoned

across the bus during the referendum

campaign about putting money into

the NHS when we leave the EU has

been a thorn in his side ever since

it happened. Given the fact there

were questions over the numbers in

the first place. He needs to

detoxify that issue. The only way he

can do that is getting the

Government to sign up. What they are

talking about, when we leave the EU,

not necessarily, but from March next

year. But he isn't the only one.

Others have been bashing about the

NHS.

He does seem to stray from his

Foreign Office brief. Talking about

the health service, talking about

the bridge across the Channel to

France, and so on.

He doesn't seem

to follow many protocols. But nobody

is really raining him in.

I suppose

the bridge to France is part of the

Foreign Office brief. Who knows?

Also in the Times, the story about

Alison Saunders, head of the Crown

Prosecution Service, talking about

rape complainants who stay silent,

they risk the thought that they

consented to six.

I thought she

would be on the sign -- the side of

the victims. Somebody said it is

quite a normal response to being in

a very terrifying, violent situation

like rape to go quiet and not

scream. I am surprised.

The Times

says she is seeking to regain the

initiative after a series of

collapsed rape trials, which we have

seen.

But it seems to be at the

victims' expense.

And it doesn't

necessarily happen between strangers

in a darkened alleyway. It can

happen between a married couple.

Would you scream if you were in a

coercive relationship?

Very good

point.

Has she made a mistake with

this intervention?

I don't know, I

would like to read the rest of the

story tomorrow, but I am surprised

by it, yeah.

Another royal wedding

coming up. Are you excited?

It is

lovely news.

It is lovely news.

I

wonder how much it was delayed to

make way for another royal wedding.

Maybe they come in threes. I don't

know who is next. My favourite thing

about this story.

This is Princess

Eugenie, by the way, getting married

this autumn at the same venue as

Prince Harry. It is the place to get

married, isn't it?

Very trendy.

Is

the royal family being rejuvenated

and we generated by these young

royals?

I'm finding the

international interest in the

wedding is fascinating. Our readers

around the world are completely

gripped by it. They do not see any

squeamishness about celebrating a

rich and privileged family. There is

a debate in this country about the

place of the Royal family. But I

think young people, a lot of our

audience, and the international

audiences are well up for a bit of

good news and celebration.

I think

that's the same as the rest of the

country. There has been a lot of

Brexit, instability, will the Prime

Minister last, lots of front pages

dominated to doom and gloom. Then

you see some happy news and I do

think people start to feel that

although there is a campaign to have

another bank holiday, which would

boost morale.

We would get two,

possibly, but never mind. Many

thanks to both of you for coming in

and discussing tomorrow's front

pages.

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Thank you, Polly and Caroline.

Goodbye.