27/01/2018 The Papers

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along the River Seine,

following some of the heaviest

rain for a century.

Hello, and welcome to our look ahead

to what the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow.

With me are Nigel Nelson,

who's the political editor

of the Sunday Mirror

and Sunday People,

and the journalist and

broadcaster, Penny Smith.

Again, it is lovely to have you

both.

The Sunday Times says Meghan Markle

plans to make a speech

at her wedding.

Donald Trump has criticised

Theresa May, according to the Mail

on Sunday, who say the US President

thinks the PM's approach to Brexit

hasn't been "tough enough."

The Independent on Sunday leads

with a dramatic picture of the bomb

in Kabul which has killed at least

95 people and injured many more.

The Telegraph says a Cabinet source

is warning of Brexit betrayal,

as civil servants backing remain

are handling the terms of departure

from the EU.

A crackdown on rogue

parking companies is

the Express's main story.

And the Observer leads with claims

that Academy schools are facing

a cash crisis.

So, a real variety of stories

on the front of the Sunday papers,

as there often is, though Brexit

is appears in some way,

shape, or form on several of them.

The Observer. Top academy schools

sound alarms.

A major trust are born

in of -- warning of overpay. The

thing is, what this says to me is

that, we keep on talking about

Brexit, I know you have talked about

it so much people slump forward, and

others say we need to leave right

now. The government has its

headlights on and Brexit so much,

all the other things we keep on

hearing about are being put on the

backburner, not being sorted out.

This is one of them. When they talk

about sounding the alarm, it is

alarming. We are talking about

children coming in through it into a

Brexit world. Of course, they need

to be educated and they need staff.

As a parent, I know we get rather

tetchy when we get messages via

parent mail and what have you saying

you need to pay for this and that

and the other.

The pens and tbe

books.

You should not have to.

You

want to do everything for your

child, but...

People should not have

to do that. We have a problem in

every single sector. This is the

tail-end of austerity. Finally,

everyone is saying...

Is it the

tail-end of austerity?

It is in the

sense we are coming out of it. This

is what is left over from the

austerity imposed from 2010. So,

schools have been underfunded. That

gets progressively worse. Academy

schools come up and then you have

police funding.

Social care... Yes.

Police, the seventh year of ten

years of austerity again. It is all

coming home to roost.

You are not

convinced it is over.

No. It would

be nice. Many would want to see that

light at the end of the tunnel. But

petrol is going up...

They want to

make it a way of life. What I am

saying is that the wages cap has

been lifted. There are signs of

things happening. Not because they

wanted it, though.

The Observer. A

revolt is possible against Theresa

May.

A health warning, we have just

had a reshuffle. Ministers not

promoted or moved where they want

are grumbling. The Observer is

saying she has three months to get

her act together or she would be

kicked out, or an attemped oust.

Many places like London and

Birmingham will go to the polls. If

she does not do well, they are

talking about getting rid of her.

Personally, I do not think it will

happen to be every Tory MP knows if

you risk that, you risk an election.

The supporters of the loser will try

to undermine the one winner, which

could lead to a Corbyn PM.

So...

May

will not go in May.

What is

interesting is the paper says the

alternatives would be the utter

destruction of the Tory Party.

I am

sure they will hold back. A lovely

picture. The first Danish person to

win a Grand Slam.

The image of her

face is wonderful. The Mail. Staying

on your favourite subject. Brexit!

Donald Trump says I would have done

this differently.

It is an interview

with Piers Morgan. He roamed over

various conversations, saying "May

is not tough on the EU, they are not

what they are cracked up to be, I'd

be tougher." How can we tell? Unless

we enter a parallel universe. I

would have said, "Right, you lot, I

will build a sea wall." And the

interesting thing is that in this he

seems to imply he has been invited

to visit Britain twice by Theresa

May. No one has any knowledge of

this. Number 10 says "Hmm, I don't

think so. Have we?" It is quite

interesting.

The reception in

France.

He says he thinks Emmanuel

Macron is a great guy. His wife is

fantastic. I like them a lot. We had

dinner at the top of the Eiffel

Tower. He said everything was

closed!

That is the most exciting

thing. As if it is not enough to get

the police... Presumably, well...

All right. Look, we'll turn to the

Telegraph, and it's Brexit again!

I

will just sit here for a minute.

Yes, umm, what they are reporting is

that a number of senior officials in

Theresa May's government, so, the

civil servants, they want a soft

Brexit and are pushing us in that

direction. She is going along with

it. Be talked about Philip Hammond

at Davos talking about a modest

difference between Britain after

Brexit with Europe. People are

blaming the Cabinet Secretary. And

Ali problems, the Chief Expert, it

depends on if you think it is a

betrayal like the Telegraph, or a

sensitive way forward. We do not

know what the government wants with

Brexit. Do they want a soft-hard,

something in the middle?

So, it is

like Mentos, hard on the outside...

Try boiled eggs.

It must be

frustrating that every detail of

this is splashed. Many people say

just let them get on with it.

Up to

a point, I understand that. Many

people are bored with it because so

little seems to be happening.

In The

Week, they have a Boring But

Important Section. You look down it

and you realise all you have been

thinking about is what you will have

for lunch.

Very quickly, council tax

bills to rise. Not something you

want to see on a Sunday morning.

They will go up, without a shadow of

a doubt. The government says they

are taking off the cap. Pretty much

all councils... I cannot think of a

council that has said we are having

a great time, we do not need money.

They are strapped for cash and want

more, up to £80.

The Express. You

must be happy with this story. If it

works! It sounds pretty easy. If you

do something wrong, you do not have

access to the database, but it is

not that easy.

I would be curious to

see how they get around this. It is

a plan by Sajid Javid, the

secretary, for private companies to

have a new code of practice to abide

by. If they do not what he will do

is cut off the right to go to DVLA

to get the name and addresses to get

tickets. They will not have money

coming in. How do you get around

that? Even if you decided you will

not have access to DVLA, there will

be no other way of finding out what

your personal details are.

Except...

Excuse me. Except on your car if

there is a bill on it, you have to

pay this, then...

A lot of people...

Yeah.

Many people will say... And it

says after it, I am sure it does...

I don't know. Exactly. Many people

would still pay, without, actually,

the fact they have your address.

If

they have it in black and white...

The advice of a gifted the

department is, don't think of it as

a parking ticket, think of it as an

invoice. And if you do not feel the

invoice is fair, do not pay.

You

have to go through the process of

saying, you know, I do not agree

with this. A lot of people do not

like the confrontation.

And also,

they are scared.

Great if it works

so very quickly. I hope it does

work.

Who will write the speech and what

will be XP?

Meghan Markle will speak

at a royal wedding and she will

change the script and do what she

wants and there may even be some

jokes and I say more power to her.

What a laugh. I think sometimes

weddings can be a little bit dull,

can't they? It will be fun.

I think

the trucks will get out, I think we

will hear about those.

And the point

is her dad is very private sweating

she may step up as head of the

family and speak.

All represents the

family. And also, why not?

Absolutely. Cannot wait. A nice

change for the Royal family. But the

papers. Thanks to Nigel and Penny.

Next, the film review. Have a lovely

night. Cheerio.