11/02/2018

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0:00:00 > 0:00:01in the United States.

0:00:01 > 0:00:05Theresa May and some of her senior ministers are to give speeches over

0:00:05 > 0:00:08the coming weeks setting out the future relationship the UK wants

0:00:08 > 0:00:13with the EU after Brexit.

0:00:22 > 0:00:25Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing

0:00:25 > 0:00:26us tomorrow.

0:00:26 > 0:00:28With me are parliamentary journalist, Tony Grew,

0:00:28 > 0:00:30and the writer and journalist, Caroline Frost.

0:00:30 > 0:00:32Most of tomorrow's front pages are in now.

0:00:32 > 0:00:38We promised everyone lively conversation. Well, I did. Don't let

0:00:38 > 0:00:38us down.

0:00:38 > 0:00:41The Metro leads with former Development Secretary Priti Patel's

0:00:41 > 0:00:44response to the Oxfam scandal, and her claims that exploitation

0:00:44 > 0:00:53in the aid sector is rife.

0:00:53 > 0:00:56The Express warns that icy weather is on its way,

0:00:56 > 0:00:56with forecasters saying blizzards could lead to power cuts and even

0:00:58 > 0:00:59affect mobile phone signals.

0:00:59 > 0:01:02The Guardian reports that £34 million of government funds could be

0:01:02 > 0:01:05at risk for Oxfam following the allegations of sexual misconduct.

0:01:05 > 0:01:07The Telegraph also leads on the former Development

0:01:07 > 0:01:10Secretary's comments that warnings about sexual exploitation in the aid

0:01:10 > 0:01:11sector had previously been dismissed.

0:01:11 > 0:01:15The Times has a story about time pressures at the Home Office over

0:01:15 > 0:01:18the need to create separate systems to register existing EU citizens

0:01:18 > 0:01:20and those who will arrive after March next year.

0:01:20 > 0:01:23And the Mirror has an investigation into the amount the NHS spends

0:01:23 > 0:01:25correcting botched plastic surgery carried out abroad.

0:01:25 > 0:01:28Lots of interesting front pages there, with many focusing

0:01:28 > 0:01:36on the Oxfam allegations.

0:01:36 > 0:01:43A bit of a change from the last hour. Still, many of them are

0:01:43 > 0:01:49focusing on the Oxfam allegations. We will start with the Times saying

0:01:49 > 0:01:56Oxfam ignored warnings on Haiti staff.It led with the story that

0:01:56 > 0:02:02there are new revelations staff are worried about some of the behaviour

0:02:02 > 0:02:21of the men using prostitutes. There are two or three major players in

0:02:21 > 0:02:25aid working. Some of the salaries involved at the top has been a major

0:02:25 > 0:02:30concern for years. Six figures sometimes. There are not 100

0:02:30 > 0:02:46charities the size of Oxfam. It is a small cartel of what you might call

0:02:46 > 0:02:49mega-charities, the charity industry, as it were.We rely on

0:02:49 > 0:02:51them to be professional and effective.Absolutely. The scandal

0:02:51 > 0:02:56has a long way to go. It shows this is not about the individual

0:02:56 > 0:02:59behaviour of a few people. It is about the culture within charities

0:02:59 > 0:03:05to bite James Landale, the diplomatic correspondent, he was

0:03:05 > 0:03:11talking about the sheer scale of the operations they are trying to mount.

0:03:11 > 0:03:17The chain of command gets diluted as well.We know this in terms of

0:03:17 > 0:03:21organisations like the UN, you have so many strata of accountability, as

0:03:21 > 0:03:24you shoot when so much money is being funnelled into countries all

0:03:24 > 0:03:30over the world, it can become quite hard to keep tabs. -- you should. It

0:03:30 > 0:03:35is not a kitchen cabinet, a cottage industry, of raise this money and it

0:03:35 > 0:03:40will come out here. You have governments involved, international

0:03:40 > 0:03:45banks, and, I mean, Oxfam, well, it is probably the biggest, in this

0:03:45 > 0:03:49country, I think, and it is certainly the default one. If in

0:03:49 > 0:03:54doubt, give your money to Oxfam. That is the rule of thumb if you are

0:03:54 > 0:04:00generous. They are robust, reliable, independent in countries from

0:04:00 > 0:04:06politics as could be possible, and still help people. Went something

0:04:06 > 0:04:14like this comes along, this is a big house of cards to topple. I agree,

0:04:14 > 0:04:18this will not be the last. With all the same with the metoo movement. It

0:04:18 > 0:04:23starts ripples of awareness. Things people did not worry about 10 years

0:04:23 > 0:04:28ago. The Times says one of the gentlemen the subject of this

0:04:28 > 0:04:31enquiry, he was sacked for his bad attitude towards women, which raised

0:04:31 > 0:04:37questions. This became a problem. But then he gave someone else a job.

0:04:37 > 0:04:42We are holding people to account in a way we did not a few years ago.On

0:04:42 > 0:04:47so many issues.And judging them according to a new set of standards.

0:04:47 > 0:04:50And obviously because it is a new age, many people and organisations

0:04:50 > 0:04:57are going to be found wanting.Some said the Oxfam scandal will be the

0:04:57 > 0:05:04tip of the iceberg. Priti Patel brought it up and was dismissed.The

0:05:04 > 0:05:08former developer and secretary says she raised concerns about sexual

0:05:08 > 0:05:13exportation to do with peacekeepers, but not charity workers. It comes

0:05:13 > 0:05:19back to culture, as I said. There is something to reflect on. We have

0:05:19 > 0:05:31heard nothing from the alleged victims. This is Western people

0:05:31 > 0:05:34talking to Western people about a Western scandal. I had some

0:05:34 > 0:05:37journalists will go to these countries and speak to them. It

0:05:37 > 0:05:42shows the way these people are viewed and objectified as victims by

0:05:42 > 0:05:50the Western gaze.It is very paternalistic. Charities absolute

0:05:50 > 0:05:55you rely on local workers to engage with local people. They are the

0:05:55 > 0:05:59people who know what is really needed.There is still a level above

0:05:59 > 0:06:06that which is driving around in 4x4s and staying in hotels, which we do

0:06:06 > 0:06:12not hear much about.The question is how do you make sure the rights of

0:06:12 > 0:06:17these people in developing countries, that you are sure you

0:06:17 > 0:06:20were helping them in the best way possible, and the only way to do

0:06:20 > 0:06:23that is to engage incredibly closely with communities and

0:06:23 > 0:06:29representatives. If it comes unstuck like this, a lot of good will are at

0:06:29 > 0:06:37risk.The Daily Telegraph. Take your sick children to the pharmacy, not

0:06:37 > 0:06:41the GP, save the NHS.I wrote about this two decades ago, and we touched

0:06:41 > 0:07:02on it earlier.I wrote the weddings page for the Hinkley Times. This is

0:07:02 > 0:07:09clearly not new news.They are an underused resource, the well

0:07:09 > 0:07:15educated and well informed and very experienced pharmacists. It is not

0:07:15 > 0:07:23just basically the tool of the GP to dish out those in screw the ball

0:07:23 > 0:07:30pots and pills that we look at and take in. -- inscrutible. Because the

0:07:30 > 0:07:37Accident and Emergency is so overused, especially in winter

0:07:37 > 0:07:39months, perhaps parents should consider taking their children as a

0:07:39 > 0:07:45first port of call to pharmacists instead. That obviously comes with a

0:07:45 > 0:07:49certain amount of risk because it could mean that parents feel obliged

0:07:49 > 0:07:55to perhaps downplayed their children's illness.I wonder what

0:07:55 > 0:08:01euphemisms they will use, the government, winter pressure. The

0:08:01 > 0:08:06system is crumbling.We say winter pressure every year, don't we?

0:08:06 > 0:08:13Exactly be but Accident and Emergency, it is not like the

0:08:13 > 0:08:18government just discovered pharmacies are good thing, this is

0:08:18 > 0:08:22just a desperate ploy to stop people presenting at Accident and

0:08:22 > 0:08:27Emergency. The focus should not be on children. Any doctor and nurse

0:08:27 > 0:08:31will tell you they prefer to see a child who is not that six but can

0:08:31 > 0:08:36give reassurance to their parents than the tragedy that can happen in

0:08:36 > 0:08:50the other direction. -- sick.A further 100,000 pounds pledged by

0:08:50 > 0:08:54George Soros to fight Brexit. What is he trying to do with this money?

0:08:54 > 0:09:06It is a campaign called Best for Britain, trying to campaign for a

0:09:06 > 0:09:09soft Brexit or even staying. £100,000, in the context of how much

0:09:09 > 0:09:27money is thrown around, it is a tiny amount of money. It says here "From

0:09:27 > 0:09:30small donations, £50,000 since Wednesday." There are some people in

0:09:30 > 0:09:45the country putting money forward. Theresa May does not have the

0:09:45 > 0:09:54majority for a hard Brexit. There is still room to change it. Many tends

0:09:54 > 0:10:01to turn to the rebels in their own party to say we are listening to you

0:10:01 > 0:10:08but we have to do something different. The same happened with

0:10:08 > 0:10:13the Iraq War.We will supposedly get more information from ministers in

0:10:13 > 0:10:21the coming weeks with a series of speeches.I know that Tony lives and

0:10:21 > 0:10:25breathes this stuff. I feel like we have already had a lot of speeches.

0:10:25 > 0:10:32I have to say someone not in the corridors of power, I know that

0:10:32 > 0:10:36Theresa May stood on those steps and get a good talk and then Jacob

0:10:36 > 0:10:40Rees-Mogg accused the Treasury is messing up. I know Boris Johnson is

0:10:40 > 0:10:45talking about building a bridge over the Channel. I am none the wiser. I

0:10:45 > 0:10:50want speeches to clarify these issues.The Times. Key migrant

0:10:50 > 0:10:55scheme may not be ready before Brexit. This is supposedly a system

0:10:55 > 0:11:00whereby people already here I dealt with different from those arriving

0:11:00 > 0:11:04during the transition period. -- are dealt.It will be interesting to see

0:11:04 > 0:11:08what the courts think about that. It is interesting that Theresa May has

0:11:08 > 0:11:23closed many avenues down during the process. She is tried to appease the

0:11:23 > 0:11:26heart Brexiteers in the party rather than the public interest. It is

0:11:26 > 0:11:29worrying, despite warnings from officials, she wants this system to

0:11:29 > 0:11:32register new arrivals by next year. Overall the office insisted those

0:11:32 > 0:11:36arriving during the transition period would not have automatic

0:11:36 > 0:11:40rights to remain. The Home Office faces having to resign and implement

0:11:40 > 0:11:46a new registration system for 13 months from now. -- design. For EU

0:11:46 > 0:11:59migrants arriving. The government has no idea how many EU citizens are

0:11:59 > 0:12:03in the country. Imagine how poorly this will be dealt with. This is a

0:12:03 > 0:12:07recipe for chaos. This is coming down the track. This change will

0:12:07 > 0:12:11happen in 30 months. The government is still having speeches about what

0:12:11 > 0:12:16Brexit might look like. -- 13.The transition period could be a bit

0:12:16 > 0:12:23elastic.Not if you are Jacob Rees-Mogg. He is quoted. It is easy

0:12:23 > 0:12:28to shout from the sidelines.The royal wedding timetable. What is it

0:12:28 > 0:12:38telling us?It is giving us the fall SP on the wedding of the year

0:12:38 > 0:12:41between Prince Harry of Wales and his fiancee, Meghan Markle, who you

0:12:41 > 0:12:48have interviewed. Frankly, I am looking for an outfit based on that

0:12:48 > 0:12:5312 minute encounter. Yes, I have, what can I tell you?What was she

0:12:53 > 0:13:13like those blue A big heart, huge compassion. This was pre-Harry days,

0:13:13 > 0:13:17back in her previous incarnation as an American star, Suits actress. She

0:13:17 > 0:13:21is already a UN ambassador in her own right. This is a young and

0:13:21 > 0:13:25determined lady who was already intent on using her platform as a

0:13:25 > 0:13:29successful American actress, not waiting for a prince charming.

0:13:29 > 0:13:44Clearly, they will be more than the sum of the parts in terms of the

0:13:44 > 0:13:45platform they can create together. That's