11/02/2018 The Papers

in the United States.

Theresa May and some of her senior

ministers are to give speeches over

the coming weeks setting out

the future relationship the UK wants

with the EU after Brexit.

Hello, and welcome to our look ahead

to what the papers will be bringing

us tomorrow.

With me are parliamentary

journalist, Tony Grew,

and the writer and journalist,

Caroline Frost.

Most of tomorrow's

front pages are in now.

We promised everyone lively

conversation. Well, I did. Don't let

us down.

The Metro leads with former

Development Secretary Priti Patel's

response to the Oxfam scandal,

and her claims that exploitation

in the aid sector is rife.

The Express warns that icy

weather is on its way,

with forecasters saying blizzards

could lead to power cuts and even

affect mobile phone signals.

The Guardian reports that £34

million of government funds could be

at risk for Oxfam following the

allegations of sexual misconduct.

The Telegraph also leads

on the former Development

Secretary's comments that warnings

about sexual exploitation in the aid

sector had previously

been dismissed.

The Times has a story about time

pressures at the Home Office over

the need to create separate systems

to register existing EU citizens

and those who will arrive

after March next year.

And the Mirror has an investigation

into the amount the NHS spends

correcting botched plastic

surgery carried out abroad.

Lots of interesting front pages

there, with many focusing

on the Oxfam allegations.

A bit of a change from the last

hour. Still, many of them are

focusing on the Oxfam allegations.

We will start with the Times saying

Oxfam ignored warnings on Haiti

staff.

It led with the story that

there are new revelations staff are

worried about some of the behaviour

of the men using prostitutes. There

are two or three major players in

aid working. Some of the salaries

involved at the top has been a major

concern for years. Six figures

sometimes. There are not 100

charities the size of Oxfam. It is a

small cartel of what you might call

mega-charities, the charity

industry, as it were.

We rely on

them to be professional and

effective.

Absolutely. The scandal

has a long way to go. It shows this

is not about the individual

behaviour of a few people. It is

about the culture within charities

to bite James Landale, the

diplomatic correspondent, he was

talking about the sheer scale of the

operations they are trying to mount.

The chain of command gets diluted as

well.

We know this in terms of

organisations like the UN, you have

so many strata of accountability, as

you shoot when so much money is

being funnelled into countries all

over the world, it can become quite

hard to keep tabs. -- you should. It

is not a kitchen cabinet, a cottage

industry, of raise this money and it

will come out here. You have

governments involved, international

banks, and, I mean, Oxfam, well, it

is probably the biggest, in this

country, I think, and it is

certainly the default one. If in

doubt, give your money to Oxfam.

That is the rule of thumb if you are

generous. They are robust, reliable,

independent in countries from

politics as could be possible, and

still help people. Went something

like this comes along, this is a big

house of cards to topple. I agree,

this will not be the last. With all

the same with the metoo movement. It

starts ripples of awareness. Things

people did not worry about 10 years

ago. The Times says one of the

gentlemen the subject of this

enquiry, he was sacked for his bad

attitude towards women, which raised

questions. This became a problem.

But then he gave someone else a job.

We are holding people to account in

a way we did not a few years ago.

On

so many issues.

And judging them

according to a new set of standards.

And obviously because it is a new

age, many people and organisations

are going to be found wanting.

Some

said the Oxfam scandal will be the

tip of the iceberg. Priti Patel

brought it up and was dismissed.

The

former developer and secretary says

she raised concerns about sexual

exportation to do with peacekeepers,

but not charity workers. It comes

back to culture, as I said. There is

something to reflect on. We have

heard nothing from the alleged

victims. This is Western people

talking to Western people about a

Western scandal. I had some

journalists will go to these

countries and speak to them. It

shows the way these people are

viewed and objectified as victims by

the Western gaze.

It is very

paternalistic. Charities absolute

you rely on local workers to engage

with local people. They are the

people who know what is really

needed.

There is still a level above

that which is driving around in 4x4s

and staying in hotels, which we do

not hear much about.

The question is

how do you make sure the rights of

these people in developing

countries, that you are sure you

were helping them in the best way

possible, and the only way to do

that is to engage incredibly closely

with communities and

representatives. If it comes unstuck

like this, a lot of good will are at

risk.

The Daily Telegraph. Take your

sick children to the pharmacy, not

the GP, save the NHS.

I wrote about

this two decades ago, and we touched

on it earlier.

I wrote the weddings

page for the Hinkley Times. This is

clearly not new news.

They are an

underused resource, the well

educated and well informed and very

experienced pharmacists. It is not

just basically the tool of the GP to

dish out those in screw the ball

pots and pills that we look at and

take in. -- inscrutible. Because the

Accident and Emergency is so

overused, especially in winter

months, perhaps parents should

consider taking their children as a

first port of call to pharmacists

instead. That obviously comes with a

certain amount of risk because it

could mean that parents feel obliged

to perhaps downplayed their

children's illness.

I wonder what

euphemisms they will use, the

government, winter pressure. The

system is crumbling.

We say winter

pressure every year, don't we?

Exactly be but Accident and

Emergency, it is not like the

government just discovered

pharmacies are good thing, this is

just a desperate ploy to stop people

presenting at Accident and

Emergency. The focus should not be

on children. Any doctor and nurse

will tell you they prefer to see a

child who is not that six but can

give reassurance to their parents

than the tragedy that can happen in

the other direction. -- sick.

A

further 100,000 pounds pledged by

George Soros to fight Brexit. What

is he trying to do with this money?

It is a campaign called Best for

Britain, trying to campaign for a

soft Brexit or even staying.

£100,000, in the context of how much

money is thrown around, it is a tiny

amount of money. It says here "From

small donations, £50,000 since

Wednesday." There are some people in

the country putting money forward.

Theresa May does not have the

majority for a hard Brexit. There is

still room to change it. Many tends

to turn to the rebels in their own

party to say we are listening to you

but we have to do something

different. The same happened with

the Iraq War.

We will supposedly get

more information from ministers in

the coming weeks with a series of

speeches.

I know that Tony lives and

breathes this stuff. I feel like we

have already had a lot of speeches.

I have to say someone not in the

corridors of power, I know that

Theresa May stood on those steps and

get a good talk and then Jacob

Rees-Mogg accused the Treasury is

messing up. I know Boris Johnson is

talking about building a bridge over

the Channel. I am none the wiser. I

want speeches to clarify these

issues.

The Times. Key migrant

scheme may not be ready before

Brexit. This is supposedly a system

whereby people already here I dealt

with different from those arriving

during the transition period. -- are

dealt.

It will be interesting to see

what the courts think about that. It

is interesting that Theresa May has

closed many avenues down during the

process. She is tried to appease the

heart Brexiteers in the party rather

than the public interest. It is

worrying, despite warnings from

officials, she wants this system to

register new arrivals by next year.

Overall the office insisted those

arriving during the transition

period would not have automatic

rights to remain. The Home Office

faces having to resign and implement

a new registration system for 13

months from now. -- design. For EU

migrants arriving. The government

has no idea how many EU citizens are

in the country. Imagine how poorly

this will be dealt with. This is a

recipe for chaos. This is coming

down the track. This change will

happen in 30 months. The government

is still having speeches about what

Brexit might look like. -- 13.

The

transition period could be a bit

elastic.

Not if you are Jacob

Rees-Mogg. He is quoted. It is easy

to shout from the sidelines.

The

royal wedding timetable. What is it

telling us?

It is giving us the fall

SP on the wedding of the year

between Prince Harry of Wales and

his fiancee, Meghan Markle, who you

have interviewed. Frankly, I am

looking for an outfit based on that

12 minute encounter. Yes, I have,

what can I tell you?

What was she

like those blue A big heart, huge

compassion. This was pre-Harry days,

back in her previous incarnation as

an American star, Suits actress. She

is already a UN ambassador in her

own right. This is a young and

determined lady who was already

intent on using her platform as a

successful American actress, not

waiting for a prince charming.

Clearly, they will be more than the

sum of the parts in terms of the

platform they can create together.

That's