14/02/2018 The Papers

Hello, and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow.

With me are the political

commentator and former Tory

adviser Jo-Anne Nadler,

and the journalist James Rampton.

Thank you for being with us.

Thank you for being with us.

Several front pages are already in.

And there's little

consensus on the lead.

The Times has a picture

on its front page of

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma,

announcing his resignation.

The Express headlines the news that

medical research has found that

processed food poses

a cancer danger.

The lead in the Daily Telegraph

is the demand from the DUP

for the resumption of direct rule

from Westminster,

after power-sharing talks

in Northern Ireland broke down.

And The Metro leads on the homeless

man who died just yards

from Parliament, after a night

of sub-zero temperatures.

So, Jacob Zuma, and warnings

about links between processed food

and cancer on a couple of papers

there, let's take a closer look.

The Guardian, a picture of Jacob

Zuma. Steps down ahead of favourite

of no confidence he jumped before he

was pushed.

Absolutely. Having

worked in a newspaper office for

many years I'm always impressed when

they kick into action and turn out a

front-page very quickly because this

speech did not happen so long ago.

It was 30 minutes. It was quite

rambling. To get it on the front

page with a picture of him looking

downcast is a very good bit of

journalism.

Sometimes you can do it

with a big picture, you don't need

too many words.

Jason Burke, an

excellent correspondent, summed it

up well. There is more online that

we've read. It's interesting is very

defiant, he gave a really angry

interview again quite rambling, over

allow this afternoon saying he was

the victim in all of this. This

evening he said, I fear no motion of

no-confidence or impeachment. He's

not going to go out without a fight.

My senses he spent last week

wrangling about getting immunity

from prosecution because over 700

charges of corruption await him at

the moment is not president. He's

been wrangling saying, can I cut

some sort of deal? Like happened in

Zimbabwe when it was forced to step

down. At the moment the Constitution

doesn't allow for that and he may be

worried about those charges hanging

over him.

Definitely echoes of

Robert Mugabe.

I think so, I was

last on the programme the day he

eventually stood down. It's two lots

of pressure on Jacob Zuma. One is

the criminal charges potentially,

and the very widespread

understanding of a lot of corruption

here. Police are going to the family

of the Guptills, I think, today, to

close some of that down. And

investigate that in a way that

hasn't been out in the open yet. On

the other side is the political

pressure about the real problems

with the economy and complete

mismanagement of the economy. It'll

be interesting to see how his likely

successor can actually improve the

situation.

It's a country in

complete chaos.

A long way from the

rule of Mandela.

That glorious

optimism. We remember the sense of

the rainbow nation, when he was

released, proving a beacon of hope

to the world. Zoom in his nine years

has managed decline and seemed to

favour his cronies. The Gupta

family... His son is involved. There

are claims that the Zuma will

testify against the Gupta family as

part of the deal, those rumours

swirling around. This antibody

massive palace for himself, the

sense of nine years of wasted

opportunity, Cape Town about to run

out of water. It's a country in

crisis.

The Daily Telegraph

front-page. Northern Ireland,

another political crisis. Their

headline is the DUP calling for

direct rule, leaving Theresa May

facing crisis in Northern Ireland.

Yes. Reminiscent of the story we

were discussing. A sense of, what a

long time ago it seems that there

was successful, unexpectedly

successful power-sharing between...

In the days of McGuinness and a

reverend Ian Paisley.

The Chuckle

Brothers they were called.

Nobody

laughing now, that's the case. In a

slightly wicked way I couldn't help

finding peculiarly amusing the idea

that Theresa May's DUP partners have

been quite so catty, I think about

her involvement with trying to get

this show back on the road, saying

quite publicly her trip there

yesterday was less than helpful.

They said it was a distraction.

Less

than helpful. You feel you don't

need friends like that, what enemies

do you need?

It centres on the Irish

language, use of the Irish language

on signs and so on.

I agree with

Joanne, it indicates what an arm

lock the DUP has the Conservative

government in. They can do whatever

they like, they'll still get their

billion pounds to be part of the

Tory voting system. And they can

really play hardball over the Irish

language. They say the Unionist

community is horrified by the idea

Britishness would be hollowed out if

you got Irish street signs and gave

it equal respect given to the

English language. They are able to

take a hardline stance on this. The

British government can't do a thing.

The Metro, Jean-Claude Juncker

against Johnson. Sounds like a

tennis match at Wimbledon. Boxing

match.

More like boxing.

Boris

Johnson might have hoped the speech

he made today would have made a

bigger splash on the front pages. It

was very widely trailed so it's been

covered all the day-to-day. In a

nutshell, this was Boris Johnson

making a positive liberal outraging

speech about Brexit. At the same

time accusing junker of wanting to

set up a European superstate. He

said that's not the case. --

Juncker.

It sounded like a replay of

the referendum campaign, lots of

stuff about taking back control. The

old hoary cliche about the

superstate which, as you say,

Juncker dismissed as total nonsense.

There was a very nice cartoon in the

London Evening Standard of Boris

presenting himself with a bouquet of

roses, which spelt out the word me.

It's all about him. Everything Boris

does is not about Brexit or the

greater good, in my opinion, of the

country. It's about him and his

ambition. I don't like him.

The

Florida shooting we've been

reporting this evening, you are

talking about late-breaking stories,

another late-breaking story. In a

sense we were hearing from our

Washington correspondent, this is

the 19th school shooting this year

in the United States. It's

extraordinary how many there have

been.

It's become commonplace hasn't

it, it's absolutely horrifying. It

is one of those things that despite

what people often refer to as the

Americanisation of British culture

in many ways, this is something we

still look at completely discounts.

We can't understand how this is

happening, how it is allowed to

happen for a hobby but take it for

granted. Although we broadly speak

the same language, it's something

where I think there is a complete

lack of understanding.

Donald Trump

has treated tonight he said child,

teacher or anyone else should feel

unsafe in an American school. Donald

--

unsafe in an American school. Donald

-- Donald

unsafe in an American school. Donald

-- Donald Trump

unsafe in an American school. Donald

-- Donald Trump has

unsafe in an American school. Donald

-- Donald Trump has tweeted.

unsafe in an American school. Donald

-- Donald Trump has tweeted.

This

unsafe in an American school. Donald

-- Donald Trump has tweeted.

This is

unsafe in an American school. Donald

-- Donald Trump has tweeted.

This is

a former student only 19 years old,

had an assault rifle, a serious

weapon. Seven dead and up to 50

injured. It pains me to say it, and

I really choke on this, I agree with

Piers Morgan about this. He said

America has to try and crack down on

it gun laws. He said that on CNN and

lost his job. It's their

constitutional right to bear arms

and they would not have a Brit

telling them otherwise.

The Metro

front-page. Homelessness, shaven, a

Reach shame a homeless man has died

outside the House of Commons.

It's a

tragedy, a very sad story. There is

a certain grim inevitability to the

fact that if people sleep out night

after night in what has been

extremely cold and unpleasant

conditions, that in some cases could

prove fatal.

Homelessness on the

rise.

I agree it's a great tragedy

for this person. It does underline

there is a real rise in

homelessness. Apparently there has

been an 18% increase in rough

sleepers in London since 2016. This

sad death brings that home. How many

homeless people you see on the

streets of London now. It's very

shocking.

The express and in a

couple of the other papers, the

story about processed food being a

cancer danger, it takes, crisps,

pizza, chicken nuggets.

There's

nothing left for me to eat,

disaster!

It sounds like James's

daily diet.

I'm distraught about

this story.

You'd better stop soon.

This is quite a scientific study

showing that in our fast lives...

Is

there anything surprising about

this? Nuevo Arcangel we already know

processed food is cancer-causing.

This is a new study. That's why it's

on the front pages. It's a new

study, quite a broad ranging study.

Well over 100,000 people were

surveyed by French researchers. It's

gone on over an eight-year period so

clearly it's a very well resourced

and therapies of research. It says

in the Times version of the story

that a court of this number of

people over the eight-year period it

is the most ultra processed foods

were 23% more likely to get any type

of cancer. I just wonder whether...

It's useful I'm sure for researchers

to be able to specify in these

terms, but in terms of what I think

we're being taught about all the

time, this is not actually

surprising.

Know, however I'm going

to stop eating entirely so next time

I want I'll turn sideways and nobody

will be able to see me, I'll be

wasting away.

The messages to cook

your own food, don't just get...

We

live in a fast society, fast food as

part of it.

We don't feel we have

time to cook.

People use eating on

the bus, the tube, the train,

everyone is on the run the whole

time. Fast food and processed food

plays into the culture. I'm not

saying it's right, but it's the

culture that everything is done in a

rush. Being busy is the new cool,

isn't it. You don't say I sat around

twiddling my thumbs today, oh my

gosh, I'm so busy.

Sorry to

interrupt. We haven't got a lot of

times I've got to cutting.

You should be on question Time!

Surely there is an element of common

sense about incorporating some fast

food...

It is a balance. Well said.

Last story of the day, the Guardian,

the vast majority of university

leaders are involved in setting

their own pay, is that a surprise?

Actually if you see the amount they

are paid perhaps it's not a

surprise. In terms of accountability

I think it is rather shocking. This

is a piece of journalism the

Guardian have done using a Freedom

of information inquiry. I think they

are quite right to expose this, it

ties in with the government having

brought in some new recommendations.

Following public outcry. And press

outcry about the amount of money

certain vice chancellors were being

paid.

They are on 300,000, that sort

of salary.

The argument was they

were in some sort of marketplace but

it isn't really because universities

are heavily subsidised by the

government. The government is quite

right to require some feedback on

whether money is going.

I agree,

accountability should be top of the

list. 95% of university leaders are

part of their own remuneration

committee. As someone who has three

children at University, I'm

outraged. I'm living in a garden

shed now because of the amount I'm

paying...

Are you paying their fees

question though, I'm paying their

accommodation.

I'm living in the

garden shed. That's my personal

life!

Do you grow your own

vegetables?

I have to kick the

crisps and pizzas anyway. The about

students have to pay and the debt

they are getting into, my oldest

owes 50 grand.

We will leave with

the image of you eating fast food in

a garden shed.

Sleep tight.

Don't

have nightmares. Don't forget you

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and James. Goodbye from us.