19/02/2018

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0:00:21 > 0:00:24Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be

0:00:24 > 0:00:26bringing us tomorrow.

0:00:26 > 0:00:30With me are Deborah Haynes,

0:00:30 > 0:00:32Defence Editor of the Times, and Jim Waterson,

0:00:32 > 0:00:34political editor at Buzzfeed.

0:00:34 > 0:00:39On his way to the Guardian as well very soon.

0:00:39 > 0:00:41Many of tomorrow's front pages are already in.

0:00:41 > 0:00:44The Devils Incarnate is the headline in the Metro -

0:00:44 > 0:00:46with pictures of serial sex offenders Barry Bennell

0:00:46 > 0:00:49and Matthew Falder, who have each been jailed for more than 30 years.

0:00:49 > 0:00:54Brexit is the lead in the Guardian, which previews a speech

0:00:54 > 0:00:56by David Davis, who tomorrow will say that Brexit

0:00:56 > 0:01:00won't plunge Britain into a "Mad Max" dystopia.

0:01:00 > 0:01:04Brexit also features on the front page of the The I -

0:01:04 > 0:01:06which says the former Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green

0:01:06 > 0:01:09is asking the government to release papers that detail the impact

0:01:09 > 0:01:11of Brexit on the UK.

0:01:11 > 0:01:13The Times says thousands of students could have their final

0:01:13 > 0:01:21year exams cancelled because of strikes by lecturers.

0:01:21 > 0:01:23The Telegraph focuses on pressure from the Prime Minister

0:01:23 > 0:01:25for Jeremy Corbyn to authorise the release of cold war files

0:01:25 > 0:01:35kept on him by Czech and East German secret services.

0:01:36 > 0:01:41The story also features on the front page of the Daily Mail, which says

0:01:41 > 0:01:45the Czech spy told his bosses Mr Corbyn could be a 'useful source'.

0:01:45 > 0:01:48The FT reports that hundreds of branches of the fast-food chain

0:01:48 > 0:01:52KFC are closed because they've run out of chicken.

0:01:52 > 0:01:54And 'Kentucky Fried Shut' is the headline in the Sun -

0:01:54 > 0:02:04which says 700 of KFC's 870 UK branches remain closed.

0:02:12 > 0:02:18Let's start off with the Daily Mail. Deborah, tell us, the Corbyn story,

0:02:18 > 0:02:23which is dominating quite if you front pages, actually.Yes,

0:02:23 > 0:02:27absolutely. The news of the papers tomorrow is how Theresa May has sort

0:02:27 > 0:02:31of wade into this whole piece about whether or not Jeremy Corbyn

0:02:31 > 0:02:39provided information to a checks buyer for stopwhere does this come

0:02:39 > 0:02:43from, new readers start here, where has all this come from, this whole

0:02:43 > 0:02:50story?There is this agent that seems to be talking an awful lot to

0:02:50 > 0:02:57the mail and the Telegraph about his interactions with Jeremy Corbyn. And

0:02:57 > 0:03:03there are these sort of Cold War papers, like a Stasi file, which

0:03:03 > 0:03:08apparently was opened when he visited East Germany in the 70s. --

0:03:08 > 0:03:12East Germany. There is pressure coming on Mr Corbyn to allow these

0:03:12 > 0:03:15files to be opened, so people can read what was actually shared by

0:03:15 > 0:03:22him. But obviously he is denying that he did anything wrong.Similar

0:03:22 > 0:03:28front page, Jim, on the Telegraph actually.What is Willy interesting

0:03:28 > 0:03:31is that the sun started the story last week and really pushed it. They

0:03:31 > 0:03:36got hold of the original agent -- agent Cobb files from the archives.

0:03:36 > 0:03:45But what is interesting. Agent Cobb was supposedly his secret name. What

0:03:45 > 0:03:48he revealed doesn't seem to be clear or whether he would knew whether he

0:03:48 > 0:03:53was meeting with the spies, even less clear. But the fact that the

0:03:53 > 0:03:57Telegraph and the Conservative Party is really tried to make hay out of

0:03:57 > 0:03:59this, they are really trying to push this. They forward have a reason

0:03:59 > 0:04:05think this is robot something that could damage him. What intrigues me

0:04:05 > 0:04:07from a political perspective is whether they think this will cut

0:04:07 > 0:04:12through to the general public, who despite all the accusations put at

0:04:12 > 0:04:17Jeremy Corbyn think that is ancient history.Seed don't think it will

0:04:17 > 0:04:24damage him?It could, but it is whether people care for stop the

0:04:24 > 0:04:30Conservatives in the last election thought that Jeremy Corbyn, I will

0:04:30 > 0:04:34choose my words carefully, but friendship with Irish republicans in

0:04:34 > 0:04:39the 1980s could be used to undermine him. That was seen as their killer

0:04:39 > 0:04:42card, and when the public find out it will really destroy it. It didn't

0:04:42 > 0:04:46really happen. So this sort of stuff, the fact the party is pushing

0:04:46 > 0:04:49it hard. There is a quote from the

0:04:49 > 0:04:52defence minister on the Telegraph front page, in which he says Kim

0:04:52 > 0:04:57Philby was also using these sorts of excuses, ie the Cambridge spy, which

0:04:57 > 0:05:01was actually a tweet in reply to Buzzfeed's media editor. He then

0:05:01 > 0:05:06wrote back saying he wasn't comparing him, he was just following

0:05:06 > 0:05:10a few parallels. There are quite know what the messages, but they

0:05:10 > 0:05:13tried to push this idea that Jeremy Corbyn can't be trusted on national

0:05:13 > 0:05:19security.And a nice cartoon on the front page of the Telegraph. Can you

0:05:19 > 0:05:24tell us about that?It is a funny one. The whole idea is why would you

0:05:24 > 0:05:27really get a Jeremy Corbyn if you wanted secret information on what

0:05:27 > 0:05:32was going on in the British state? So there is a picture of two Cold

0:05:32 > 0:05:38War spies on a bridge in Prague. The quote is I met Corbyn, he told me

0:05:38 > 0:05:41his runner beans are doing well and he might plant some courgettes.

0:05:41 > 0:05:48Interestingly, in the Telegraph,... A reference to his allotment, I

0:05:48 > 0:05:58guess?I guess so. A reference to how MPs are looking to call this

0:05:58 > 0:06:01checks by to give evidence. So it is clearly something that will rumble

0:06:01 > 0:06:05on that longer.Page nine of your paper, the Times, they have an angle

0:06:05 > 0:06:10on this as well.We have this fantastic story, obviously I would

0:06:10 > 0:06:14say that about my great paper.You are going to be debt from your

0:06:14 > 0:06:21phone?I will read it from iPhone, I don't have the actual copy. My my

0:06:21 > 0:06:26colleague, Dominic Kennedy was that he has got hold of diplomatic

0:06:26 > 0:06:32telegrams related to a fact-finding mission to Grenada, after America

0:06:32 > 0:06:37invaded the Commonwealth island, that was the lead by none other than

0:06:37 > 0:06:44Jeremy Corbyn. And the story goes, he was helped by Sir Jeffrey Howell,

0:06:44 > 0:06:51who was then Foreign Secretary under Margaret Thatcher, and he sent two

0:06:51 > 0:06:56diplomatic telegrams marked restricted to the diplomatic editor

0:06:56 > 0:07:00in grenade, ever questing that maximum assistance be given to the

0:07:00 > 0:07:07left-wing MP.So what is this all mean?The discovery of Mr Corbyn's

0:07:07 > 0:07:11discreet allowance -- alliance with the Foreign Office at the height of

0:07:11 > 0:07:14the Cold War indicates that the authorities trusted him and it

0:07:14 > 0:07:19raises the prospect that Mr Corbyn, stay with me, who has met

0:07:19 > 0:07:21representatives from violent revolutionary groups, might have

0:07:21 > 0:07:27continued to be helpful to the British state as an intermediary for

0:07:27 > 0:07:33stopso rather being a revolutionary...007 Colvin.

0:07:33 > 0:07:36Undercover for the Home Office, maybe.The possibilities are

0:07:36 > 0:07:46endless! -- 007 Corbyn. Oxfam, and their continuing trials and

0:07:46 > 0:07:52tribulations over all the sex abuse allegations in 80. This time the

0:07:52 > 0:07:57chief of Oxfam in the dock potentially.The fact that Oxfam's

0:07:57 > 0:08:01handling of this story, which the Times broke two weeks ago now, the

0:08:01 > 0:08:03extent to which they have really aside from the horrific allegations,

0:08:03 > 0:08:07they have also been terrible, in terms of how they handle this.

0:08:07 > 0:08:11Rather than just come out, say what they knew, get everything out in the

0:08:11 > 0:08:16open and clear it out, the fact there has been a continuous fear of

0:08:16 > 0:08:19a cover-up. The idea that the organisation has something within it

0:08:19 > 0:08:23that has been tolerating this sort of thing. We have already seen a

0:08:23 > 0:08:27deputy go but now it is coming right to the top, and whether or not the

0:08:27 > 0:08:30organisation is able to survive with all the goodwill towards it, all the

0:08:30 > 0:08:36people who do fundraising for it.Do you really think it might not

0:08:36 > 0:08:39survive?I think it will but the fundraising, the big funding from

0:08:39 > 0:08:43the government is under threat. If you are doing your just giving page

0:08:43 > 0:08:52for Oxfam, what will people be willing to donate? It could be

0:08:52 > 0:08:58catastrophic for the charity.Let's go on to the Guardian front page,

0:08:58 > 0:09:02Barry Bannan getting 30 years for what they call the evil reign over

0:09:02 > 0:09:08boys. Deborah, it has been a shocking story, really, hasn't it,

0:09:08 > 0:09:11that has been coming out over the last few days from the court case.

0:09:11 > 0:09:21Absolutely. There were shouts of yes when the sentencing came out. And it

0:09:21 > 0:09:27has been a triumph for the Guardian, who actually broke the story in the

0:09:27 > 0:09:33first place, and such a difficult subject, to be to get the witnesses

0:09:33 > 0:09:37to come forward and get their evidence. You know, you just hope

0:09:37 > 0:09:42that this kind of very, very strong sentencing for a heedless crime will

0:09:42 > 0:09:46act as a deterrent: more than anything.And the bravery of the

0:09:46 > 0:09:49guys who came forward, Daniel Taylor, saying despite often being

0:09:49 > 0:09:53quite low-key guys who just sort of never thought they would be

0:09:53 > 0:09:57appearing in papers and doing things like this, and talking about how it

0:09:57 > 0:10:03has ruined their lives.The Metropolitan act front-page combines

0:10:03 > 0:10:07the two paedophile stories, Barry Bennell and the Cambridge graduate,

0:10:07 > 0:10:15Matthew Falder. Devils incarnate, which was the judge's word in

0:10:15 > 0:10:19reference to Barry Bennell actually. Absolutely, Matthew Falder, the way

0:10:19 > 0:10:26he used really truly horrific tactics, using dark net stuff, to

0:10:26 > 0:10:31basically blackmail people into doing horrific acts is just truly

0:10:31 > 0:10:38unimaginable. And again, the Barry Bennell stuff, still playing out and

0:10:38 > 0:10:41having an impact for stoplet's finish off with probably the best

0:10:41 > 0:10:46story of the day in some ways. Kentucky fried chicken running out

0:10:46 > 0:10:52of, guess what? Chicken. Out of this ever happen?It is to do with how

0:10:52 > 0:10:56they have got a new delivery contract, is that right?I have just

0:10:56 > 0:11:00been completely obsessed with the story!LAUGHTER

0:11:00 > 0:11:05Are you a KFC man, then?I am absolutely not, but people have been

0:11:05 > 0:11:08knocking on the doors of KFC, demanding their fried chicken,

0:11:08 > 0:11:15people writing to their MPs. Neil Cole said he had lots of complaints

0:11:15 > 0:11:20from constituents demanding that KFC is open. And the cold country is in

0:11:20 > 0:11:26uproar. -- the whole country. There are videos of people knocking on

0:11:26 > 0:11:31doors demanding to be let in for their fried chicken, all because

0:11:31 > 0:11:35DHL, the new delivery partner, can't get the warehouse working. It is

0:11:35 > 0:11:39just great to see that amidst all the chaos and change happening in

0:11:39 > 0:11:45the UK, if you take away people's fried chicken, they get upset.It

0:11:45 > 0:11:48seems extraordinary if your main function is to sell fried chicken,

0:11:48 > 0:11:54you can't find any chicken to sell. It is quite an oversight.There was

0:11:54 > 0:11:58apparently quite a serious element, some of the workers at KFC, which

0:11:58 > 0:12:02operate as a franchise, they are on zero-hours contracts, and whether

0:12:02 > 0:12:06they will get paid during this time when there is no chicken.They have

0:12:06 > 0:12:13been told to take holiday, if they want to.Presumably a paid holiday,

0:12:13 > 0:12:19if KFC cares about its brand.You would hope so.Do you think it would

0:12:19 > 0:12:23damage them reputation lay? It is hugely embarrassing.It will

0:12:23 > 0:12:28probably boost their brand, if they play it right and say we are open

0:12:28 > 0:12:32now, we are really sorry, then suddenly it has got onto all the

0:12:32 > 0:12:40front pages and said the British public love KFC.They did make a

0:12:40 > 0:12:44joke with that read, why did the chicken cross the road? Not to get

0:12:44 > 0:12:48the KFC. I will let you go and get some fast food from somewhere else.

0:12:48 > 0:12:53Thank you both very much for reviewing the papers.

0:12:53 > 0:12:56Don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online

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0:12:57 > 0:13:03It's all there for you - seven days a week at bbc dot co uk

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0:13:08 > 0:13:10Thank you Deborah and Jim.

0:13:10 > 0:13:11Goodbye.