0:00:17 > 0:00:21Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
0:00:21 > 0:00:24bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26With me are Hugh Muir, Associate Editor at
0:00:26 > 0:00:31The Guardian and Steve Hawkes, Deputy Political Editor at The Sun.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Many of tomorrow's front pages are already in.
0:00:33 > 0:00:40Tomorrow's front pages, starting with...
0:00:40 > 0:00:41The Financial Times, which has a picture
0:00:41 > 0:00:45of a smiling Stephen Hawking, who has died at the age of 76 today.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47The I has a special edition tomorrow celebrating the life
0:00:47 > 0:00:49of the mathematician, who was hailed as 'The greatest
0:00:49 > 0:00:53British thinker since Newton'.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57The Metro turns its attentions to events in Parliament with a rather
0:00:57 > 0:01:00blunt interpretation of Theresa May's expulsion of 23 Russian
0:01:00 > 0:01:03diplomats.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07'Push offski'.
0:01:07 > 0:01:14The Guardian says they treated the British deadline with sarcasm,
0:01:14 > 0:01:18contempt and defiance. The Sun says Jeremy Corbyn is
0:01:18 > 0:01:23eating's puppet after he refused to accept proof Moscow was behind the
0:01:23 > 0:01:27attack. The male says the Labour leader
0:01:27 > 0:01:29disowned by his colleagues for failing to back Theresa May's tough
0:01:29 > 0:01:31stance against Russia.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Meanwhile, the Daily Express claims that a Russian businessman found
0:01:34 > 0:01:40dead at his London home earlier this week was on Putin's 'hit-list'.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44The Telegraph has a warning from the Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson
0:01:44 > 0:01:47that Britain cannot sit back as he unveils measures to tackle can call
0:01:47 > 0:01:53and biological warfare.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57So, Stephen Hawking and the Prime Minister's sanctions sharing the
0:01:57 > 0:02:07front pages. Let's start with the Metro and that stop headline Push
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Offski. 23 spies to be rejected, talking about a boycott of the World
0:02:11 > 0:02:19Cup. The headline is Theresa May, what she said, will make a
0:02:19 > 0:02:23difference?It sounds robust and they are trying to the impact in not
0:02:23 > 0:02:29any one single measure but a complete package of measures. The
0:02:29 > 0:02:34ejection of what they call undeclared agents. Spies, I think!
0:02:34 > 0:02:39If they knew they were here, why not fling them out before? The Royal
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Family will be down about not going to the World Cup. So the general
0:02:43 > 0:02:48package is supposed to provide the force here. But it is very difficult
0:02:48 > 0:02:53because what she needs to do is to looked off and make it look as if
0:02:53 > 0:02:58she is responding in a robust way. -- to look tough. But there is not
0:02:58 > 0:03:04much you can do. The Russians have given her no scope for any
0:03:04 > 0:03:07meaningful action. She does not really have allies to go to to put
0:03:07 > 0:03:15together any real package to get Moscow's attention. So to some
0:03:15 > 0:03:19extent, I think it is bluster and from the reaction from the Russians
0:03:19 > 0:03:24today, they kind of know that.That is the big issue, how much
0:03:24 > 0:03:26international support Theresa May can get. She spoke to various
0:03:26 > 0:03:29leaders and they sound supportive, the question is whether it is more
0:03:29 > 0:03:36than words.We saw friends hedging its bets today. And the US were very
0:03:36 > 0:03:42strong that the Security Council tonight -- two. It is the last thing
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Theresa May needs, she is stuck with Brexit and imploding Tory Party and
0:03:45 > 0:03:51the West relations with Russia since 1985. I think the key thing is how
0:03:51 > 0:03:57Russia retaliates and what it does tomorrow. And as the Metro picks up,
0:03:57 > 0:04:03the World Cup, we will send a team and what happens to the fans who
0:04:03 > 0:04:10have bought tickets, now thinking about in three months' time, can we
0:04:10 > 0:04:15be safe? What will happen in Moscow? And they have to budget travel
0:04:15 > 0:04:19advice nearer the time.There was travel advice to date saying be
0:04:19 > 0:04:21aware of anti-British sentiment, three months before the tournament
0:04:21 > 0:04:27begins.The second page of the Guardian. What you are talking
0:04:27 > 0:04:33about, Russia threatens retaliation. Presumably, they will expel our
0:04:33 > 0:04:37people from Moscow, that would be expected. The fear is whether it
0:04:37 > 0:04:41goes further. One Minister said today, this is just the beginning,
0:04:41 > 0:04:46not the end. The UK is expecting some kind of retaliation.A big
0:04:46 > 0:04:51worry basing to be taking their time. There is no particular
0:04:51 > 0:04:56pressure. So the reaction today has been pretty much, as Theresa May
0:04:56 > 0:05:04said, sarcasm and defiance. We saw them mocking her reaction to it so
0:05:04 > 0:05:08far. Today at the United Nations, they have been pretty jocular to
0:05:08 > 0:05:14some extent about the way they have reacted. If the hope was she would
0:05:14 > 0:05:17get their attention, she does not seem to have done that in the wake
0:05:17 > 0:05:22she would have hoped.And the other hand, she does not have the option
0:05:22 > 0:05:28to do nothing. She has to react. A nerve agent used on British soil.
0:05:28 > 0:05:34She has to say and do something and a lot of MPs talking about this
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Magnitsky Act that could get to people they have not got to before
0:05:37 > 0:05:41from Russia.There is a limit, what can you do to change the way Russia
0:05:41 > 0:05:46behaves?They have invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea and they tried to
0:05:46 > 0:05:50assassinate, if you believe everything, the President of
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Montenegro. There is a limit to what she can do. This is a good day for
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Theresa May and what she does well, we have seen her in environments
0:05:57 > 0:06:00where she does not do well, but she has studied the evidence, she goes
0:06:00 > 0:06:04into the hand and -- house and commands the stage and delivers. How
0:06:04 > 0:06:10much will this change behaviour? She is under threat with Brexit, how
0:06:10 > 0:06:16does the world rally round to help? I agree to some extent, but I think
0:06:16 > 0:06:19have seen Theresa May on the set piece occasions looking really
0:06:19 > 0:06:25impressive. It is the delivery. You have the sense there is a pattern of
0:06:25 > 0:06:29her having a good day and in the days that followed, everything
0:06:29 > 0:06:37either not coming to fruition or unravelling.The Telegraph have a
0:06:37 > 0:06:40different angle. Something we have heard from different Conservative
0:06:40 > 0:06:45MPs about bolstering defences, a lot saying spending 2% of GDP on defence
0:06:45 > 0:06:50is not enough and we have to do more when it comes to things like cyber
0:06:50 > 0:06:53attacks. Gavin Williamson the Defence Secretary making a big
0:06:53 > 0:06:56speech tomorrow where he will call for exactly that.This is about the
0:06:56 > 0:07:00country want to be in the future, do we spend more on defence or the NHS
0:07:00 > 0:07:06which marked the Defence Secretary with a big speech talking about more
0:07:06 > 0:07:12preparation for chemical warfare. Every soldier will be VAX --
0:07:12 > 0:07:19vaccinated against anthrax. Gavin Williamson again is speaking to the
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Telegraph, the mainstay of the Tory vote, suggesting more about his
0:07:23 > 0:07:30plans for the future!At a time of apparent crisis, you have the
0:07:30 > 0:07:35internal Tory agony is playing out. Gavin Williamson making a speech as
0:07:35 > 0:07:42part of his wider plan. The Telegraph have merged this into
0:07:42 > 0:07:46their story about what is happening with Russia.I guess it is the time
0:07:46 > 0:07:51to strike when this is happening.To ask for more money. This was on the
0:07:51 > 0:07:55grid, but interesting where it has gone. To be fair to Gavin
0:07:55 > 0:08:02Williamson, last month, he said, Russia is a huge threat. Cyber plots
0:08:02 > 0:08:06all the time. Everybody said, what is he on?But look what has
0:08:06 > 0:08:11happened. It does add to the feeling that as crises occur, what takes
0:08:11 > 0:08:12precedence is the internal machinations of the Conservative
0:08:12 > 0:08:26Party.The Daily Express, this is the headline, the case of Nikolai
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Glushkov, found dead in Kingston, London, this week, so suggestion of
0:08:30 > 0:08:34foul play. But talking to people today, they say there is no evidence
0:08:34 > 0:08:37of that, but the counterterrorism police had been brought in to look
0:08:37 > 0:08:42at it which is quite significant. This goes to the idea of a hit list.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47We will get onto this with Labour. The idea of the evidence. The nerve
0:08:47 > 0:08:53agent used as a calling card to say, if you mess with us, Putin is
0:08:53 > 0:08:57saying, if you betray Russia, you will come to a grisly end. Now every
0:08:57 > 0:09:02death of a Russian in England will be perhaps linked to a hit list.Do
0:09:02 > 0:09:05you think people are getting alarmed? This is directed at certain
0:09:05 > 0:09:10people potentially, but the public...They will get alarmed
0:09:10 > 0:09:16because these are not things they can deploy precisely. As we see with
0:09:16 > 0:09:20what happened in Salisbury, other people were affected. Not least the
0:09:20 > 0:09:24first police officer on the scene, said people are alarmed and they
0:09:24 > 0:09:29have a right to be so. The thing that worries me, things do seem to
0:09:29 > 0:09:35be spiralling out of control to some extent, in that if what we see is
0:09:35 > 0:09:39right, Russia appears to almost be able to act with impunity. And we
0:09:39 > 0:09:48don't seem able on our own to do very much about that. I think that
0:09:48 > 0:09:51speaks to the fact we don't have any sort of international consensus on
0:09:51 > 0:09:55what to do about Russia. It is difficult to deal with this on our
0:09:55 > 0:09:59own. We going to need allies and that is something we are struggling
0:09:59 > 0:10:03with.And in theory, there are two killers walking around Britain with
0:10:03 > 0:10:11a bag of nerve agent.Now, Putin's poppet. A pretty big row in the
0:10:11 > 0:10:16Labour Party today after Jeremy Corbyn got up and did not
0:10:16 > 0:10:21specifically blame Russia and a lot of Labour MPs unhappy.A huge story
0:10:21 > 0:10:26tomorrow. Near Griffiths the Shadow Defence Secretary has come out in a
0:10:26 > 0:10:33scathing attack on Jeremy Corbyn and Emily Thornberry made it very clear
0:10:33 > 0:10:40she disagreed with the official stance.His quite important speech.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45And this is going to run. We have heard rumours of a resignation from
0:10:45 > 0:10:50the Shadow Cabinet and Jeremy Corbyn has said, this is a despicable act,
0:10:50 > 0:10:54but he did not condemn Russia or blame Russia.He says there is not
0:10:54 > 0:11:03enough evidence yet.And his Chief of Staff said, remember the WMD, it
0:11:03 > 0:11:08was never proven, how can we prove this? Corbyn is a pacifist but it
0:11:08 > 0:11:13will cause so many ruptures in labour.We need to talk about
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Stephen Hawking before we run out of time, who died today and people talk
0:11:16 > 0:11:21about him is possibly the most famous scientist since Newton. It is
0:11:21 > 0:11:27incredible. He had this populism which not many scientists have.He
0:11:27 > 0:11:31is one of the National treasures, the national treasure's National
0:11:31 > 0:11:35treasure. He was so loved across the country by people who probably did
0:11:35 > 0:11:44not understand the first thing! -- we are amongst them. But he was much
0:11:44 > 0:11:53loved. On personal grounds, we know that when he was 21, he was
0:11:53 > 0:11:56diagnosed with motor neurone disease and was told he had to agree is, an
0:11:56 > 0:12:01extraordinary thing to get to this age. And there is his scientific
0:12:01 > 0:12:05expertise which are extraordinary. At the Guardian, we would claim him
0:12:05 > 0:12:09in terms of the progressive things he did, particularly his advocacy on
0:12:09 > 0:12:15behalf of the NHS. Put that together, and you have someone that
0:12:15 > 0:12:18when they pass, you feel as a newspaper that you really want to
0:12:18 > 0:12:22pull out all the stops and to do them justice, and I think you'll
0:12:22 > 0:12:26find in all the papers tomorrow, they do that.Just quickly, another
0:12:26 > 0:12:30story which caught our eye about the Government saving the pennies after
0:12:30 > 0:12:34a bit of a storm caused mainly by you, Steve, that they were going to
0:12:34 > 0:12:39scrap...The fact we can talk about one of the greatest scientist
0:12:39 > 0:12:43honoured and we get to a row about the pennies! This sums up the darker
0:12:43 > 0:12:49side, the black hole of government communications! One David Treasury
0:12:49 > 0:12:53puts out a call for evidence of the future of money which suggests one
0:12:53 > 0:12:57and to be coins will be short for the world and then, we never said
0:12:57 > 0:13:02that! And the next day, Downing Street says, we listen the public,
0:13:02 > 0:13:08it it is not going to happen and they are targeting a £50 note
0:13:08 > 0:13:11because it is a bigger problem with forgeries. I think there have been
0:13:11 > 0:13:18four budget U-turns. This went in less than 24 hours.We will finish
0:13:18 > 0:13:25with the cartoon. It says, the old wishing well. And then it says, no
0:13:25 > 0:13:30copper coins, contactless card payment only. So that is the end of
0:13:30 > 0:13:36pennies because nobody uses them any more. Or not.Do you like them? I
0:13:36 > 0:13:40don't think many people use them but it is another step in the erosion of
0:13:40 > 0:13:45money.One group is very happy, amusement arcade operators, they are
0:13:45 > 0:13:48over the moon.That's true.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50That's it for The Papers tonight.
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