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jeremy corbyn insists his party is committed to trident, after members of the shadow cabinet publicly disagree over the issue. the tories defend their aim to cut net migration to "tens of thousands", after it comes under fire from former chancellor george osborne. iran's newly re—elected president, hassan rouhani, says he will use his second term to reach out to the world and work towards a freer society. the wedding has taken place of pippa middleton, the sister of the duchess of cambridge. prince george was one of the page boys, while his sister charlotte was a bridesmaid. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror and the sunday people. and the political commentatorjo phillips. very good evening to both of you.
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really looking forward to our chat. first of all, tomorrow's front pages. starting with the telegraph, i believe. theresa may writes in the the sunday telegraph that she'll tell brussels that "money paid in the past" by the uk must be taken into account in the final divorce bill. the sunday times reports a tory wobble in the opinion polls, as cuts for elderly people slash theresa may's lead. it puts the tories on 44%, with labour on 35%. the observer reports that theresa may's school meals plan "to hit 900,000 poor children", and there are concerns it could punish tory party target voters. "the dementia tax backlash" is the mail on sunday's headline, as the paper reports a survation poll suggesting the tories‘ lead has slipped by 5% after its pledge to make elederly people pay for care — but they're still 12% ahead of labour. "shh! mummy kate takes charge on pippa's big day",
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the picture headline on the sunday express, is about duchess of cambridge‘s sister's wedding. it isa it is a lovely picture. we will come to that later. let's begin. nigel andjo, who to that later. let's begin. nigel and jo, who is going to lead? ladies first! that sarries we do pugh! i'm going to get into trouble!” first! that sarries we do pugh! i'm going to get into trouble! i will just sit back and! the sunday telegraph, as you were referring to just now, this is an interview with theresa may. and i have to say, they have picked two bits that don't make it look like a very interesting interview. the headline is it lose your gong if you dishonour it, says pm. this is to raise a promising to crack down on people who have got honours like knighthoods and what have you —— theresa may. the way it
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works at the moment is that if somebody is disgraced, i'm thinking of fred goodwin, from the royal bank of fred goodwin, from the royal bank of scotland, or anthony blunt, people like that, it's all done behind closed doors. she wants a more transparent process where people can be stripped of their honours if they fall below the expected standard. i have to say, i can't imagine that this is right at the forefront of people's minds as we go into an election. or what it means. if you strip someone of their honour, does it matter if it is behind closed doors were out in the open? frankly, a lot of people are honoured, political stooges. there are other problems as we head into the election. that, which is brexit, is at the bottom of the page in a very small story. theresa may is saying that money paid in the past must be taken into consideration. she talks about the european investment bank and the investment fund. it wouldn't make me rush out
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and buy a paper! no, it's very dull! moving on... good blogger at! and buy a paper! no, it's very dull! moving on... good bloggerat! i've got the interesting story! it is still theresa may. but a very different angle. this is the front page of the times. yes, indeed. the sunday times have a poll taken since the tory manifesto came out. what they are saying is that there is now, this is sort of war ball weekend for the tories. 0n the poll, the tories are now on 44%, labour on 35-- the tories are now on 44%, labour on 35——a the tories are now on 44%, labour on 35 —— a wobble weekend for the tories. eightjust 35 —— a wobble weekend for the tories. eight just so 35 —— a wobble weekend for the tories. eightjust so mike —— just a 9—point lead for the tories. the conservatives are down from an 18 point lead injust one week. it is all down to what came out through the manifesto. it is all down to the dementia tax, to taking away winter fuel allowance. when it comes to, it's interesting, it was during the
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manifesto launched watch theresa may. she is so confident of winning this election, she felt she could do something that was bound to lose her votes. and her biggest vote is in the over—65s age group. they are the ones who go out and vote. she was hoping to pick up the under 35 is by doing it on the basis that they tend to go labour. i wonder if the under 35s now they have realised they are about to lose their inheritance if there are more dad gets ill and stays at home, whether this is actually going to backfire? make them more engaged into the conversation as well. one would hope so. conversation as well. one would hope so. jeremy corbyn is popular with young people, it will be interesting to see how many of them actually turn out to vote. i mean, the poll, as nigel says, puts labour at its highest standing since the last general election. but it won't do the tories any harm to have a wobble like this. it will make them think.
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the terrible thing is, actually, and as we go onto the next paper, which is exactly the big story of last was the social care and the inheritance tax. if you are going to look at trying to do something to solve the into generational difference where you've got young people, they are either riddled with student debt or they can't get on the housing ladder, and you've got wealthy, older people living in houses that are too big and getting all sorts of benefits. you've got a pension age raised, but that's not commencing with the aid that many people get benefits like free bus passes and stuff like that. —— the age that many it is bonkers and you have to tackle it somehow. but however you tackle it somehow. but however you tackle it somehow. but however you tackle it you will get a backlash. what it does do, and one of the figure the sunday times quotes is it would mean that theresa may would have a majority of 46. only one week ago we were looking at the three figure majority. you might have been! polls were looking at a three
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figure majority. the more that comes down, it is better for the governance of britain. a cake. it doesn't much in any other parties, interestingly. yes, it does. let's turn to the mail. it is the dementia tax backlash is the headline. again, carrying on with this. we have got the elderly, dementia, do you want to pick this up? it's very interesting, because this actually, the mail and the express are almost interchangeable. i find it the mail and the express are almost interchangeable. ifind it rather offensive, actually, to call it a dementia tax. but, you know, this is the idea that people who need social ca re the idea that people who need social care in their own homes who currently have to pay if they've got savings or income assets of over £24,000. this is now going to
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quadruple under the tory manifesto plan, but it also takes into account the value of your house. but it is capped at £100,000, that is the lowest level. that is the floor. it isa lowest level. that is the floor. it is a floor rather than a cap. but of course what that means is that people will still have to sell their property in order to pay for their care. that ties in very nicely to the front of the express. the front page really, it isjust the front of the express. the front page really, it is just headlined at the very top, it is a front page that we will becoming too. the headline we will be talking about here is labour's death tax bombshell. interestingly, iwas listening to radio 4 on my drive to work. it was any answers. some of the feedback that was coming from the feedback that was coming from the tory manifesto, in particular things like, you know, losing some of the benefits, they were saying, it is the embarrassment of having to go through a lot of these. you know,
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the means testing. it is undignified, yes. yes, and dignified, and talking to the young and a lot of parents now saying, you know, go out and build up the debt. their fathers were saying, i know this sounds terrible to be telling them this, but what's the point of saving? it's all going to be stripped away from you. there is a lot of backlash. as you were saying, the potential to lose a lot of their co re the potential to lose a lot of their core voters the potential to lose a lot of their co re vote rs over the potential to lose a lot of their core voters over this issue. that is why it is such an interesting thing to do. we don't have the details and we don't actually know who these various things are going to hit. but when... sorry, various things are going to hit. but when. .. sorry, are various things are going to hit. but when... sorry, are we doing the express? we are just finishing off the express. the interesting thing about this, this is an interview with philip hammond. he is attacking them the other way. he's going for them the other way. he's going for the death tax, which is labour's plans to halve the out of inheritance tax exemption from more
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than £800,000, £850,000, to £425,000. he says that homes owned by people who've worked hard all of their lives, they've saved and struggled, put something by, they are going to be punished by this tax. well, actually you could make exactly the same argument for the dementia tax that you don't like to call it. people will lose their homes if they have to go in... if they are to stay at home and receive nonresidential care, in the same way that they would under labour. it is a curious argument. it is also about the skewed property market, that is pa rt the skewed property market, that is part of the problem. there is a point that outside of the bubble of london, you know, where house prices are absolutely ridiculous, you would end up with about 60% of houses in london being, you know, within the bracket. but that wouldn't necessarily be the same outside. but the tax on both from either side or exactly the same. let's move on quickly to mr trump in saudi arabia.
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back to the sunday telegraph, going back to the first page. and what is trump telling the saudis? what have you made of the pictures, the pomp, the ceremony was blocked by our terribly pleased to have him!|j terribly pleased to have him!” expect they are secretly hoping that barack obama is watching and thinking, well, they didn't do that for me! it does put those of us who are older to remember but people will know about it anyway, the shah of iran, who did the fantastic party in the desert with peacocks and palm trees. donald trump would have liked that! exactly, but it was the beginning of his end, actually, that great grandiose waste of money. i'm not saying it is the end of the saudis, that is a different thing. donald trump is probably very glad to be away from home. although the shadows will cast further... they are saying there is a lot of
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concern, isn't there, that he had derided, make disparaging comments about islam. they are now saying, you know what, for the case of expediency we are going to have to work with him anyway. and a lot of people also saying they are tapping into his love of the larger life. one of the things that he will have to do tomorrow when he makes his speech is somehow got back it has got to be a really skilful speech. what he's got to do is to obviously move the muslims in saudi arabia, get them onside as far as —— woo by muslims. he has to explain why he tried to ban them from america in the first play. it is a tricky speech, that one. he's going to have to bea speech, that one. he's going to have to be a politician, isn't he? smart i wonder who is going to write it for him?! we have to squeeze the next two in. the chibok girls are
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reunited with their parents. this story has been running all day. it is astonishing that these girls, who we re is astonishing that these girls, who were kidnapped three years ago, some have been returned. and this is the next 82 children. they were reunited with theirfamilies, next 82 children. they were reunited with their families, who next 82 children. they were reunited with theirfamilies, who have travelled the days. they had to go to abuja, didn't they? to go and meet them. you would have a heart of stone not to be moved by this. it would be very interesting, what a nerve kept them going, the hope that they would finally be reunited. —— what an earth kept them going. obviously they are very emotional. there are still 100 girls with boko haram at the moment. what it does show is deals can be done. they swapped five militants for the girls. one would hope the other goals will come out as well. there has been much learned about the deals. the sunday express. i think
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this is the picture, isn't it?” love this picture. this did make me smile. nigel, yoursofterside! love this picture. this did make me smile. nigel, your softer side! oh, yes, my softer side! how long have you got?! i thought the papers rather over did the wedding. don't be ridiculous! it was a lovely wedding but it seemed a bit overdone. for the sunday express! they have got page after page... it isa they have got page after page... it is a nice picture. there was a lot of trouble getting pictures today for the journalists. of trouble getting pictures today forthejournalists. coming of trouble getting pictures today for the journalists. coming back with things like this, they are lovely, i agree. i think this is a smashing thing. anyone who has had to look after small children at a wedding or a party or a day out, you know that thing of turning round to them and saying, shhh. it is lovely to see her performing the role of sister, the roles are reversed.
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to see her performing the role of sister, the roles are reversedm is wonderful. anyway, nigel and jo, we will leave it there for now. but you are coming back atjust gone 11:30pm. for now, that is it from the papers. now on bbc news, the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. mark, what do we have this week? it's the very definition of a mixed bag. we have king arthur, guy ritchie's take on the legend.
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