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hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first, the headlines: labour leaderjeremy corbyn calls for politicians who engage in sexual harassment and abuse to be held to account. the deposed leader of catalonia calls for "democratic opposition" to rule by the spanish government, a day after the region's parliament voted for independence. environment secretary michael gove has apologised for a joke made on air about harvey weinstein — with former labour leader lord kinnock, whojoined in with the joke, under pressure to apologise too. nine crew members on the hms vigilant submarine have been dismissed for illegal drug use — leading to compulsory drug testing being ordered on board all royal navy submarines. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be
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bringing us tomorrow. with me are the journalist and broadcaster, penny smith and the commentator and broadcaster, charlie wolf. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the mail on sunday leads with fresh allegations of sexism at westminster. the sunday times claims some prisoners sentenced to less than a year could be allowed to go home to vote, under new government plans. the sunday telegraph says that chaotic organisation of the health service is putting patients‘ lives at risk, according to the nhs medical director. on the front page of the observer, claims that senior tory donors have urged theresa may to walk away from brexit talks rather than accept an "unsatisfactory and unfavourable" deal. and the express leads with the crisis in catalonia, as madrid seizes power over the regional parliament.
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we will start with that conservative party donor story on the front page of the observer, charlie. more pressure on theresa may, but not from her own mps, but those who prop up from her own mps, but those who prop up the from her own mps, but those who prop he party. from her own mps, but those who prop up the party. the ones with the money. and they are right, these people in business who do this every day are saying, be ready to walk away. it is nothing to be scared of. i was at iwas ata i was at a meeting governor with these people. it is almost like groundhog day. the first rule of negotiating, this is the only thing i know about negotiating, is having an end cut—off date to say, sorry, we are not going to make a deal here, and walking away. in this case, it is different because we are
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not walking away from everything, we are walking away from a deal with the eu but obviously keeping brexit. it is time to say, we have two months to make a deal. it is not satisfactory, we are leaving. the clock is ticking. except that the amount of money we are talking about is so vast, and the money is for all the things would have been planned which might fail which we have committed to in the past and they are saying... you have committed to it now. it is like buying a car on hire purchase and then suddenly discovering that it was a rolls—royce discovering that it was a rolls— royce and you discovering that it was a rolls—royce and you thought you had put a deposit down for a mini. it is getting bigger and bigger. put a deposit down for a mini. it is getting biggerand bigger. it is like the worst payday loan you have ever had. it is like the guys who form a band they quit before the
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band makes good. if you walk away, you walk away. in this case, there is nothing to worry about. but that is nothing to worry about. but that is nothing to worry about. but that is not just about is nothing to worry about. but that is notjust about money, it is about people and jobs. my country walked away without a deal back in 1776, and we seem to have done all right. things were quite different then. every time we do a brexit story in the paper, we could talk about it all night, let's move on. it is on the front page of the observer if you want to read more. two stories on the front page of the sunday times. the headline says top bbc women expose sex pests. it has a secret group of the bbc‘s top female presenters has uncovered a string of suspected cases of sexual harassment at the corporation, including a senior sports presenter. all of this
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with the current climate of the big backdrop. there has been a statement from the bbc saying, we can't comment on individuals but treat any allegations seriously and have processors for investigating them". anyone who has reached an age, such as me, has had this sort of thing going on at a fairly low level throughout my working life. if you ever complained in the past, people would always say, why didn't you complain at the time? well, most of us complain at the time? well, most of us did, but what we got was "for goodness' sake, get a sense of humour, you didn't mean anything by it". there was a general feeling that they were ok and that you were just being a bit silly. and the word silly kept coming up. don't be silly, as though this was a ridiculous thing. for goodness' sake, that is what goes on. and you
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look back at it and think, why did we put up with a? but that was an era when we were watching things like the black and white minstrel show when now you just think, what?! it is also almost confusing from a man's point of view. we are a bit lost. in this environment, we are all luvvies and it is all tv and darling, and there are people i would hug and kiss a cheek, with nothing meant by it. nowadays, you start to second—guess yourself. in today's environment, i look at the women i work with here. i wouldn't dare do anything sexually harassing to you, penny! because i would karate chop you. you are a strong woman. it is a good point. there are a lot of men read stories like this who are shocked that there are men
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who are shocked that there are men who still do this and get away with it. yes, and a good thing is that women do now feel that they can stand up and be counted and people will believe them and will not treat them asjust will believe them and will not treat them as just overdoing will believe them and will not treat them asjust overdoing it. it is also confusing again from a male standpoint because i look at this as a more free time. women have come on page and women do have relationships with men at work, and men with women and men with men and women with women and all of that. it almost seems hard to imagine it going on. the wider issue is that women are now being given a voice. the statement from the bbc says "we have processes for investigating this", and thank goodness. let's hope we are turning a corner, even if it means facing an ugly past. the other
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story on the front page of the sunday times... prisoners gain vote in human rights u—turn. this has been going on for some time. police chiefs were warning over terror cuts. it is also about how there are certain people such as high—class detectives who are now having to go into local police forces because there is such a problem with crime at the moment. but there is this other story about the prisoners. when you commit a crime, part of the punishment is giving up a right. you give up the right of freedom and to me, you should give up the right of voting. that is the case in america, isn't it? you would normally give up that right until you are no longer incarcerated. i gather this is coming from the eu. it is the european court of human rights. this
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is why it has been going on for a long time. let's move on to the sunday telegraph, hospitals failing to tackle safety crisis. this is coming from the nhs medical director. sir bruce keogh, who has been the most senior doctor for ten years and he says the problem is that there is the central advice. years and he says the problem is that there is the central advicem is the latest cry for help. he said it isa is the latest cry for help. he said it is a desperate organisation with no centre, yet it is supposedly the most centralised organisation after the soviet army, isn't it? that is what used to be said. again, i hate to put on the american thing, but this sort of system, as well—intentioned as it was and as lauded as it should be, and i would like to continue with a system where you can show up at a hospital, but from a management standpoint and a
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funding standpoint, it doesn't work. what he is saying the problem is, he also blames the watchdogs. he says there are too many boards and too many watchdogs. too many cooks spoiling the broth. terrible things are being done to save people from death and disability. there are small things that everybody should be doing, and not everybody is doing it. everyone has a good nhs story and a bad nhs story. now, catalan. that is on the front page of the sunday telegraph and the sunday express. catalan leader faces arrest as he calls for civil disobedience. penny, many analysts tonight at the
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bbc are saying that civil disobedience is going to kick in. they are saying he faces 30 years in jail. | they are saying he faces 30 years in jail. i don't know why i find that quite staggering. and he might not be the only one. no. and he has been replaced. he then went out and had dinnerand replaced. he then went out and had dinner and photos with people drinking a glass of red wine. on monday morning, there might be two presidents turning up for work. because you have carles puigdemont and you have the guy who has been putting by madrid. so the responsibility of them both turning up responsibility of them both turning up and fighting. pencil cases at dawn. federal troops will probably be there. and it is talk like that thatis be there. and it is talk like that that is evidently keeping tourists away, with mounting tensions. penny,
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you do talk radio. how much do people care? are they worried about what is going on in spain? there have been people who are saying, maybe i just have been people who are saying, maybe ijust won't go. i did an interview this morning with somebody who is out there and i said, is there a problem? and he said, no, you wouldn't notice. but then i remember being in bolivia in la paz and all ofa remember being in bolivia in la paz and all of a sudden, a coup went on. it was a bit scary, but perfectly normal until then. charlie, is it was a bit scary, but perfectly normal untilthen. charlie, is spain ona normal untilthen. charlie, is spain on a knife edge? it can be. society is falling apart can happen extremely quickly, faster than you can imagine. you only have to look at what happened a couple of weeks ago with the voting, that referendum. on one level, i support the spanish in the sense that you can't have individuals suddenly say, we are holding a vote when they are
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not the government. the way they handled that was, to put it nicely, miscalculated. going roof with batons and what have you. but i can understand why they might give this man 30 years. it is seditious. it is like me saying, i don't like what theresa may is doing, i think i will be prime minister, or penny should be prime minister, or penny should be prime minister, or penny should be prime minister. but people do have the right to have a say in how their lives are controlled. it will be argued about whether this is being done in the right way by the cata la n being done in the right way by the catalan authorities. there are various states in america that wouldn't mind breaking away from the rest. civil war was fought over that. is spain heading that way? again, it is hard to imagine in today's world, but maybe that makes the case for the second amendment. it is hard to imagine. shall we go
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to some cheery news?|j it is hard to imagine. shall we go to some cheery news? i love this. i was watching a bit of it earlier.m these are our future players, we might end up winning the world cup. let'sjust start might end up winning the world cup. let's just start slowly and enjoy it for what it is. there is another picture on the front of the independent and the observer. let's enjoy it for what it is. they are not talking to their agents about sponsorship deals. this is like 1966 all over again. we haven't even mentioned what we are talking about. the under 17 england world cup team have won the world cup in a 5—2 victory over spain. spain didn't really need this, but england needed it. and of course, the under 20s won as well. they were so chuffed at the
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