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tv   The Papers  BBC News  October 20, 2018 11:30pm-11:41pm BST

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hello, this is bbc news. we will be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first the headlines: protest organisers estimate that over 700,000 have marched through central london to call for a referendum on the final brexit deal. the people's vote campaign say it is the biggest demonstration against brexit so far. saudi arabia admits journalist jamal khashoggi died in its consulate in istanbul. turkey has vowed to reveal all the details about the killing, and said it will not accept a cover—up. the duke and duchess of sussex have attended the opening ceremony of the invictus games in sydney. the sporting event is for injured current and former servicemen and women. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.
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with me are the political editor at the sunday mirror, nigel nelson, and political commentatorjo phillips. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the mail on sunday claims that theresa may will this week face a last—ditch fight to save her leadership, as backbench mps question her brexit strategy. the sunday telegraph leads with a piece the brexit secretary, dominic raab, has writen for the paper. in it he says the eu must drop its demand for a northern ireland backstop arrangement. the sunday times reveals that civil servants have started secret contingency planning for a second referendum in response to fears that theresa may will struggle to get a brexit deal through parliament. the sunday express, meanwhile, reports that prince charles has been urged to cut ties with the saudi royal family
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after the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. that was a little taste of the front pages. let's get straight into it, and we will start with a bit of brexit. starting with the observer. we have already seen the pictures you have shown earlier this evening, the aerial footage of this huge march through central london earlier today. around 700,000 people, more oi’ today. around 700,000 people, more or less. it goes up with every paper that comes in. i was told the only way you can do it is doing the aerial shots and working out how many people in the square footage, but i think the police have stopped giving out or the figures, because there are always —— giving out the figures. a lot of people in the early october sunshine demanding a second referendum, ranging from delia smith to sadiq khan, and
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various other people. so that is the story which runs throughout. we have it on the front of the times, if we return to the sunday times. the question is, will they get it?|j think not. the only way i think it is going to happen is if there really is a major change of opinion by the british public. it would be very dangerous to have a referendum that was on a knife edge, because what does that say about democracy the last time around? all you would need is a narrow remain when, and people will say we had a referendum. so you need a big margin, and therefore you need opinion polls to be showing consistently that people actually do want a second referendum. what the sunday times saysis referendum. what the sunday times says is that downing street are worried enough to start wargaming yet to see what might happen. but at
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the moment, if you have more demonstrations like this, if the opinion polls change, it is possible. until that happens, opinion polls change, it is possible. untilthat happens, i don't think so. but you still have your say what is the question you ask people? and there are some rules. i am ask people? and there are some rules. lam not ask people? and there are some rules. i am not sure whether they are in law, but there are rules governing the way you carry a referendum is, run by the electoral commission, the same as you do for the elections. there has to be, the usual period they recommend as a six—month period from deciding and agreeing what the question was, which they have got to test with people to see whether people are responding to it, and actually even if you cut that down you couldn't cut it down to less than ten weeks. and the danger is, of course, what happens if you have ten questions, the deal, no deal, stay in europe, 30% of people could decide the result. we will look at another story in the sunday times, the prime
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minister apparently entering this killing zone. you mention these wargames. what do you mean by war games? this will be modelling to work out what they would do if there was a second referendum. they are sort of role playing. everyone takes a major character, so someone will be borisjohnson, a major character, so someone will be boris johnson, someone a major character, so someone will be borisjohnson, someone will be david davis, and so on. that is one to put on your cv. great fun. so it is dangerous times for theresa may. and on wednesday is the meeting of the conservative 1922 committee, the backbench club of rank—and—file mps where she will apparently attend. there are growing... there is growing anguish about people saying it is time for her to go. there are rumours between a0 and a6 mps have written a letter demanding a contest. david davis is staring it
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up, contest. david davis is staring it hoping contest. david davis is staring it up, hoping that borisjohnson will step aside. and this story in the sunday times comes from johnny mercer, who was quoted as saying he couldn't vote conservative and wasn't standing as an mp again, so not really sure what relevance he has. so they are saying assassination is in the air. i am asking about boris johnson, assassination is in the air. i am asking about borisjohnson, but he is on our next page. where does he fit in? he fits in as being the next prime minister, that is how he would like to fit into it all. what he is staying in the sunday express is that the whole thing is a stitch up —— sunday express. he used the term brino rather than brexit, which is brexit in name only. you finally get down to the former home secretary, amber road, and nick bowles, who
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suggest a norway option where we stay in the single market, we have free movement and we pay money to europe. that is a no—go with the brexiteers, but at the moment people are trying to line up and see, if theresa may goes, which is a big if, who can succeed her? what is interesting in this story is that they are saying that boris hasn't lost his chance. he should have gone for a no—confidence vote just for the summer break, before the summer recess, when he and david davis, the former brexit secretary, resigned. there is a sense that theresa may's allies are actually quite confident that there won't you challenge. we should add, i think it was on the front page of the times that theresa may has been summoned to a 1922 committee. let's turn to the
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telegraph, and just to finish off the whole brexit theme, dominic raab. indeed, he will be on the andrew marr show tomorrow morning, and what he is expected to say is basically outlining the government position, which is should we accept michel barnier‘s proposal to extend the transition period ? michel barnier‘s proposal to extend the transition period? he doesn't wa nt to the transition period? he doesn't want to backstop on the top of that for ireland. and the argument at the moment is all about whether or not it is time—limited, and if time—limited, by how? it is time—limited, and if time-limited, by how? let's go straight to saudi arabia, because i was just talking to a friend earlier, staying with the telegraph, and just below the picture of the duchess of sussex, mps call for saudi officials to be hit with sanctions. how likely is that? pretty unlikely i think. everybody is hedging their bets. we have made £a.2 billion, or sell £a.2 billion
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in goods, many of which are arms, to saudi arabia, and for years and yea rs saudi arabia, and for years and years and years, successive governments have always argued, not just ours but around the world, we can't not do business with them because so manyjobs depend on it. i think what is interesting is that turkey, and where turkey fits into this, and you touched on this an hour ago, this murder, which it seems to be, happens in turkey but of course within the saudi arabian embassy, the consulate there. turkey and saudi arabia have got very uncomfortable relations, because turkey supported qatar in the diplomatic row last year, and the saudis have accused turkey of working with iran to build—up their sort of eastern flank on the arabian peninsula. president erdogan of turkey has accused the saudis of being non— islamic and heretical. but the saudis have said there will
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be no cover—up. there is an awful lot of questions, not least the turkish authorities saying they have footage and a sound recording of what happened to jamal khashoggi. what we saw the need to see what is going on, because it is over two weeks now. and the little temptations of we have this, you are thinking why are we making such a big play on this story? one starting point is they were allowed into the consulate to investigate what actually happened, which is more than we did when yvonne fletcher was killed by the libyans. we expel them but we didn't actually go in. it does seem to me the turks are taking it seriously.

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