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withdrawal deal will go ahead as planned on tuesday, despite growing calls for her to return to brussels to re—negotiate. two days before the vote, thousands have taken to the streets in a ukip—backed march for brexit, while thousands of others have rallied in favour of another referendum. a 26—year—old man has appeared in court in new zealand, charged with the murder of the british backpacker, grace millane. police investigating her disappearance say they have found a body on the outskirts of aukland. and the us, russia and saudi arabia have angered other countries at the un climate change conference in poland by blocking the adoption of a report calling for radical action. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are penny smith, the broadcaster, and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the london evening standard. that's a surprise. yes, she has
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thrown me tonight, by asking to share my food, which i had to do because i was brought up to be polite, but it was rather polite. and martin knows better than to ask for food. i have eaten before i came. take smith with you next time. most of tomorrow's front pages are now in. according to the i, rivals are lining up to out theresa may, with former cabinet ministers esther mcvey, dominic raab and borisjohnson all refusing to rule out leadership bids during tv interviews today. the times also reports on threats to theresa may's leadership, and believes the 48 letters from conservative mps that would trigger a contest are likely to be submitted this week. the guardian says theresa may is to launch a last—minute attempt to win over rebellious conservative mps, before deciding whether or not to go ahead with the commons vote on tuesday. the daily telegraph pictures the prime minister going to church, and reports that the pm held last
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minute crisis talks with eu leaders ahead of that crucial vote. the pm is also pictured on the ft‘s front page, but the top story is that ministers are poised to announce a fresh £1 billion bailout for crossrail. the metro quotes the brother of murdered british backpacker grace millane, saying, "she was my sunshine." the mail says new figures show the number of drug—drivers caught on britain's roads has hit a record level. finally, the mirror reports that theresa may is facing what it calls, an "exit over brexit," but the paper also carries a picture of harry redknapp, who's been crowned king of thejungle in the final of itv‘s i'm a celebrity get me out of here. so, a varied set of front pages. we might have slightly spoiled things. god, sorry. so, let's look
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at brexit in all its glory. first on the times, theresa may to face brexit battle — assuming she doesn't get this through on tuesday, assuming it takes place on tuesday. yes, lots of brexit stories seem to keep coming around, this is one that has been around before, that the 48 vote, the famous 48 votes the times suggesting it could happen this week, obviously two or three weeks ago we had the same thing, the grim predictions, jacob rees—mogg appearing, calling for this leadership election, but the vote never materialised. those letters never materialised. those letters never quite materialised at the time. who knows whether the 48 will appear? clearly, if they do, then there is this potential leadership contest. they are jostling for position. exactly. ialways contest. they are jostling for position. exactly. i always imagine them like a horse rate with their
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little noses coming through, saying, yepr little noses coming through, saying, yep, that is me. oh, no, it isn't. and another name, javid, on the top of the sun. the home secretary, such a java. jeremy hunt seeking out potential supporters —— sajid javid. and othersjustjostling potential supporters —— sajid javid. and others just jostling along, saying i want to be there. do you think she'll go? probably not willingly. labour are talking about a vote of no confidence as well if the deal isn't voted through on tuesday, at which is highly unlikely, if you look at the maths. but then dup might support theresa may and then bolster her position, so may and then bolster her position, so that's unclear. whether she gets up, it seems unlikely that she would just give up. she will have to be forced out. dobbie determination. ——
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dogged determination. and they could still hold out. that could still happen. may he praises deliverance as vote looms. sorry, am i spoiling things? iam moving as vote looms. sorry, am i spoiling things? i am moving onto the telegraph. thank you for a accommodating me. the pm in last—minute crisis talks with eu leaders. and boris johnson last—minute crisis talks with eu leaders. and borisjohnson saying we can go back and ask for more at this stage. the crucial thing is the telegraph talks about her calling leo varadkar, the irish tioasearch, the crucial thing is the irish backstop and the idea that we get stuck in something that we can't get out of because under theresa may's deal there is a veto, the eu and ourselves have to agree to terminate this —— taoiseach. they basically wa nt this —— taoiseach. they basically want a veto, which seems inconceivable that a sovereign nation can be told they can't withdraw from something at some point. to have an open and a deal
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seems a ridiculous idea, that it might go on for ever. —— open—ended deal. so for a lot of people, the idea that a lot of people could probably swallow theresa may's deal if they thought in the future negotiations about the future trade deal we have the opportunity to say ultimately there is a no deal at a time when we have had more time... if it all breaks down we can walk away from this rather than be stuck in the permanent customs union which is what the backstop requires us to do. so the suggestion is you can go back and try to get the eu... and presumably leo va radka r‘s back and try to get the eu... and presumably leo varadkar‘s phone call was to try to find a different way to any is the pressure of the backstop and to give us a root out. i still think it is two years, isn't it, how many months, it is a lot of months, and you do... it was more than two years, 2016. i know, nearly 2019, exactly, and you do wonder about this — i know very clever
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minds have been involved in trying to sort it all out, but you do think that somebody somewhere would have said, "listen, this is the really, really crucial thing, let's not talk about anything else at all, let's not talk about anything else until this is sorted because it is the most important thing". they have been talking about it for all of this time, most of it. there are so many different views, there is not just one flavour of brexit. the ultimate irish backstop issue has been the thought in the side. that is the problem. it wasn't even brought up for a long, long time, was it, as if we didn't realise the implications for the irish border. what have they been talking about? well, i think the eu... what have they been talking about? well, ithink the eu... they what have they been talking about? well, i think the eu... they have been eating too many biscuits and drinking too many cups of tea. you we re drinking too many cups of tea. you were not at the table, so you didn't... i were not at the table, so you didn't. .. i would were not at the table, so you didn't... iwould have were not at the table, so you didn't... i would have demanded all of the biscuits. you have no manners with regard to food. with regard to food. let's stay with the telegraph.
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paris, where am i looking, france cou nts paris, where am i looking, france counts the cost of the disastrous protest. we have seen so many people out on the streets, violence, deaths, injuries, rs, and shops... —— arrests. deaths, injuries, rs, and shops... -- arrests. incredible footage of flames, riot police... cars on fire. yes, exactly, terrifying. and, of course, i yes, exactly, terrifying. and, of course, lam yes, exactly, terrifying. and, of course, i am sure there are a number of people who have been hijacking the protests because there have been pleased from the people organising the original yellow vests saying, "can we not have this violence?"m is very sad. the violence yesterday seems to have been worse than the eve of the saturday before. the french finance minister says it has been a catastrophe for the french economy, causing damage to retailers and tourism. and i was thinking i would quite like to go to paris for
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a long weekend over the next few months and you think, do you want to go if the main museums are closed? and of course i won't be alone in thinking that. it is a great city. and yet, if you think to yourself, you can't go without the rampage going on, and all of the tourist attractions being closed, it will have a big impact. at the same time, the french are being trying to lure bankers to live in paris. that is not appealing, is it? yes. let's look at the guardian, thomas pi ketty, look at the guardian, thomas piketty, the economist, leading the call to tax the rich to create a fair europe. that's what the yellow vests want, it was all about the rise in the fuel tax, but now they say it is about rescinding the wealth tax, the fact that there is at any social housing, so many other things that are coming in, and the vast bulk of people say they are not being listened to, they feel that the division between the rich and the division between the rich and
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the poor is getting so wide, and this is actually saying, this is the 50 economists, historians and ex— politicians from half a dozen countries is suggesting levies on multinationals, millionaires and carbon emissions to tackle the most urgent issues of the day including poverty, migration, climate change and the eu's so—called democratic deficit. market forces is what a lot of people rely on. people who think capitalism is the drive of wealth won't agree to it. no, they don't, and the guardian makes the point that these people arguing that eu institutions are stuck in a technocratic impacts that benefits the rich. the problem is the point you just made, it is the classic riposte, that might be true, but if people too many people perceive most people too many people perceive most people at the top are getting the
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