tv The Papers BBC News August 16, 2019 10:40pm-11:00pm BST
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and just updating you that andy murray has just taken the first set and the tennis and more on the website. that is it for us for now, next up is the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are new european columnist and playwright bonnie greer and the associate director of iea, kate andrews. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the telegraph reports that conservative mp ken clarke has said
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that he is willing to become a caretaker prime minister to avoid a no—deal brexit. the guardian, along with many other papers, leads on the widespread murder investigation that is under way after pc andrew harper was murdered on duty after attending a burglary in berkshire. the ‘i' reports that a 13 year old boy is one of the ten suspects detained by police after the officers murder. on the same story, the mail says that pc andrew harper was killed just four weeks after his wedding day. the sun reports that police officer andrew harper died after being dragged under the wheels of the car. the mirror again leads with the police officer's death, reporting that he was due to go on holiday with his new wife next week. the chancellor sajid javid is considering a change to stamp duty that would ensure first—time buyers never pay tax, reports the times. and cathay pacific airlines has
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changed its chief executive after pressure from beijing, that's according to the ft. let's have a look at some of those in the next ten minutes or so and inevitably the death of pc andrew harper dominates and only the mere is carrying the image that somebody will think of and this context of his wedding day only a few weeks ago. it is not anything that anyone can really say, this isjust one ago. it is not anything that anyone can really say, this is just one of those unspeakable... i mean, things, anything that can be said about it isa anything that can be said about it is a cliche actually and i cannot even imagine a situation like this. and i think most people can't. kate andi and i think most people can't. kate and i were just saying that born and raised in the united states, this, and away you feel even more of a shock because this is such a rare eventin shock because this is such a rare event in this country. it isn't where come from. so when you see
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this on the front page... i hope it makes people realise more and more in this country that this country's police, police by consent and there is an unspoken between everyone in relation to the police, as far as i'm concerned, as someone born in america, and this thing makes it more a bomb and all that it happened because policing is done by consent and we do not have armed police here. we do not have body cams, we do not have that sort of thing so for police, a person approaches you, you dealing with an unarmed person, no matter how they are coming at you. i would no matter how they are coming at you. iwould not no matter how they are coming at you. i would not say that in my neighbourhood of chicago, you would not say that, or in yours but if the policeman approaches you in this country, they are unarmed and i think that is kind of the stomach turning aspect of this and the
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stomach turning tragedy at this as well. but the story taking it to the telegraph, a wedding photograph is on theirfront page telegraph, a wedding photograph is on their front page and echoing what he said to an extent as the first officer to be killed since march 2017, although it does point to recent incidents where there has been violence against the police. and it says have violent crimes against police are up, the figures are up at the moment and figures against civilians are up and prime minister johnson against civilians are up and prime ministerjohnson mentioned against civilians are up and prime minister johnson mentioned this week, he would be tackling but bonnie raises questions about how you go about protecting civilians but also police officers as well. the last time it happened it was pc keith palmer who famously protect the people on westminster bridge and his life was taken for doing so. and these horrible tragedies happen and we recognise them on the front of newspapers but crime is up and
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attacks against police officers is also up and born needs to be done to keep everybody accountable and keep violence down. let me stay with you kate and the paper we have been talking about, the telegraph but inevitably politics and this is a reference to what kenneth clark has said about events between now and the 31st of october. the father of the 31st of october. the father of the house, can clark is back from holiday and learned that he is being floated as a caretaker p.m. holiday and learned that he is being floated as a caretaker pm. to stop a new deal brexit, something he seems to be endorsing and says he is open minded two and it could possibly be a bipartisan ticket in which there is a labour mp who has been mentioned and it would be harriet harman. at the mother of the house. but i think what is that king clark has the amazing cb and many other positions in government and any other time when you actually would need an emergency prime
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minister would be probably the person that many people in different parties would turn to but the problem here is if there is that this emergency is being concocted by those who want to yet again postponed a democratic mandate to leave the european union, granted not completely and he said he would go back to the eu and try to negotiate a deal and recognises that brexit needs to happen but emergency and caretaker and all that which king clark is associating with more time is not going to sit well with those who feel they made a democratic decision and it needs to be carried out. one of the big problems is that we have two mandates, up against two mandates, we have the results of the vote and the obligation of members of the house of representatives, the house of commons. and sitting next to kate. it is the accent. they have an
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obligation to do that best buy is, they are not valid gets it, they are there to do their best to buy ice andi there to do their best to buy ice and i think those two things are up against each other. there is a problem and kate alluded to it that not all remainders here still want the same thing. and some month a referendum and some as ken clark is indicating, want to renegotiate where we were a few months ago.|j remain person writing for a main paper, that is the problem, there are different camps for romaine, there are those who want another referendum and there are those who wa nt to referendum and there are those who want to do this and do that and there is left, left or right, left centre, they don't want this and that they don't want corbin... i think what is being highlighted here is that politicians have their own political ambitions, left—wing or right—wing and they are letting them get in the way of the most important
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thing which was the vote to leave the european union and even a few years later it has not happened and the talk of no—deal brexit is only crying because parliament was never oi'i crying because parliament was never on the side of those invited to even time some numbers and now they really struggling to get something... the other problem is the government of the day promised and implement results that they had no power to implement. they had to go to court and the court made the decision that there had to be an act of parliament so it all started and you brought parliament and at that very moment and it goes downhill. you brought parliament and at that very moment and it goes downhillm you are boris johnson very moment and it goes downhillm you are borisjohnson do you worry about this or are you relaxed about it do you think? i do not think anyone can be relaxed in the times we are in and no one can predict the future and i think if there was a no—confidence vote, it was not obvious to me that this government would lose at. i think that are labour mps would lose at. i think that are labourmps and would lose at. i think that are labour mps and leave areas that certainly did not want to go to a general election and i think change ek mps general election and i think change ek mps would struggle with this as well even if he did lose some
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conservatives and his own party to a no—confidence that he could pick up votes elsewhere. it is a drastic solution and people would send back and think, it is a drastic solution. let's go to the independent, debts or staying on the brexit theme that this is with reference to an independent poll, specifically asking about the public view of a no—deal brexit. asking about the public view of a no-deal brexit. i am suspicious of polls because they tend to herd and this would be herfor... it would be asking people who read this paper so what are they going to say, yes? no they would say no. i do not know what this is worth, i am not saying that the research company is in any way incompetent, it is already for something that would be skewed in this way and i also do not know what difference it makes because at the end of the day this is going to be,
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this is a new parliament and i know my spelling goes to the people that is where it will stay. let's put the figures out there for those watching, this is a bmg research survey, 34% of voters want a new deal brexit and 49% or attempt to either a delay, cancel altogether or state a second referendum. that we live to learn anything new?m state a second referendum. that we live to learn anything new? it says that the public rejects a new deal brexit but think about the question you're asking if they actively want to leave the european union with no and 34% said yes. if you ask most people who are brexiteers what they want, they will not say we totally wa nt want, they will not say we totally want to crash out, most people want a deal and to be civilized and trade and travel and interact with the european union but the question is do you want to crash out with no deal? to which 34% of people have said yes. if you were to ask me if i
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wa nt said yes. if you were to ask me if i want to crash out with no deal, i would say no but do i want you katie leave the european union? yes. fill in terms of the question that is a hefty percentage. in a way that implies there is an argument in their favour. it absolutely is not but it is an argument that people are getting desperate for brexit to happen they actively want this to happen. but the question was not whether brexit happens but how it happens and they said that they did not want to go... they did not ask if they want brexit or not stop with the vast majority as this poll shows did not want a new deal scenario but my point is that this is not a question to support remain, or to cancel brexit eddies who wants to put ourselves in what really is the worst situation possible to the european union would be most uncertainties. 34% of people said yes to that and that is high. as you said they just want to yes to that and that is high. as you said theyjust want to go. they
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don't ask whether they want to go or not, they asked how they want to go. the fog is sickening we will agree on that. take us to the times. this is an entirely separate from what we have been looking at, stamp duty under the tax jacob. on this front page a low tax guy and i want to see simpler taxes and is known and respected in the conservative party for that is looking at taxes he might shake up when he has the opportunity to present his first budget. he is talking about stamp duty here. he wants to switch it from being something that goes on those who are buying a house to those who are buying a house to those who are selling a house. what he is trying to do here is take first—time buyers, those he may be did not have as much money and are not and could she positions to buy out of stamp duty said he can get on the housing ladder which is a noble pursuit but it has always been a distortionary tax and makes it
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harder to buy home and switching it from those who are buying to selling is another distortion. and means people who want to downside and see savings are less likely to invest in bigger houses. we have seen elements out of it already. it will not forget the number of homes we need. but is always astonishing about conservatives and somehow they see a nation that has us and everyone has a house somewhere and stashed away when actually working people and poor people, their taxes are in their cost—of—living and their food and all of that. that is where they pay taxes. they are not doing anything about that. you make a point as well that a lot of people do not have homes any more. most people in particular and cannot get on the housing ladder. scrapping stamp duty would be an excellent start to the planning system but i am not sure it will do much to help more people. they create austerity let's actually raise the cost of living for most people in this country. house or no house. i do i
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sense economic affairs is dealt by that? i am doubtful because conservative party and labour party, all the parties talk about building more homes and getting people in the housing ladder and we get to see a meaningful proposal for any of them at will double the number of homes needed and it is scary today because it will love democrat people the wrong way but switching around distortions is not for the assumption is wrong as well about how people live in this country. very attractive photograph on the ft weekend, a frozen harbour in greenland and forgive me if you are watching an agreement, i do not know how to pronounce it. this is area donald trump would like to buy. he is still in his real estate stomach mode and cast his eye on greenland
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and decided he wants to buy it. or said the united states wants to buy it because it has lots of natural resources and he has been told what ever you want to put on the table, you are not buying this piece of land. he has not explained exactly why he wants to do this. but he has not explained a lot of things he wa nts to not explained a lot of things he wants to do. historically and his presidency so far he will say something on a campaign trail or in passing and if people react well, they move with it like the border wall, one of his biggest policies was something off the cuff and buying greenland and has actually been tried by the us before in 1946 so been tried by the us before in 1946 so it is not completely made up, this is coming from somewhere and it is connected to the natural resources by then as well. it might be... me will have to end that
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there. the sale agreement has not been concluded in any direction. that is it for the paper is that our. and we will be back for another look at the papers and did not forget you can see the front pages on the bbc news website which will be there seven days for you a week. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you bonnie and kate — goodbye. hello there and good evening this weekend will bring a mixture of sunshine and blustery showers. today was a poor day and especially across england and wales. the heaviest rain wasn't snow done yet but that's whether frontier should take away the thick cloud and take the rain
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away into the near continent that area of low pressure, it will hang around over the course of the weekend and let's look at the rain over the last three hours and it has been using its way eastwards. especially in the central belt and has been very heavy. and those will pull away and we have another batch to arrive and from the west across northern island and scotland and by which time the rain should move away from eastern england and thus temperature should not fall too low though and 15 degrees in the southeast of england, 12 or 13 and we start with a band of showers then and moving very quickly eastwards across scotland and into england and wales but it is going to be less and scotla nd wales but it is going to be less and scotland and northern ireland that had seen most of the shower smile and it will turn wet and windy later on in the day in the northwest and a few fleeting showers coming eastwards a cross few fleeting showers coming eastwards across england and wales but not too many, most of the time it will be dry and not as strong as they were at last weekend and given
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that they had some sunshine, they will be back in the low 20s. showers and down foisted, and clouds thickening across southern counties of england and some rain coming up from the channel and that is on that returning whether frontier which threatens to bring a bit of dampness there across southern parts of england and at low pressure is still around and getting closer to scotla nd around and getting closer to scotland and it is feeding and more showers to scotland and northern ireland and again perhaps at the end boundary, a few more showers coming into northern england in north wales in the southwest of england, more centring through the eastern england and ferry breast and blustery winds up and ferry breast and blustery winds up taking the edge of the temperature is attached and this temperatures ranging from 17 in the central belt to scotland in the southeast of england and east anglia. eventually we will see the back of this area of low pressure and we have had a lot over the past few weeks and is hand to my kids over to scandinavia and it still brings with it since showers and it will not be strong enough on monday but there will still be some showers
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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: a police officer is killed while investigating a robbery. pc andrew harper was 28—years—old and had been married just four weeks ago. the murder of pc andrew harper is a brutal crime and obviously all our thoughts are with his family, his friends and his colleagues. tory mp kenneth clark said he would step in as leader of a new government to stop no—deal brexit ifjeremy corbyn couldn't unite mps. he becomes feminist if he wins a general election, which i don't he ever will. —— becomes prime minister.
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