hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow and a former trade minister and broadcaster. welcome to it. many of the front pages are over the same story on most of the front pages in the telegraphed are 30 days to fix the backstop. the visited jeremy in the guardian, to avoid a no—deal brexit. in that same ultimatum about the prime minister a ha rd ultimatum about the prime minister a hard brexit can be averted. can we do it? yes we can. following the comments about a brexit boost. putting pressure on the government to spend more but also carries the

brexit story of all the papers on the front page. let us start with the front page. let us start with the metro and here's the headline, thatis the metro and here's the headline, that is their take on this review into hsz, are they trying to push this into the long grass or get rid of it altogether. i get a train down from the park and quite a few days in the week and you can get a metro there and this is a train story on there and this is a train story on the day were you just ran through everything being about brexit and the train is using, i think this smacks of election hearing. this has to do with the merits of the case. this is probably dominic but he can get blamed for everything because he cannot answer back. boris johnson's chief adviser. in producing why do

they have him with his influence. actually do think that the review will be a process to assure people in constituencies that they are doing something about it. hs2 has got to happen. the pollution route that exists on the mainline and the and one, i've which not have put a bunch of people in the countryside. but to make sure that we do not use that and cross the saltwater on a small island, there is much to get out of the global markets to make sure that we can get freight off the roads and onto railways that are full. i would've started in scotland because you have to connect people and in that reason,. you are happy thatis and in that reason,. you are happy that is going ahead but you're not happy for the route. do you think it

is destined for success or failure? i travel a lot and it is amazing that a country that gave the world the steam engine and the locomotive is so bad at running trains. you go to somewhere like germany, they have lots and lots of big urban centres, like berlin and also dwarf, like frankfurt and you can get to them with a few hours. we cannot do it in this country and our country as a third of the size of germany. what i'm saying is in principle, in principle, yes. but the priorities are not of london to birmingham, they are probably from liverpool to manchester across to leeds and then to newcastle and london. london to scotland. to take the strain off the

southeast and spread the wealth a bit more, we have 31 united kingdom. there is one good way of doing it but it is amazing that it has cost so but it is amazing that it has cost so much so fast and could still be scrapped stop by let's talk about the cost, describing it as a disaster zone and specifically about the money, it is already overbudget in the submittal costs £56 billion with boris johnson in the submittal costs £56 billion with borisjohnson saying it will cost £100 million. is that going to be money well spent because people we re be money well spent because people were against it saying we should invest against what already exists. m0 comes into london down the line that goes to the west country, goes up that goes to the west country, goes up to bristol, i have to say they are benefiting over something that was done hundred 50 years ago. and over under 50 years, i do not mean

this in the blase way it's going to sound but this is not the thing of over 150 years. but we need his we have lost ourjunction. 0ne over 150 years. but we need his we have lost ourjunction. one of the reasons why giving us a geographical tour of every city in germany, it shows that he knew germany. but germany had a vision. after the second world war, they said they're going to rebuild this nation and is going to rebuild this nation and is going to rebuild this nation and is going to be great and well done them. it is absolutely fabulous. i am not really as worried, but i am concerned if it doesn't get done. because where we are, where we are is lousy and the germans built a high—speed railway and airport terminal building at the time it took us to have a planning inquiry. at what point are we going to get back to the idea that we can? yes,

we can. but you blamed these planning committees, but it is not just planning committees and abstract. these are made of people and look at these polls that are highlighted on the front page, conservative mps and activists feel it could be toxic and election and 5296 it could be toxic and election and 52% of tory members, of counsel, this is not about the merits of the case, and these are tory marginal. this is how do you make sure you ta ke this is how do you make sure you take away the possibility that you might lose a tory marginal to a bunch on the other side for hard left and all the rest in one of the ways his appeal to the fact that they see it is a waste of money. so give the reason why they're doing this but what i'm saying is you're asking the specific question of my words, not yours,. it depends on how

though. they could shorten it. the idea that they can move up to scotland. into interesting side issues of this, one is in order to make birmingham, the northernmost suburb of london, it won't actually create lots in birmingham, it will create lots in birmingham, it will create prices and... they are saying it is creating jobs. create more right now but 100 years, it will make birmingham the next croydon. and it once it relieves some of the housing pressure it is an excellent point about some this is that if you scale it down a bit to connect liverpool to haul going through

manchester and leeds. the existing loa n manchester and leeds. the existing loan will be used to improve communications and the. and we need to re balance the communications and the. and we need to rebalance the economy in this country and that there is life outside the southeast and we are seeing more and more of that but people can get around the country, is one thing to talk about teleconferencing but sometimes people want to be face—to—face if they stop thinking they're going to ta ke they stop thinking they're going to take the plane and actually, i can ta ke take the plane and actually, i can take the plane and actually, i can take the train and we can bring down the costs to go from london to manchester for a £90 return. that is after the peak period. this is ridiculous. the idea that everything has to go to london where, this is not my original thought. has to go to london where, this is not my original thoughtm has to go to london where, this is not my original thought. if you could give more with lancashire, birmingham trading north east anglia and lots more of that moving, business—to—business, they did not

have to go to london, the transport follows the commerce and if you can get more of the commerce happening. if you can get scotland trading with northern england then you will find a need for better trains, but they will be at a different time. they have to have a vision and i do not see a vision here from any of these people. i do not think there is a commitment there. but that's was waiting for. he was as independent review to come up with the answer. you've given ourselves old six minute break from here, you've given ourselves old six minute breakfrom here, brexit. after that first this is primarily a paper review. it does pay to look at things you see on the front page. and i actually looked at the exchange about when she mentioned 30 days, she didn't say it like, i will

give you 30 days, she said there'll be way around this and we will work with you and it can be done in two yea rs, with you and it can be done in two years, she said it as a way of i do not mind if it is short or long, she was very helpful. but she did not stand here and say i'm going to give you 30 days, yeah? she did not. it was more of a, forest took the bait, he got very excited —— borisjohnson took the bait. trying to give him a fairwind at took the bait. trying to give him a fair wind at this point and he grabbed her hand and using a line that she used four years ago during the refugee crisis where she impacted a million people and in the big thing about boris is he wants to present himself as a person by almost sheer force of will can make

things happen. liquid tony blair used to do all those years ago. but in the end, he has not given any indication of anything new that he can produce. we do not know where he's going to get this new technological... and she has put the ohus technological... and she has put the onus on him at the moment and she has not been able to do that much now. bullet really hits the nerve here is that this is fast becoming an boris johnson is here is that this is fast becoming an borisjohnson is playing this brilliantly, this is becoming the bullies in brussels problems. you're going to get the blame for this brussels, and over three years, brussels, and over three years, brussels of fought achingly hard to not have the blame. the trade to get it all in the uk but at last, brussels, they do not run drive, berlin runs europe. he went to the boss of europe and by the way, i did like c02 said when she was being

photographed. she was looking like a foot ball photographed. she was looking like a football hooligan with a fist in the air but borisjohnson said that unless the leaders agreed to ditch the backstop he would not meet them stop you do not know what is happening behind the scenes. an educated guess. i think what they're saying is, the only thing of the backstop that people do not like any excess becoming everybody is that they do not like the fact that macron was saying, i will consent to your coming out of the backstop if your coming out of the backstop if you give me efficiency. so he says i can consent whether you leave the eu. that is that is arrogance supreme. eu. that is that is arrogance supreme. the one thing i agree with macron on this is if i give you

another six months, you'll waste your time another six months, you'll waste yourtime arguing and another six months, you'll waste your time arguing and he was right. but the concept of saying to britain, if you sign this, we can still stop you no matter what. no self—respecting mps going to want that. we have britain, and a lot of money and will sign anything. i would they move? they have a guy here who, i am not the greatest fan of him by a mile. here who, i am not the greatest fan of him bya mile. but here who, i am not the greatest fan of him by a mile. but the fact that he is standing there saying i am coming out with no deal, you talk to the boys to make the profits you'll lose, suddenly getting an audience. she has not always been amenable. 30 days focused on ditching the backstop and nobody wants to come out with no deal. nobody in germany, europe the uk. nobody. so she has to present this kind of, because we are

not going to get that. macron said the same thing, but boris picked it up the same thing, but boris picked it up and said the onus is on us so britain has to do this for the next 30 days and he could have said and to the 31st of october. 30 days which is the middle of september to come up with something new that they can work with and it is interesting line from micron and the telegraph year where he says a post brexit trade deal with the us would represent a quote, historic fossilization for the new k. it will bea fossilization for the new k. it will be a junior partner —— uk.|j fossilization for the new k. it will be ajunior partner -- uk. i think he was completely wrong. swinging from being into europe to being into america. he is not saying vassal with them, —— vassal with them. we

do not want to be a vassal. but let's move on. let's move on to our last story and this is about agreement. and donald trump hinted that he would like to buy greenland denmark said no thanks and the danish prime minister has said it was absurd. to cut this short because i find this arrogance supreme. because i find this arrogance supreme. i do not understand with all the issues in the world why the leader of america would start saying this and if he is doing it for political sideshow effect, he is just insulting people. if on the other hand is doing at the point out the weaknesses in the nato alliance,

i get that, but you do not go around and then snob. in this article, they snubbed denmark by cancelling his visit. make absurd. don't make he is absurd and then he tweeted a picture of the trump tower. at the bottom of the telegraph he's got somebody giving a speech, hs2 is the sign in the background and it says we have found a way to pay for hs2. boris can sail the isle of wight to donald trump. thank you much are taking us through the session of the papers and we will see you shortly.

good evening. earlier you could almost have been forgiven for thinking that summer was over. the overnight lows dropped into single figures and has been wet, it has been windy and we have a weekend ahead and temperatures on the way up but up to 30 degrees to the south of the uk, quite widely saturday and sunday and monday which is a bank holiday and places. for a time, we will still have the effects of low pressure to the north before you move into that more established area for tomorrow, still an area of low pressure to the northwest and right now in fact keeping things quite breezy overnight, as the weather front is seeking south with more persistent rent for a time across northern england infringing at a north wales, fizzling out as the night goes on but to the south of that already, much milder air in place so instead of those single figures, were talking about some

spots no lower than 13 or 15 degrees and then it gets bumped north as we go through tomorrow and continue to wea ken go through tomorrow and continue to weaken and some scattered showers across the morning and then some heavier rain is a pulse runs along get into scotland, quite a soggy story for western scotland and will consequently feel cooler here but notice of the warmth is already starting to develop across the southern half of the uk with temperatures in the mid—20s. thursday into friday we started to push the area of low pressure out of our way and increasingly strong southern westerly areas, some warmth to our area with the continental and that pushes all the way north to the uk so most importantly, we lose the persistent rain from scotland for friday and then the temperature start to creep up your two but after 26-27 start to creep up your two but after 26—27 further south but them we get to the weekend with some other friends trying to get into the scene but it looks like the moment like

the high will keep them out to the west and some thicker cloud that we are talking about to the northwest of the uk but temperatures are strained to watch the pool with you to cross england and wales on saturday, snaking up into scotland and a warmer day across northern ireland is well with the sunday. temperatures in some spots are in the mid—20s up to 30, i think in the southeast of england, temperatures do did not practise the little and northern ireland come monday, but still warmer than it has been to the early pa rt still warmer than it has been to the early part of this week ear with temperatures in the low 20s and still clinging on to high 20s and even 30 in the southeast as a get to monday which is a site for some and a bank holiday and that he will even linger later on to the week ahead.

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