tv The Papers BBC News December 8, 2019 11:30pm-11:46pm GMT
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katie gornall, bbc news, manchester. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines. campaigning intensifies as politicians canvass in key battlegrounds with just days until the country goes to the polls. in india, at least a0 people are killed in a fire at a factory making schoolbags in delhi. a 13—year—old boy is among three people detained for involvement in the murder of a woman, stabbed to death in northamptonshire. a man is arrested after video emerges of alleged racial abuse of manchester united players during yesterday's derby. i've got something wrong with me. that is what to know. i have threads in my head, man.
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edward norton is a private detective with tourette‘s, tracking down the man who killed his mentor. that and more, in the film review just after 6.45. —— straight after the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the parliamentary journalist, tony grew, and the journalist and broadcaster, caroline frost. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the final weekend before the big day, of course. heartlands, warning voters that corbyn — he says — will betray brexit. the guardian leads with jeremy corbyn‘s last ditch drive for votes, promising to put money in people's pockets and focus on the nhs.
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in the mirror, the picture that shames the tories — an image of a four—year—old boy treated on the the floor because there were no hospital beds after a decade of tory cuts. because there were no hospital beds after a decade of tory cuts. in the sun, waking up to a corbyn nightmare — a special report into labour's spending pledges, which they calla a grim vision of marxist britain. the metro leads with the army veteran arrested for allegedly making a monkey gesture at a black footballer in the manchester derby — he denies the claim. in the financial times, china orders the removal of all foreign pcs and software to boost the sales of domectic manufacturers. let's start off with well, it is all about pushing that core message and really, the mail and the guardian, those of their front pages. the front page of the mail, exit the
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trail, he calls it. and the guardian, corbyn in his last ditch to focus on voters‘ finances. how is it going to look? tony is loving it. i wish they will hurry up and elected so i can go back to normal. it is interesting that labour are focusing on a retail offer to the voters. there has been a policy free for all from labour and this week, they are trying to focus back on the national living wage rises, childcare costs, free social care. meanwhile, the tories are heading their core message in the last few days which is their appeal to traditional heartland labour mps are saying corbyn doesn't share your values or passion or views about our pride in the armed forces so it is a really interesting lesson in how, with three or four days to go in the
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election, everything is tightening and narrowing but it also shows the concerns of the parties. tories are concerned that the breakthrough that they need in the midlands and northern labour seats, said that labour had held for up to 100 years. it is quite a big ask for the tories to snatch them off them. that betrays their nervousness about that and that is why they are having that message. labour in particular trying to get away from the anti—semitism noise and trying to get away from all of that, prime minister's attempt. here it says, corbyn mack sneering at people. they will focus oi'i sneering at people. they will focus on what a labour government can give to them. but also in the money in the pocket desce nts.|j to them. but also in the money in the pocket descents. i suppose you have to ask, at this late stage, are those messages getting through? hearing tony speak, i was picturing a football pitch and it feels as though boris johnson, by a football pitch and it feels as though borisjohnson, by going into those labour heartland, he is really starting to invade a labour‘s half with all of this talk of values. they were quite abstract terms for somebody quite as has —— normally as
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pragmatic as boris johnson somebody quite as has —— normally as pragmatic as borisjohnson and then we have jeremy pragmatic as borisjohnson and then we havejeremy corbyn who normally inhibits this a serial heartland and this is about brass in your pocket and he is equally invading boris johnson‘s more traditional half of the pitch. but as we say, i think a lot of people probably have made up their minds. we were talking about their minds. we were talking about the whole tactical voting and that is one of the last things to take place. i am is one of the last things to take place. iam reliably is one of the last things to take place. i am reliably informed by listening tojohn place. i am reliably informed by listening to john curtis place. i am reliably informed by listening tojohn curtis about how those of the hardest things to predict and clearly it is only a small number of people but it is a key constituency if they can be mobilised and effect accordingly. that money in your pocket, even after the criticism from the ifa is saying that spending plans were not credible. i am surprised, are you surprised they are still pushing
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that? i am not surprised because most people do not know what the iss is. we talk about the importance of social media and although facebook is influential, there are 48 people ——48 is influential, there are 48 people —— 48 million people illegible to vote. the idea that this what is going to be fought on twitter is not “ nonsense. going to be fought on twitter is not —— nonsense. the key concerns are tactical voting and turnout was up we haven't had an election in december for 100 years. our people going to turn out? part of the problem with the conservatives is they don't want to appear that they are on fora they don't want to appear that they are on for a landslide of their own with a big went because when you get home at 6pm and it has been dark for 1.5 hours, are you going to go out for vote or not go out to vote? there is a concern that there is a perception between some of his natural supporters that people get home and think it is in the bag, i don't need to go and vote. actually, the numbers in various constituencies, the numbers between borisjohnson having a landslide and him having a hung parliament are actually worryingly small. tactical voting, alliances. you have to
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argue, why can‘t you just vote for the party that you believe in austin now people are saying please vote for so—and—so and this is coming from seniorfigures. for so—and—so and this is coming from senior figures. can‘t you for so—and—so and this is coming from seniorfigures. can‘t you get the votes you need simply by your ma nifesto ? the votes you need simply by your manifesto? we had the unprecedented scenes in the last seven days, john major, former conservative prime minister, begging them tojoin —— vote for anybody except for his predecessors. and then another person saying please do not vote jeremy corbyn into power. alliances have come and gone. a great talk at the beginning of the campaign about the beginning of the campaign about the strength and influence of the brexit party and the lib dems respectively. both appear to have been seen off by these relative juggernauts of tories and labour party so when it comes at the day, i have friends who with heavy hearts are going to vote not necessarily for the party they would have voted for the party they would have voted for this time a year ago but they
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are talking about things like i cannot are talking about things like i ca n not vote are talking about things like i cannot vote forjeremy corbyn, i cannot vote forjeremy corbyn, i cannot see a country where boris johnson is in power. it is equal and opposite and i think it willjust come down to which of those two hearts ways a little bit less. it is unusual to have two such unappealing candidates to put before the people of potential prime ministers but and all of the polling shows this was not you are right about tactical voting because there is an assumption first of all that voters are into —— interchangeable. somebody who votes green willjust happily vote for the labour party or the liberal democrats. actually, since 1966, that was the last time the labour party won a substantive majority without tony blair. the problem we have in this country is that the tories win elections and labour have what lost elections in a i’ow labour have what lost elections in a row rush three elections in a row. left and right are much more leave and remain or slightly older, slightly younger. these other divisions and this is why this election will so monumental, oath in
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terms of the result and what effect it has on the country but also in terms of being able to predict future elections. well, friday morning. let us talk to the third paper and this is the nhs waiting times. patients covered up. how were they covered up? this is the head of they covered up? this is the head of the royal college of emergency medicine, one of the royal colleges that doctors are members. they are accusing nhs england of fiddling the figures because they need count the numberof figures because they need count the number of patients waiting over 12 hours, nhs england counts from the moment in which a decision is made to admit as the royal college wants what they do in the nhs in scotland and wales and northern ireland which is whenever you arrive at the hospital is when you started waiting so it is quite a significant difference in terms of how they are calculating it. what the royal coueges calculating it. what the royal colleges are saying is that this means that the figures for england are skewed. the nhs is one of those
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issues that should be much more prominent in this election that it isn't because of brexit because of issues around identity and issues around islamophobia and anti—semitism which have taken up a lot of the oxygen in this campaign. it is interesting this is on the front page of the i that it would be on the front of a lot more papers. arrested and suspended. this is the pressing tale of, i think, yesterday‘s match—ups doubles the manchester derby and what was the unedifying spectacle of one of one of the plays being allegedly racially abused on the pitch by spectator. we should add that he has denied making what is described as a monkey gesture at the footballer. it will be investigated. at the moment, has been identified. the man in the crowd. it was heartening was that both teams of players immediately rushed to both comfort and defend the player who was on the receiving end of this tension and also the pundits and commentators across the board have been quick to come
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forward and what struck me was somebody as neutral, normally, i mean he normally sticks in his lane of football commentary, gary neville, he actually linked this to the language used by borisjohnson, oui’ the language used by borisjohnson, our prime minister, in the past about using racially offensive language and it is quite interesting that that has broken through and it is the kind of thing that normally perhaps your back page readers will pick up on. the story has a bit of a way to go and we will be investigating. he has denied it was that sort of gesture but it is a big deal. isjust very quickly, what do you make of the excuses that are mentioned on the front page?m you make of the excuses that are mentioned on the front page? it says here that the city fan claimed on facebook he was only putting his hands on his pants. it will be for others to decide. i think it is a very interesting excuse for what people perceive to have seen. i think in the broader sense, ijust feel like in the last 25 years or so, racism was a real, it has been a consistent issue in football. it is
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good to see that it is universally now condemned and it just good to see that it is universally now condemned and itjust made me think of when england played against bulgaria and england, was the players were racially abused. it is good to see some action has been taken against the broader issue of racism and it was good to see manchester city claiming that if someone is found in convicted they will place a lifetime plan on their own club. —— from their own club. will place a lifetime plan on their own club. -- from their own club. is about time people stop using, "i have a black friend or i have black family,", as an excuse. thank —— frankly, it is not an excuse because a lot of racism starts within families. lim it is crazy it is still used as a excuse. a woman who was an mp was a sickly —— basically saying somebody who was an —— enigmatically racist. this is my story of the night. front page of
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the times. don‘t waste your time and toiletries, you want a mattress! this is apparently, as you say, it is no longer enough to sneak one of the very high and soap or bath gels into your bag in a hotel overnight stay. these days it is all about the mattress and in an number of mattresses have been disappearing from hotel rooms. clearly, it is probably seen as a bit of a matter of honour that also because they are much coveted items, extremely co mforta ble, much coveted items, extremely comfortable, always in hotels, i don‘t know why but because they have lifts down to underground car parks so lifts down to underground car parks so you lifts down to underground car parks so you can lifts down to underground car parks so you can make a quick getaway. quick head away! i would imagine they would have seriously —— serious implications for a hotel budget. the brash people! mattress technology has advanced and nanotechnology to
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kelp —— help keep temperatures optimal. i'll busily need a new mattress. rates are not the worst offenders was up we can pride ourselves on something. we restrain ourselves on something. we restrain ourselves to shower heads and taps. we have run out of time. did somebody mentioned in the grand piano? anyway. thank you, both. thank you for watching. see you later,. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week‘s cinema releases is mark kermode. good to see you again. what have you been watching, mark? it‘s quite a week. we have ordinary love, which is a drama starring leslie manville and liam neeson. there's something wrong with me.
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