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tv   The Papers  BBC News  December 14, 2019 11:30pm-11:46pm GMT

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hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines: boris johnson thanks supporters in tony blair's former seat, sedgefield you have changed the political landscape, you have changed the conservative party for the better, and you have changed the future of our country for the better. nicola sturgeon celebrates her party's election success in scotland, saying the country's seeking a different future to the rest of the uk. rail passengers are urged to check train times ahead of major timetable changes rolling out tomorrow. a triumphant kelvin fletcher and oti mabuse raise the coveted glitterball trophy, as this year's strictly come dancing comes to an end.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the deputy leader writer at the sun, olivia utley, and the editor of the political website, labourlist, sienna rodgers. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the telegraph reports borisjohnson is plotting a dramatic overhaul of whitehall, following his election victory to ensure it delivers his agenda. the mail has the same picture that features on the front of the telegraph — borisjohnson celebrating with his girlfriend, carrie symonds, as the exit poll was revealed on thursday night. up to a third of the cabinet face the sack in a post—brexit reshuffle according to the sunday times.
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writing in the observer, jeremy corbyn accepts his personal responsibility for labour's general election defeat. and the prime minister will repay the trust of the british people by protecting nhs funding in law — that's according to the sunday express. those are the front pages. let's start off with the mail on sunday and it is that moment that the gamble paid off for borisjohnson. it clearly was a gamble. he bent on labour levers and many thought those people were more labour than they we re people were more labour than they were leave and they were wrong. did he bent on them or did labourjust get them wrong? a combination of both. i think something like a
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quarter of those labour levers did go tory so that did happen as well asjeremy corbyn's go tory so that did happen as well as jeremy corbyn's unpopularity. there is a clear collision between working—class people voting tory. it is not just working—class people voting tory. it is notjust that leavis voted tory it is not just is notjust that leavis voted tory it is notjust about brexit. it was a lot about those people turning against the labour party for reasons other than brexit. the labour party have yet to talk about the reasons and there is still disagreement. we will come to that in a moment. on the sunday times, a revolution, he is already talking about his plans for the country but closer to home. a prettyjuicy story. he is planning to sack up to a third of his
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cabinet. he is going to put the focus rather than being good media performers but on whether they can actually do thejob. performers but on whether they can actually do the job. it is good to see this happening at last. with minority government after minority government, we are used to cabinet ministers who look good on tv, sound good on tv because that is what the prime minister wants the people to be backing them. borisjohnson here has a massive majority and is not need to get voters on side with me differently cabinet ministers so he will have people good at theirjob. he will go back to cabinet government. that works best. theresa may did not have the intellectual security that she did everything herself and did not involve the rest of the government and it did not really work. i think it is a very good sign. how long will this process ta ke 7 good sign. how long will this process take? some really interesting detail. a lot of
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departmental changes so he will abolish the brexit department, obviously, to stand there message that they have brexit done. he is merging the trade department with business. that will be a huge department. he is also splitting at immigration and orders from the home office. the home office is not fit for purpose, it is an absolute nightmare to deal with and it just does not work. is this new department more efficient? anyway the home office can be split, it is totally unwilling. splitting the department for energy and climate change seems an obvious move and it shows he is serious about the green agenda. as you say, all this
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business attachment to trade.“ you're going to rejig it, is that a case of the same people but in different positions? a lot of it is political messaging. what is interesting is that now on the stock is about being radical and revolutionary and the differences labour talked about being radical and revolutionary and the tourists remained bland and now they are talking about that once in government so a different strategy coming through. before we finish on the story, the language we are hearing, very different to that of jeremy corbyn. interesting that borisjohnson said we must remember we are not the masters but the servants. they have always been, haven't they, that is the job of the politician? the words of tony blair which he used in his old seat. this
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language feels as though boris lost the election and jeremy corbyn one at. boris seems to be trying to reach out to all parts of the country. —— won it. reach out to all parts of the country. -- won it. the reason this story in the sunday times that jeremy corbyn kept saying, oh, well. lots of labour and it's complaining they have not had an apology from jeremy corbyn and they want to see him being more apologetic. that attitude, how it will feed into the leadership election will be interesting. we have a huge field of candidates and those in leadership roles have changed which means they will be more candidates. only 10% of mp nominations required. in the
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observer, let's talk aboutjeremy corbyn. there was the video of natalie fleet absolutely devastated. i think natalie fleet absolutely devastated. ithinka natalie fleet absolutely devastated. i think a lot of labour activists felt traumatised by how many people lost their seats and seeds were held for such a long time... and really good mps. really good local mps. and frontbenchers and people like laura peacock, a lot of the level of relying on her to go forward in a leadership election if labour did lose but not quite as badly as they did. people thought she would be the rising star and takeover now, in terms of labour left candidates, thatis terms of labour left candidates, that is narrowing. i am really shocked atjeremy corbyn‘s tone. he
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is going down anyway, why not take responsibility, why does he not feel really, really bad those really good mps lost their seats. when theresa may lost some of the seats, she was begging for forgiveness. may lost some of the seats, she was begging forforgiveness. it may lost some of the seats, she was begging for forgiveness. it is a human response. it is a soap pigheaded. there is still this massive battle and jeremy corbyn does not want to say that corbin is failed. —— corbynism. does not want to say that corbin is failed. -- corbynism. just talking about who could probably stand up as the next leader, lisa nandi have spoken as a possible. she said the ma nifesto spoken as a possible. she said the manifesto made little sense. spoken as a possible. she said the manifesto made little senselj spoken as a possible. she said the manifesto made little sense. i think it is really the communication of the manifesto. often, iwas confused
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by the fact that there would be press releases talking about two different kinds of manifesto, a disability and a work manifesto. how could you have two big stories on the same day. it seemed incredibly flawed, the communication strategy. in terms of candidates, who are you thinking and what other members are saying to you? the membership seems very keen on keir starmer. and obviously he is pro— remain and he is from london and he is a man so that could be a bit of a backlash. angela rayner as another possibility, proper working class. a bit of a jeremy corbyn supporter but the right of the party are also keen on her. jess phillips... is sheet to
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radical? jess phillips? i think members will not be so keen onjess phillips because she does not seem to have much tribal loyalty but if they are register support as it could boost her chances. your thoughts on keir starmer, we are hearing his name quite a bit. he was brexit secretary. and that was part of the problem. a southern establishment man who ran the remain campaignfor labourand establishment man who ran the remain campaign for labour and the idea that he is the man to win back the solution working—class brexit voters in the north is bizarre. i would say the same about david lambie. obviously you know more about that me but angela rayner sounds better. rebecca long— bailey. me but angela rayner sounds better. rebecca long-bailey. she is
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described as jeremy rebecca long-bailey. she is described asjeremy corbyn‘s favourite. she is the only one that make there is angela rayner but she's not seen as totally on the side... by the purists. but surely labour have lied that it is not about the members but the electorate. i think that is a big lesson to learn. labour membership is southern focused and concentrated on big cities, london. that is exactly where we are winning but it is the other parts of the country we need to focus on. some of the labour members have learned that lesson but a lot of them on social media saying that it was the media's fault that jeremy corbyn lost. we will find out over the coming months. change of leadership possibly around spring. the scottish male and boris is to go ona the scottish male and boris is to go on a charm offensive to scotland. the scottish male and boris is to go on a charm offensive to scotlandlj do on a charm offensive to scotland.” do not know how about that will go
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down. i do not know the scottish vote rs down. i do not know the scottish voters like him at all. i do not know that he is a blustering will go down well. it is quite interesting. it is true that boris's particular brand of charm works much, much better in england, even in the north of england, then it does in scotland and will take a lot to win scotland back. although, i do sort of think that the 2017 victory for the scottish conservatives was a bit of an aberration and i do not think that the loss is quite as awful only because something about rick davidson that was powerful but that is not really normal for the conservatives and scotland.“ is not really normal for the conservatives and scotland. it shows you about the leadership. nicola sturgeon, it is testament to her that she has remained... after so many years. i know, if you look at the statistics, how scottish schools are doing and the nhs... failing so
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many targets. drug death in scotland is so much higher and nicola sturgeon hangs on even though scotla nd sturgeon hangs on even though scotland does not seem to be pro leaving the uk. it shows a power of leadership. i do not think it was conservatives that loss scotland it was just that rick davidson won it. they flash ruth davison. was scotla nd they flash ruth davison. was scotland voting on brexit or the independence referendum? focus groups we re independence referendum? focus groups were saying they did not know who the labour leader was. the snp, a lot of scottish levers voted for the snp so it must have been more about leadership. downing street is not happy with the bbc, particularly if the today programme. why is that?
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they think it has been showing remain bias. downing street briefing ministers not to go on the bbc radio four programme. not happy with the bbc coverage. this other thing also is they are set to decriminalise the no payment of the license fee. this is something they were criticised on on all sides during the election campaign, and that will come through now. borisjohnson did hint that he would do this and it seems like he is actually coming through with that. eight and before we leave, what did you make of the attacks from both sides on the media? i would absolutely agree with jeremy corbyn that the media is biased. i actually do think there is remain biased and

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