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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the chief political correspondent at the guardian, jessica elgot. you are flying solo in this first edition. hope that's ok. the focus on the front of the ft is soaring consumer prices in the us. it reports they rose at their fastest pace since august 2008. the front page also reflects criticism of borisjohnson�*s mask policy when restrictions in england end next week. holidays that hang in the balance is on the front of the telegraph — it tells the story of a couple from hull who receieved a batch of the astrazeneca vaccine that was made in india —

and how they were barred from malta — where the vaccine is not approved. criticism of number ten as the foreign aid budget is cut takes the front of the guardian. it says downing street has been accused ofputting tens of thousands of lives at risk. it also touches on the continued football racism storm — quoting a senior tory mp urging conservatives to change their stance on taking the knee. and the role of social media companies. the metro also leads on racism in football, as the prime minister calls on social media firms to �*up their game�* to combat the issue. meanwhile social firms, such as instagram, have been responding —

and make the front of the i. it reports that various messages sent to players didn't break their guidelines. so let's begin. we are going to start with your paper, actually. interesting, steve baker. here we go. warning conservatives that perhaps they need to change their stance on taking the knee. , . , , ., knee. yes and this is an intervention _ knee. yes and this is an intervention from - knee. yes and this is an intervention from an - knee. yes and this is an | intervention from an mp knee. yes and this is an - intervention from an mp who is a former minister who has been extremely influential in the party. he was a campaigner for a very hard brexit, one of the leading rebels against theresa may's leadership and

her deal. and he broke cover on tuesday to carol his party that they need to think again about dismissive attitudes to taking any and that is to be a far better understanding or a willingness to understand why people might want to do it. he said we cannot be associated with calls to defund the police, and we need to challenge our own attitudes towards people taking the knee because otherwise we are in danger of misrepresenting our own heart, as he says. from those who suffer injustice. he's not the only tory mp to make those kinds of warnings today. johnny mercer, the former defence minister said he agreed with the player who said that priti patel was stoking a fire this by saying that taking the knee was a gesture politics. i think there is ongoing unease with some parts of the tory party about the way number ten seems

to have used the culture wars in the way that that could potentially detoxify the party again. also people that feel strongly about racism and feel that their party should not be part of them are wittingly or unwittingly stoking it. this is actually your story and a lot of people remember the comments from dominic raab on talk radio about taking the knee. he said he only took the need for the mrs and the queen. and those comments struck a lot of people as being incredibly insensitive. and incredibly dismissive of the cause of anti—racism. why do you think we are now seeing the shift from that flippant attitude to a more serious consideration of the england team were trying to do and what supporters of those people who take the knee are actually trying to say. why do you think we are seeing this

flip now? i why do you think we are seeing this fli now? ~' ., why do you think we are seeing this fli now? ~ ., , ., ., flip now? i think would be wrong to su: est flip now? i think would be wrong to suggest this _ flip now? i think would be wrong to suggest this is _ flip now? i think would be wrong to suggest this is up _ flip now? i think would be wrong to suggest this is up there _ flip now? i think would be wrong to suggest this is up there we - flip now? i think would be wrong to suggest this is up there we were i suggest this is up there we were sitting across the whole tory party, although this will probably give pause for thought in some way. one of the things that steve baker shared with the group was a letter from albi, the co—founder of conservatives against racism for equality and witness incredibly powerful letter which is in our story today where he says not only is the fact that he's disappointed the way that people in the party have engaged with this issue, but how they fundamentally misunderstood the gesture and have not then listened when people who support the gesture of trying to explain why, they're unwilling to engage in the dialogue. wanted to be, as you described, itjust flippant dialogue. wanted to be, as you described, it just flippant about it. and i think the starting point for people who want change is to ask people to listen again to why people feel they want to take this gesture

against racism and their team—mates want to show solidarity. it’s against racism and their team-mates want to show solidarity.— want to show solidarity. it's also the way that _ want to show solidarity. it's also the way that the _ want to show solidarity. it's also the way that the narrative - want to show solidarity. it's also the way that the narrative have l want to show solidarity. it's also - the way that the narrative have been shaped around taking the knee as a not the narrative of martin luther king taking the knee at the end of the march in selma in 19 625, but around this idea that it is something to do with communism and, you know, black lives matter being linked to defunding the police and all of that kind of stuff. the fact that the players are saying themselves it's got nothing to do with that, it's actually about wanting a call for anti—discrimination in this country is something that a lot of people don't, orsome is something that a lot of people don't, or some people don't want to believe. and i suppose steve baker is making the point why don't we want to believe it? if the cause is equality should surely we all agree with that. and johnny mercer put in a way that's quite interesting and

in a form of words that might resonate with some conservatives. he says i support wearing the poppy even though it's appropriating sometimes by extremist right—wing groups that may not agree with. and, you know, ithink groups that may not agree with. and, you know, i think what he is trying to say there is you can still support taking the knee even if you don't support the aims of black lives matter when it comes to perhaps of their economic policies whatever they might be and you can have a debate about defunding the police and what that means it probably would not expect conservative mps in little england to say they agree with that but they should agree, i think they would say they do agree that racism has no place in british society. and these mps are challenging them to prove that they do really believe that. and we can all support and all fly with a sense of pride, the union

flag, and not be a member of the rich national party. but anyway. similar sort of thing, monkey emoji is ok to send to black players says instagram. with these stories, it's the social media companies that are coming from scrutiny and once again they are sounding lacking. yes coming from scrutiny and once again they are sounding lacking.— they are sounding lacking. yes and i think that there _ they are sounding lacking. yes and i think that there seems _ they are sounding lacking. yes and i think that there seems to _ they are sounding lacking. yes and i think that there seems to be - they are sounding lacking. yes and i think that there seems to be quite l they are sounding lacking. yes and i think that there seems to be quite a bit of concern amongst employees within the social media companies about why they might not be better prepared for this kind of thing to happen. i think it's terrible that they should have been prepared for black players to face racism on social media but in a way that should have been a strategy that does come down the social media

companies falling short. and there's this online harm spill coming up and the government wants to take it really quite radical action to try and stop online abuse. there's issues with some of the problems that they say they want to tackle. but it can't go on, the experience of these players, and people in the public eye and actually ordinary people who suffer discrimination all the time online even if they are not famous. i5 the time online even if they are not famous. , . ., , ., famous. is it clear why the social media companies _ famous. is it clear why the social media companies are _ famous. is it clear why the social media companies are not - famous. is it clear why the socialj media companies are not quicker famous. is it clear why the social. media companies are not quicker on this kind of thing? why they seem to be unable to deal with this issue in the same way that they are incredibly quick in dealing with online copyright infringement, the kind of thing that could get them sued for many millions of pounds, is that the problem here? i

sued for many millions of pounds, is that the problem here?— that the problem here? i think you hit the nail— that the problem here? i think you hit the nail on _ that the problem here? i think you hit the nail on the _ that the problem here? i think you hit the nail on the head _ that the problem here? i think you hit the nail on the head there. - that the problem here? i think you hit the nail on the head there. i. hit the nail on the head there. i think i might have done. with l hit the nail on the head there. i l think i might have done. with the balance of risk— think i might have done. with the balance of risk is _ think i might have done. with the balance of risk is for _ think i might have done. with the balance of risk is for them - think i might have done. with the balance of risk is for them and . think i might have done. with the i balance of risk is for them and they do come by the social media companies do need to maintain a certain level of public trust. a lot of them depend so much on the use of their platform and i'm thinking particularly of instagram, by famous people and famous faces who want to see it as a safe space to share aspect about their lives they can't do that if it becomes unusable for them. as many public figures about how they have found twitter. it's sort of calls into question the meaning of that platform and i don't think we there yet but i think the backlash is significant.— backlash is significant. similar sto on backlash is significant. similar story on the — backlash is significant. similar story on the front _ backlash is significant. similar story on the front of _ backlash is significant. similar story on the front of the - backlash is significant. similar. story on the front of the metro, backlash is significant. similar- story on the front of the metro, up your game. the pm demand social media firms do more against racist

trolls. the kind of pressure the government can exert on these companies, is it the kind of thing that can change the way that these companies operate in this area? i think so. we know that portion of that as the executives from social media from today and said that he will ask them to hand over details of those who oppose the racist content online to the police. said there's been a number of warnings to tech companies come into force from the online harm spill. and with the government really like is for these companies to self regulate. boris johnson is not someone that wants to have to impose laws which shall be a blunt instrument on these companies, and he really does not want to do that or fancy having that fight. but, you know, ithink that or fancy having that fight. but, you know, i think that ultimately there's a in government that the self—regulation has not

really worked very well and use of anonymity online with powers to identify and pursue people who do that, there's a commitment to strengthening this in the area and labour is promoting something tonight as well which i think it's an interesting proposal that apparently the football banning orders preventing people going to football matches don't cover online abuse. you can be bad for abuse you shoutin abuse. you can be bad for abuse you shout in the terraces but not on twitter. and it feels to me to be a significant loophole given the situation that we are in and the amount of abuse that players are getting online. which they really could be something done about. that seems to be — could be something done about. that seems to be a _ could be something done about. that seems to be a pretty obvious open goal as it were. seems to be a pretty obvious open goal as it were-—

goal as it were. front page of the sun, goal as it were. front page of the sun. harry _ goal as it were. front page of the sun, harry maguire _ goal as it were. front page of the sun, harry maguire exclusive. - goal as it were. front page of the i sun, harry maguire exclusive. when the stampede crushed my dad's ribs. it's really astonishing story. his dad was it's really astonishing story. h 3 dad was caught up in that stampede at wembley and again this is another story about the kind of story we really did not want to be talking about on monday morning and we just wanted to be talking about how we one a final and not only are we brought out to earth but as a result but the terrible things surrounding it. and there was clearly a huge failure of policing, of security at wembley, some of the descriptions made by fans in including a report from the bbc which isjust astonishing. we say we want to host the 2030 world cup, and i think

people are going to be looking at that bed and looking at what happened on sunday night and saying how can we do that? {into happened on sunday night and saying how can we do that?— how can we do that? onto the telegraph- _ how can we do that? onto the telegraph. travellers - how can we do that? onto the telegraph. travellers with - how can we do that? onto the i telegraph. travellers with indian astrazeneca vaccine barred from holidays. this is the story of the fact that the eu regulatory authority so is not sanctioned the astrazeneca jab made in india as valid for travellers to use to visit the continent as it were.- the continent as it were. yes, at the continent as it were. yes, at the telegraph — the continent as it were. yes, at the telegraph is _ the continent as it were. yes, at the telegraph is saying - the continent as it were. yes, at the telegraph is saying that - the continent as it were. yes, at the telegraph is saying that up l the continent as it were. yes, at | the telegraph is saying that up to the continent as it were. yes, at i the telegraph is saying that up to 5 million britons have received this version of the jab and that there's nothing wrong with the jab, authorised by the who. but it is not yet approved by the european agency so it is not accepted by the eu passport scheme. and although some

european countries have agreed to