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A first look at what's on the front pages, then see what's making the headlines with Daily Mirrors associate editor Kevin McGuire and Daily Mail columnist Sarah Vine will be with us from now until shortly before midnight. Welcome. for you two, so on to the covers, so let's start with Metro, it's Splash, so where do the comments made by Baroness Hussey about the campaign against domestic violence and gozie Fulani, who is black and the daily mail, really come from British run with the The same story is the headline Meet and Greet that caused a real disaster.

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Prince William condemns his godmother in the race for the palace. The Telegraph notes that, according to the former boss, strikes in one form or another will occur every day until Christmas. of the coveted vaccines task force called Kate Bingham has criticized the government's handling of developing new jobs for any future variants. Research seen by the Guardian has found that 70 per cent of England's water industry is owned by foreign entities. The Financial Times carries criticism from the European Commission and the US Treasury Secretary for an apparent relaxation of Twitter's moderation policies under its new owner, Elon Musk, and on the cover of singer Chesney Hawks' performance at the show halftime of the World Cup in England and Wales is reflected with the headline I am the one. and just three Lions mascots, a reminder: by scanning the QR code that you'll see on the screen during the program, you can check the front pages of the Torah news

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while you watch us, so let's go straight to our guests, then Kevin McGuire and Sarah Vine are welcome.

For you and Sarah, should we go straight to your home page, The Daily Mail, which sums it up with the headline "A meet and greet that led to a real disaster?" Yeah, I mean, this is a great story and it's a great story for a There are several reasons, I mean, you know, what Susan Hussey said was incredibly insensitive and rude in a way that only very great people can be, and You know if it was racist or not. I think it's arguable, but it certainly was, as I said, very rude and insensitive, but the reason why it's such an interesting story and so important is, of course, because we have all these accusations against the royal family of a kind of racism. institutional on the part of Harry and Megan and of course this kind of uh, you know this.

Will this fuel all that and shake things up? That's why I think Prince William has been so quick to denounce him and why Susan Hussey has been sent away so quickly. I mean, she's been kind of a pretty uh, basic part of the royals, you know, clique for the last 60 years and she's suddenly gone, but I think they're very interested in being seen to act quickly and decision in this, is, is, is, is, is. he just pushes a lot of buttons for the royal family, yes, and is very close to the late queen, the shameless lady, um and uh, 83 years old held an honorary royal position under King Charles, but Kevin certainly the conversation makes reading is extremely uncomfortable, isn't it?

I quote some of that, well, you should know where you're from. I spent some time in France. Where are you from? No, but where do you really come from? Where do your people come from?, etc., do you know what the difficulties are? as Sarah pointed out there for the royal family after a conversation like this becomes public, yes I think I think it's rude and insensitive to incentives like Sarah said, but maybe two, but it's certainly racist, I think without a doubt doubts because he seemed to have difficulty accepting a black Britain. It was a black Britain.

I wanted to track her down and place her somewhere else, but the problems for the royal family, those accusations of racism from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry never completely went away after they were aired in the Opera's winter interview. I'm not saying you know they were pointing fingers, but it was there. I remember the very rare public comment in an area like this - the Prince of Wales, as he is now. William denied the royal family was racist when asked during a walk. but this will raise concerns that the elements were indeed some courtiers and that there was something to Meghan Markle's complaint and she Meghan Markle could be a ruthless and possibly unpleasant social climber at times herself and some of the accounts of her were not. .

Totally accurate, but she could also be a victim of racism and snobbery too and, you know, the Prince of Wales, William, slapped his own and fired his godmother. This shows you the extent of the crisis now in real agriculture. Yes, remember the Prince, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, many races comment on him, we always pretended they were or said they were jokes, incredibly incense, which we now know from documents leaked or that have come to light that people who have color were. I'm not allowed to have white-collar jobs, you know, in the royal family until the 1960s, you never have to say any suspicion about the queen and I think Prince Charles has done everything he can to embrace people and Williams La Williams action shows the seriousness of this and a male caller calls it a toxic career path and a disaster and there we are William and Kate left for the US Boston thought they were going to fly the flag uh and they will be hailed by everywhere and I bet you're in California there's a laugh now a laugh that says I told you so about Megan and Harry yes, there's a real danger of it overshadowing the opposite side of America, the visit to the east coast as you say uh but on gozie Fulani um Sarah said she felt violated and certainly commenters after this said they describe this as part of The Daily Grind racial microaggression of living in Britain for many people.

I mean, I have a lot of sympathy with that because, um, I've seen it with friends of mine, you know, I have a friend who is of Nigerian origin and every time we go to a party together, everyone always assumes that he's the waiter and he just They aren't trying to be rude, they really aren't. but he's just there and I think with Susan Hussey I think part of his age is probably a factor. I mean, she's 83 years old and I think it's a generational thing too. um and you probably know someone that age. The generation that maybe doesn't really understand how the world has changed and how people know how we behave probably shouldn't be in that kind of role anyway and I think this, but this goes back to this kind of almost generational route within The Royal Family. family that in the younger ones is more progressive and in the older type of people, more old-fashioned, if you will, perhaps a little impregnated with different rules, in different times, different types of reverence towards aristocrats and people like that, who They simply have no relevance. more um so I have some sympathy for her and I think it must be incredibly tedious if every time you go to a function like that people tell you where you're from, that says I've eaten a lot of game, most people always tell you question where are your people from Hampshire uh Maguire is all you know Norfolk Maguires but I'm not sure that's what she was doing I think she was just a very insensitive person and she just didn't understand it okay?

We'll move on to the front page of the telegraph, uh, strikes, um, Kevin, uh, strikes every day until Christmas, uh, more unions will announce today, in fact, strikes also today we saw, do you know where this is going? What will happen next? Really, yeah, it's quite a Say hello now when you've got a lot of NHS nurses, ambulance drivers, we've got railway workers, you've got posties, you've got teachers, we've had doctors' strikes, uh, it's quite extensive and Andrea Ledson, a former secretary of business. in that Telegraph they quote an article that says: look, ministers are going to have to roll up their sleeves and sit down at the table with union leaders and try to find a way through this because it's been bubbling for some time, it's because inflation has soared. . was 11.1 in the Consumer Price Index, over 14 in the broader retail price index, very few groups receive pay rises, so the living standards we saw in many budgets were absolutely crucified, so people she feels desperate, she feels abused and If they are fighting back and to avoid it, the government will always have to provide some money and some plan, there is no way to avoid it, otherwise, I think it will be the biggest wave of industrial action.

You know, the so-called winter unrest always goes back to 1978-79, or although in reality in that period most days were lost due to an industrial strike, much later in 1979, when Margaret Thatcher was in Downers Street, not there were big engineering strikes, but it's probably the biggest wave since 1989 1990, when I remember, ambulance workers were on strike or big train strikes or doctors' strikes and a lot of local government strikes and some others, but there's not a easy solution for this, but people are desperate, that's what they are, that's what it is. They are desperate and have to overcome, the workers and their unions, formidable legal obstacles now to call a strike in the voting requirements and thresholds if you are a public service, etc., and they are approving them and when they are passing when we have to ask ourselves about Why do they continue and why do they feel like they are going to risk losing a day's wages every time they go on strike to take this position and is it because they can see what is happening to their living standards, yeah, I mean, It's not always just the salary, right?

Although we learned the food inflation figures yesterday, you can see why people you know feel they need more, er, Royal Mail workers today suggest they know more. Flexibility was required of them and the work-life balance will be completely altered if that is met in your opinion, but do you feel a softer approach than under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss of this Conservative government of Sarah Steve Barclay for example, the Health Secretary, um, tweeted this afternoon. I am deeply sorry that some ambulance staff are going on strike but then I say my door is open to discuss with the unions ways we can make the NHS a better place to work despite saying the demands are unaffordable but you Do you know that there is a softening?

Do you think I mean, I think I think the lawsuits, I mean, they're asking for 19, which I think is a lot and and and that's what you know, people don't understand that? in the private sector and I think people would find it quite difficult to accept, but I think you are right. I mean, a lot of people feel that certainly people like nurses and ambulance drivers don't get paid enough for the jobs that they do um and I think what they're trying to avoid is this kind of very politicized general strike because Obviously the unions can see the whites of the conservatives' eyes, they know they are going through a difficult time. they know things are tough, they know they don't really have the funds to meet their requirements, so they know they're over them, so you know there's two sides to this.

There is a very legitimate question, I think you know. about whether we pay our emergency personnel enough and the people who do really difficult jobs, we probably shouldn't pay them more, but I also think that the unions are taking advantage of the current situation of the government, which is that they are under pressure from a Hay many sides, so I hope that what Steve Bark is trying to do is find a middle ground that is absolutely the right thing and all he can really do, he really has no choice, otherwise, are we going to be? There will be someone on strike from now until the end of the year almost all the time.

This really affects. I'm talking about bus drivers. I mean, you can't go to work in London anymore. Practically yes. telling us you have to mail your stuff by December 10th, so there's a deadline usually like a deadline, right? Sarah Kevin stayed there, there's plenty more to come, including new research showing 70 of England's water industry. it's foreign owned and more so after this break foreigner welcome back you're watching the press

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with me once again Kevin McGuire and Sarah Vine welcome back both of you Kevin should we contact the guardian now which is talking about our infrastructure and who owns it um this time um water companies yes, the privatized water industry in England 70 of England's water companies in foreign hands is that Guardian headline I think it was actually 72 17 countries Qatar Abu Dhabi China all have steaks on the Thames seven Trenton and control it was sold in the Thatcher era to create what the owners of H2O, when they opened it, many small shareholders would take the presidency too, it's just that the big companies of investment of pension funds have taken over and it is one of the reasons and it is an investigation carried out by theSOAS University of London, so there is simply a lack of responsibility when you complain about the lack of investment in your area or that household waste has been pumped into rivers or the sea, the ultimate owners of that company. they are very, very far away and it is very difficult for you to influence them, it was a disaster, although what are public services?

You will be publicly, publicly, publicly owned, publicly managed, publicly controlled, and then publicly accountable. Yes, lack of responsibility, Sarah or just. Lack of money in this country to make the necessary investment to make this national property good. I do not know i do not know. I think I'm personally really surprised by this. I had no idea this was the case. I mean, I think all of us know that my water company is Thames Water and they've just lifted the hose band even though it's been pouring rain for the last time. They are just incompetent, but it's like the Chinese have steaks at nuclear power plants.

I mean, these, I think Kevin is here, you know, these are publicly the British services and they really should be, you know, run by British people. British companies by the state, I mean, they shouldn't be owned by countries like Qatar for profit, it's just crazy, um, but I mean, if it happened on the night of the 80s, you know, I wouldn't. I know, I don't know. The way out of that is that the Daily Mail ceravine calls for renationalisation. I just think, but I think it's cool, don't you think? I mean, I don't know, maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's the way to go.

I have no idea, but these are just not countries that I would particularly like us to be associated with, you know, we, you know, I don't like the fact that we do a lot of business with the Saudis for the same reason, you know, I don't. I really want them to win infrastructure services that are vital you have 10 seconds 10 seconds Kevin it's a cross look if you look at the railway you have China you have term French companies German Dutch Spanish all the trains in operation how many companies you have What they don't have is really the British state Well, thank you both so much, in fact, we plan to talk about Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie, who also died, but we'll do that next time, but thank you.

Much, for now we will certainly reflect on her, her achievements and her writing skills.