Press Preview: Sunday’s front pages

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, it's our first chance to take a look at tomorrow's covers and tonight we'll look at the headlines with journalist and author Rachel Shabby and political commentator Benedict Spencer speaking to them a moment later. We've taken a look at some of the

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which includes an exclusive that Richie Sunac plans to cut taxes in the autumn - a move they say could keep him in power. That report also appears on the

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page of the Sunday Telegraph, which understands that the Prime Minister wants to cut National Insurance or income tax by up to twopence before next year's general election.

The Observer leads the run-up to the undercover official investigation with a leading scientist describing the Prime Minister's dining outings. to help such a spectacularly stupid plan as the Sunday Mail reports on unions accused of declaring class war in central Britain over plans to cut public services in prosperous areas the Manchester Evening News reports on victory of cities against United in the FA Cup final with a team hoping for trouble when they face Milan in the Champions League final next weekend, the Sunday Times also includes that story in its cover with a photo of Jack Grealish holding the FA Cup.

The Sun claims that Holly Willoughby will make a statement on her first day. We're back this morning after the resignation of Phillip Schofield, who admitted having an affair with a younger colleague, while the Mirror reports the BBC has been in contact with Holly Willoughby and the star warns we could all be eliminated by the Bots of psychopath chat they are planning. to exterminate all of humanity and don't forget that you can scan the QR code that you see on the screen, join the program and check the covers of tomorrow's newspapers while you watch us discuss them and do it.

Rachel Shabby and Benedict Spence are great. having you with us this Saturday night, um Rachel, in front of the Observer, we all remember that plan, didn't we go out to eat to help? We thought maybe it was a good idea at the time if people participated in it, others thought maybe it was. a somewhat reckless idea, well, it has been called stupid and could be the focus of research into the virus. Yeah, I think a lot of people thought it was quite stupid at the time, so as you say, this was, I think the summer of 2020.

When Rishi Sunakil was then Chancellor he had the stupid idea of ​​encouraging people to eat out by offering them 50 discounts to people who did it and there was a study, a study a few weeks later suggested that it caused an increase of between eight and seventeen percent. in covert infections that summer and this is one of the wise scientists quoted in this Observer article saying it was a stupid idea. This is Professor John Edmonds, who is at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He also says, in addition to pointing out that this was a stupid idea, that Sage was not really consulted on this and many other things.

If they had been consulted they would have told Rishi Sunak and the government. No, this is dumb, why are you doing it?, but he also points out. You know that and a lot of these things, you know, they gave their advice and they didn't really have much of a role to play and very often they found out about policies and decisions at the same time we did. You know, when they were announced. like when they were turned over to the press, so this is one of the things, of course, that will be analyzed in this much heralded undercover investigation and I think it's interesting that it's on the cover of the Observer this investigation, um, and the stupidity or No. of um sunak's plan, but it's not actually appearing in many other newspapers, yes, it's interesting, Benedict, isn't it?

Because you know, I mean, thinking back, it seems like a long time ago, doesn't it, but it's about the balance of risks and there was a lot of discussion about that at the time, there wasn't a balance between obviously wanting to get rid of the pandemic. and also wanting to protect people's livelihoods. I think we should remember at that time the kind of omens of the economy. Fatality that abounds and that was very clear for everyone to see on the horizon. We must also remember that Rishi Sunat was not the Prime Minister, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his job was to come, you know, come up. with ways to ensure that the economy was not sinking as much as it was and ultimately it has to be said that it is up to the Prime Minister which policies were implemented and which ones were not, so we can sit here and we can say it was a stupid policy and it certainly generated a lot of skepticism at the time, but he was the chancellor and we must also remember that he became chancellor because he was considered a much more docile chancellor than Sachi Javid.

By Dominic Cummings and Boris Johnson, so that's the important thing to remember on the Sunac issue. I think it's very interesting that this Observer article that he's talking about, of course, since he's going to talk, it leads into the discussion about how. Much of this policy was made in consultation with Sage or even any other scientist, you know what? Because very often accusations were made that the government was having its policy completely directed by science, scientists obviously like us. What we have followed has shown that it is not so much the case that there were many types of competing voices in the room driven by things like ego driven by things like surveys of many different things and ultimately it comes down to He asks what was happening. between key government ministers and the Prime Minister what is going to be revealed Boris Johnson has given us what he says were all his WhatsApps and it is very clear that they are not all his WhatsApps, he has given us some WhatsApps, um, there you are .

I know this is going to put pressure on Rishi Sunak and other government ministers, potentially civil servants, to reveal their communications and you can start to see why people are fighting because you know that's the last thing I think the Conservatives are doing at the moment. What I want, given how many crises they have, is for them to get caught up in our Eastern Shed, she said it was his fault, it was her fault, so some sort of council got hit by the undercover investigation, but of course we need it, it's essential, uh, that we understand. what was going on at the heart of the government and why those kinds of life-altering decisions like this were made in our name, so it's kind of complicated, but I don't think there's any way around trying it. like Richardson, the government and the cabinet office could, yes, I think you may be right, okay, let's move on to the front page of the Sunday Telegraph, uh, it's also on the front page of the Express, actually the tax cuts could be On the way, Rachel, yes, that's it.

Well, I mean it's something we could have predicted without too much trouble. I think the idea of ​​the Conservatives trying to introduce some kind of tax cuts before the general election, the Sunday Express seems to think that this will be you know how to cure Britain and you know, a very conservative supportive newspaper of course, they would say I do think it's interesting when we talk about tax cuts and increases, we don't really talk about for whom and from where, in this case both. percentage cut part of that will be a cut to National Insurance, which I personally think is a good thing.

I don't think the increase in National Insurance is fair because it tends to hit people on lower incomes. It is not a progressive medium. of Taxes, but when we look at the economy as a whole, I want to say that we obviously have a start in qualities in this country, the worst in Europe and also the slowest and slowest in the recovery of the G7 countries in the United Kingdom, um no. We're not going to get out of it by raising taxes on most people by one two percent and then before the election, like letting go of The Noose a little bit and then tightening it again, that's not going to work for anyone if you really want to retire.

In the case of an economic crisis that we're in, then you know that stimulating the economy is the way to do it and if you want to deal with giant economic disparities in this country, then that means taxing wealth, it means taxing unearned income. and there's really no way around the fact that tinkering around the edges with these kinds of cuts isn't going to make anything right, Benedict, I think like Rachel says, we could have predicted that this was going to get to where we are at the top. . post war tax burden um and it's hitting, you know, everyone, pretty square in the jaw, uh the thing is you know tourists are doomed in both directions because the other thing that could really stimulate growth in this country it would be a housing program. building that would require significant deregulation in planning laws;

Well, the average conservative voter, many of whom are already saying they can't vote conservative or can stay home, wouldn't be particularly happy about that being part of the problem, especially across the South. uh, the south and the southwest, the kind of blue wall, as it's called, a lot of people don't want them being built, they don't want to see deregulation, they're the people who will probably feel the extra couple from Pence, here or there, probably were the ones who will benefit from the campaign currently going on in the telegraph to get rid of the inheritance tax, so I think it's not so much about trying to stimulate massive economic growth nor much more about simply trying to keep conservative voters who may feel apathetic towards the party, simply by trying to keep them in place and get them out to vote in the next election.

I think things have gotten so low for the tour, it's just a matter of just getting your base back on side, uh, and you know, stumbling through the election and hoping for the best out of it, okay. I'll stay with you Benedict so you can start with the next story that's in the front of the mail on Sunday, the man says that workers will cut public services in prosperous areas if they come to power, yes, and this is something like the other thing, this is the other part of the two-pronged approach, uh, when it comes to conservative electoral strategy and I want to publish it as well.

I think it's telling that these stories started coming out a little earlier now, because of all the kind of fury around the undercover investigation and the potential embarrassment for the government. But this is the other side, isn't it? He's trying to paint a bit of a Kia storm and not as some sort of nice centrist Labor politician, but as some sort of slightly more left-wing radical, as he's seen this before, obviously. We saw it with Jeremy Corbyn, that wasn't hard to do, but we also saw it with Ed Miliband before the suggestion that he would take money away from the middle classes, you know, the sort of classic swing votes, I suppose.

And that's how a lot of this will be, I'm afraid, is that there will be a sort of reminiscent of the days of Jeremy Corbyn, there will be a sort of spotlights placed on the front bench uh Shadow uh uh ministers uh on is on his front bench to deal to suggest that perhaps he is not as centrist and friendly as he has perhaps tried to portray himself. I don't know if that will work or not. The man says this is clear. of the proposals that are being presented to union members. I'm not sure if that's the case.

You can see where this is going. Yes, we have received a response from the unions saying that these documents are draft internal documents subject to deliberation and amendment and not a final statement of party policy, let's talk to you Rachel about this. I mean, I agree with Benedict that this is a huge distraction from the undercover investigation. He also I think he just shows that the labor economy is not that different to that of the Conservatives now under the leadership of the Stormers. and he just goes to show that it really doesn't matter how much workers try to please right-wing newspapers like this one, they will always come out shooting them.

I think the key to this story is in the last paragraph. on the cover where it says these proposals for you, Rob, central Britain, for money, public services, libraries etc, it supposedly says that they are hidden in dry jargon that promises to enact a socio-economic duty on impact assessments and make sure that there is economic equity throughout the country. I think the idea that they are hidden in these equity assessments tells us everything you need to know if workers are trying to make sure that the words of deprived neighborhoods are less deprived in terms of lack of vital public services. which we know happens all over the country and we've all reported from those places and we've seen the brutal impact of those cars on people if workers are going to do that and then they're accused of attacking Central Britain, you know , I think we can see. the kind of flavor of where the right-wing press is going with that and why there's no point in Labor ever trying and Pander, you can't, you can't win this game, when is it okay, we've run out oftime.

I have to take a break. Thank you very much to both. We'll talk again in a moment. Manchester City are on course to complete the journey after winning the FA Cup. Unsurprisingly, that's in the Manchester Evening News. Do not go. Hello again. Rachel and Benedict are still with us, uh, Benedict, inside the Sun Express, 31 people arrested, two protesters made it to the Epsom Derby route. What is your position? I'm of the opinion that, as much as we should guarantee the right to protest, I think actually that this is getting to the point where it's causing a public nuisance and potentially very dangerous, um, I think that running in front of horses during a race or something like that is potentially putting yourself at risk, it's certainly putting the riders and the horses at risk, and I think it's also increasingly encouraging for people to take Mass into their own hands we see this with people like Extinction Rebellion and protesters in London and I think the real problem here is that the police in the past have failed to control this sort of thing to stop people behaving like this.

And in doing so, we're seeing a little bit more of a reaction now certainly in terms of public opinion. I would say that many of these protesters are actually doing a lot of damage to their causes, ultimately, in the way they act. running their businesses and I think that, oh, when that happens, um, I think you have such an easy argument to win things like animals to be, you know, turn public opinion against them so bad, I think. Honestly, they should be aware that their tactics are having a very detrimental effect on their cause. Rachel's tactics don't work.

The poisons absolutely worked. All over the media today I heard information about abuse, animal abuse related to racehorses, uh, that. 15 had died so far this year actually I don't think they are out of Kilt at all with public sentiment for the under 40s 80 about 80 according to animal law Rising uh oppose Epsom racing and others um the point of these protests is to generate publicity and therefore communicate information about the cause they did exactly that today okay, in front of the Sunday Telegraph, uh, the green Benedict dikes will make the weekly shop even more expensive, yes, that's terribly Exciting, isn't it?

It's good. I guess Richardson is promising to curse all our tanks if he wins the next election because this is going to take more money out of our pockets. This could supposedly add around a pound, £140, sorry, £140 a year to your weekly shopping budget and this is all part of the government's plans to make it easier to recycle it's all part of a plan I think that Michael went to set up when he was when he was the environment secretary, it's all part of a plan that also included a bottle return scheme and I think it may be a recycling scheme, you know, it's one of those types of things that everything helps, but I do believe that it is an unnecessary burden for many. low income families right now 140 pounds, uh, that's very helpful, ultimately, for a lot of people, so you know, is the time right?

I guess environmentalists would say you know now is the time, but it's a different kind of slap in the face. The face, I think, for a lot of people who have had to endure rising food costs, rising energy costs, all kinds of things going up and not really seeing any kind of decline on the horizon, to unless they originally see it and hit twopence. minus every pound of your taxes, okay Rachel, we'll hear your opinion on that in the next hour. I just want to show this in the Manchester Evening News. uh Blues on the verge, here's the starter on the verge of the treble from the brilliant City boss. uh, Pep Guardiola there holding the FA Cup and a big smile on his face as the whole team has great things, thanks to both of you, we'll talk again shortly now, let's finish with a look at the weather.