both astronauts aboard are safely home. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us on monday morning. joining me, the political writer and academic maya goodfellow and former conservative party adviser mo hussein. welcome again to both of you. let's ta ke welcome again to both of you. let's take a look at tomorrow's front pages, and will begin with the metro. it leads with the news the government is considering new rules if the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise, including ordering those over the age of 50 to stay at home. the ft says the trump administration has vowed to "take action" against chinese software companies that it perceives to be a risk to security, after the president vowed to ban the video app tiktok. the telegraph says the government's chief whip, mark spencer, has been accused of "failing to act" on complaints against a former minister who was arrested over a suspected rape at the weekend. according to sources, mark spencer was not aware of the "magnitude" of the allegations. the times headlines two new tests that will be rolled out across britain this autumn, which can detect coronavirus and flu within 90 minutes. and there's more on covid—19 in the guardian, which says one of britain's leading scientists has criticised the government's handling of the crisis and urged ministers in future to be more open about the reasons behind their policies. let's begin with the times. this is, apart from the very striking photograph of an exhibit of the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge being reopened for visiting, we are talking about closing down in some places again. this offers potentially some hope, a test and a result from a test much faster than we have experienced until now. yes, it does. at the moment, the gold standard is 2a hours or so, getting a test, getting a result back. this is reducing that time considerably going to 90 minutes, and i think against the backdrop of a possible second wave of this virus, with winter coming in more pressures on the nhs, i think this will be welcome news across many quarters in terms of being able to really pinpoint where the virus may be happening, tests that are quicker, more accurate at scale, to break the chain of transmission. i think it will be welcomed as well with schools, for example, going to be able to go back or protecting the vulnerable in, say, maternity wards. either you -- i think —— i think you can to have lots of good uses as we grapple with the virus. it is not to the extent we were, but it is potentially re—emerging again, and there is not really a ny re—emerging again, and there is not really any appetite in government andi really any appetite in government and i would imagine in the public to have a full national account again. talking of appetites, maya, the government's scheme starts on monday, some hope for those businesses in hospitality that have been so badly hit. these testing machines, if they can deliver those results in 90 minutes, this means they could actually be quite specific. this is one of the things that the world health organization has been saying for months, way back in february and march, the importance of testing, but more than that testing, tracing and tracking. that is really key to understanding where the virus is in society and wa nt where the virus is in society and want to do about that. and so the hope with these tests is there will bea hope with these tests is there will be a really quick turnaround, which is something we really need in the uk, but it would be less invasive, so uk, but it would be less invasive, so would not be this nasal or throat swab. this times story actually says is that these are going to initially be used in hospitals, in the care sector, to be broadly productive society, so we need to keep an eye and how this actually develops and i hope we do see this rolled out, because what has happened over the la st because what has happened over the last few months is summing down that some of the massaging of figures in terms of having people were being testing —— some massaging of figures. some of the numbers of tracing we need to happen, what the government's advisory body say is that about 80% of the close contacts of the symptomatic cases need to be tracked, and that is not happening. one academic has said, at newcastle university, the fact there is a real problem in terms of this fragmentation of the testing, tracking and tracing system, local authorities doing it and also the private sector, and it needs to be really integrated. it needs to happen in the nhs and not alongside it, and she is advocating for it being done at the local 30 level. so i think there are some lessons that have been learned at the last few months, but heavily the government will shift to a more localised strategy and how it is implement in —— implement in the nhs. -- implement in the nhs. we are doing a good job of showing national treasures on the front pages. we have got a splendid 21st century not sculpture, real or david -- sir —— sir david attenborough, a new programme to cheer us up. and then they have another story, some over 50s — myself included — may need to be told we need to stay home too. yes. this is the potentialfurther measures government are said to be considering. there's been a lot of this going around the last few days andi this going around the last few days and i think it has caused a bit of concern, because it again feels like a slight arbitrary figure. what about people's actual personal health and their own... i think i will be looked at. people will get some kind of personalised assessment, so the story goes, but the counter to this is, again, the impact on the economy. what will happen to the messaging on going back to work? will the prime minister himself be impacted by this, or other senior ministers? minister himself be impacted by this, or othersenior ministers? so it feels like an idea being floated. whether it actually happens, and i think the government are trying to play down as well, it goes back to the backdrop of a second wave, and there is a real concern of a second wave coming and it feels like further measures and trade—offs will be put in place to deal with that. we will have to go further until we currently a re we will have to go further until we currently are —— than we currently are. maya, let's look at the front of the guardian, which has some very stern criticism from sir paul nurse. he is really fresher to buy the decision—making process because he thinks it is in danger of undermining public trust. what is his criticism? i think this intervention from paul nurse should be listened to, in terms of moving forward and learning the lessons of the mistakes that have been made. it is worth remembering that according to the government's figures, 46,201 people died so far, from coronavirus, one of the highest rates in the world. and what paul nurse has been saying is there is not been enough transparency and what he says about this is it makes it difficult to challenge or scrutinise the policy that is coming up scrutinise the policy that is coming up because what government often say is, it is led by the science, and so he gives really important examples here. one is the testing. i talked about before, the numbers all being massaged and he says this was because the government did not want to admit they were not prepared for this pandemic, and the other thing he notes is the decision to build and equip this new glad in order to sort of scale up the testing, the scaling of the testing is really needed, but he argues is this result, and this is the quote from him, isa result, and this is the quote from him, is a total shambles at the height of the pandemic. and so what height of the pandemic. and so what he understands is, will we need to understand, we need to know why they have been made, so is not saying all decisions are wrong but in order to assess what they were, we need to understand the rationale behind them and he argues this is not been transparent enough. and i think it is absolutely inarguable that there have been some serious mistakes made and we need to understand why that has happened. moving forward. not only for an inquiry down the line but in terms of this potential second spike that is very much potentially on the horizon, we need to learn those lessons and make sure that there were significant changes, some of which seem to be happening, but i think that transparency is going to be key going forward and i think paul nurse really should be listened to on this occasion. mo, just a quote from what maya was referring to there, if they're going to get the trust of the nation, they need to make those decisions more public. it needs to be more open. you've worked inside whitehall, you know all the kind of political pressures , know all the kind of political pressures, but also the practical ones. what do you make of the criticism? i think it is quite unfair. it is very easy to be an armchair critic and have hindsight when it comes to this pandemic, but this was a new pandemic and i think when you're in government, having worked in government, dealing with a variety of situations, you have to deal with the information you have and you have to deal with it quickly, and if things change, you change your course as well. and i think we have seen the government do that, but you don't always have the ftime or that, but you don't always have the f time or the ability to have a really big kind of conversation about it, either because you have to move quite fast, and i think there will come a time for further scrutiny, and there will be an inquiry, but decisions will have to be taken in the national interest, when you're talking about life and death, and i think is for this around transparency... data has been shared, sage numbers have been shared, sage numbers have been shared, and we have had daily press briefings. the new labour leadership has challenged the government when it has to but agrees with what the government is doing, so i do not ta ke government is doing, so i do not take it is fair to say there is a shroud of secrecy around. this is a very visual medium, even though a lot of paper readers look at it online rather than the physical paper. we get printouts, and one of the things i like doing is pick out the things i like doing is pick out the photos and see, over the additions, what change. we have got sir david attenborough, we have that lovely sculpture at the fitzwilliam, and we have... the winner, really, tonight has to be the lewis hamilton picture, doesn't it, on the front of the guardian? what do you think of it, maya? what a brilliant image. what a powerful photo. lewis hamilton, after his seventh british grand prix when and, as i read now about it, really sort of tense final where i think had a tyre puncture, it's a really very powerful photo, andi it's a really very powerful photo, and i was struck by this sort of defiant theme he seems to be showing in this moment of victory. mo, are you a formula 1 fan? were you watching? i was not watching, but i think the picture does say it all, in terms of the victory. taste a lot sweeter for some of the accustomed to winning. i think lots of hearts... including louis's himself, when the tyre did not play along, but a much more meaningful victory for some but he quite used to it. he certainly is used to victories, isn't he? look, thank you both for being with us tonight. no champagne to spray around, but it would be a terrible waste, wouldn't it? maya goodfellow, and mo hussein, thank you very much. we will have whether before the end of the hour, but before the end of the hour, but before then, the film review with mark kermode. hello, and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best movies available for viewing in the home and in cinemas. during lockdown, while everyone was watching movies on streaming services, trailers for unhinged proudly boasted that the film would open in theatres injuly, with studio head mark gill calling it the canary in the coalmine for cinema reopenings. in america, where coronavirus continue to spike, unhinged has inevitably had its release delayed, along with potential blockbusters like tenet and mulan. but here in the uk, the russell crowe actioner is now testing the waters as a wide theatrical release, hoping to draw punters back to the spectacle of big screen cinema. come on, man, go! crowe stars as an aggrieved, overweight and aggressive ball of anger whose path crosses with caren pistorius's rachel,
Related Keywords
China ,Florida ,United States ,Australia ,United Kingdom ,Whitehall ,Orkney Islands ,Chinese ,Britain ,Australian ,America ,David Attenborough ,Caren Pistorius Rachel ,Mo Hussein ,Russell Crowe ,
comparemela.com © 2020. All Rights Reserved.