Transcripts For BBCNEWS The Papers 20170618

The chancellor, philip hammond, says leaving the European Union without a deal would be a very, very bad outcome for britain. Negotiations are due to begin in brussels tomorrow. Portugal declares three days of mourning as the Emergency Services battle to contain a forest fire which has killed more than 60 people. And the party of the french president Emmanuel Macron has won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections, just over a year after it was founded. My my guest is wholly mcnish, one of most popular performance poet. We will be talking about her new collection, in which she revisits her adolescence. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are reuters Business Correspondent tom bergin and kate devlin, Political Correspondent at the herald. Tomorrows front pages, starting with the times. The front page of the times says that Relief Efforts at Grenfell Tower have descended into chaos, with reports of survivors being rehoused hundreds of miles away. The Daily Telegraph focuses on the Conservative Party leadership, reporting that david davis is emerging as a unity candidate to become interim party leader if mrs may steps down. The Financial Times concentrates on the Brexit Talks Due to start tomorrow, reporting that the chancellor is urging a focus on business. The guardian reports that european leaders fear the fragility of theresa mays government makes it more likely britain could crash out of the eu without a deal. The independent also looks at brexit, and a report which suggests that plans to cut immigration could have a Double Whammy Effect on the economy. But the Daily Express says confidence is high as brexit talks begin. And the sun has more on the news that the tv presenter Ant Mcpartlin checks into rehab for alcohol and drug problem. We will begin with the metro, which has a picture on the front page showing the inside of one of the flats at Grenfell Tower following a flyer, following the fire, similar to the footage that police have released. It says it will extend of the blaze damages revealed and talks about the money the survivors will get. And also mps condemning the treatment of those people who lived here as victorian. Kate, it is hard to think that just a few days victorian. Kate, it is hard to think thatjust a few days ago this was someones home. Yes, and im not surprised the metro has put this as a huge picture on theirfront page. It really shows the absolute devastation. That apartment, someone was living in it, had belongings. You can see things that were burned inafire, you can see things that were burned in a fire, and it really. Obviously we saw very horrible pictures from the outside a few days ago. I think this brings home again just how terrible it must have been to be inside that tower. It is david lambie, the labourmp, to be inside that tower. It is david lambie, the labour mp, who is quoted here. He had a friend in this blog. He says while we behaving like this, this is victorian england. We dont have local government able to coordinate. It did seem that the British Red Cross had come in to fill the gap. Theresa may has said that the response was not good enough, there is an article in the Financial Times today talking about how the effort is being coordinated by executives from other local authorities, effectively the Kensington And Chelsea Local Authority has been sidelined in its Owfi Authority has been sidelined in its own borough. Sol authority has been sidelined in its own borough. So i seem to be serious questions being raised about the effectiveness of that effort, and we have of course this mention of people receiving £10 to help them tide them over. This is Kensington And Chelsea, that gets you caught the underclass and if youre lucky. That gets you a copy and paste review are lucky. I have seen fatal fires before, but never seen anything like this. The leader of the council says that they are involved, they are leading this effort, and he rejects the criticism they have received. Lets look at they have received. Lets look at the telegraph. Let in turn are victims of season ending arms, says Jeremy Corbyn. If you read, it says Jeremy Corbyn. If you read, it says Jeremy Corbyn. If you read, it says Jeremy Corbyn appeared to suggest that families could live in empty properties. This is a subject he referred to during the week, it was about empty homes. This is a long running issue. We have a glut oii long running issue. We have a glut on the market of luxury apartments in london. The prices are weakening. Many of them lie empty for long periods of time, if you go by these buildings much of the year at night time you dont see any lights on. This is what economists were considered to be a market inefficiency. Jeremy corbyn, not usually a fan of many economists, but he agrees on this point. He thinks they should not be the case, we should bring these into use. The question is how to do that. He does mention the term occupy here, i think anybody who is concerned about Property Rights would not like to see that word. But he also use a word that anyone concerned with public finances may be worried about a Doctorate Content compulsory purchase. Im not sure many people would consider buying multi Million Dollar apartments, single bedroom apartments, those kind of sums would release of any problems. Even with a surplus that we understand that Kensington And Chelsea are running. But it is possible for properties to be commandeered, sequestered for a short period, isnt it . Yes, and when vince cable was Business Secretary he was banging on about this problem a good couple of years ago, there are actually an awful lot, a growing number, of london apartments being bought unbelievably to remain empty. They arejust investments. There is no real financial incentive. These people are so financial incentive. These people are so rich that they effectively cant even be bothered to get renters in there, so theyjust sit empty. As thomas suggesting, this is Cheek By Jowl with, in empty. As thomas suggesting, this is cheek byjowl with, in a borough that has high inequality as well. Five days in the job and i was called to g re nfell tower of five days in the job and i was called to Grenfell Tower of is a young firefighter, 26, and emits catty , young firefighter, 26, and emits catty, and less than a week as part of the fire service and yet she gets sense to this extraordinary fire, which sees and firefighters said they had no missing the likes of before. Yes, and she says it is her first properjob in which she saw actualflames. First properjob in which she saw actual flames. Hats off to all the firefighters who did such a great job. And she saved lives. Yes, that is certainly one area that theresa may was quick to point out, that the Emergency Services getting a lot of plaudits. We will come back to the telegraph. The guardian, pm orders cash payment for Grenfell Tower move is. We know it is around £5,500. Theyll get some in cash and some into bank accounts. Peoples bank ca rd into bank accounts. Peoples bank card cards will have gone up in flames. When you lose nothing, you need to buy the most basic things, so need to buy the most basic things, so having a cash infusion like that just helps you to get by. It is not compensation, by any means. The other thing is this is Downing Street still scrambling to catch up to try to get on the front foot. It has faced an off a lot of criticism about how it has been handled. Theresa may herself was common for a lot of personal criticism about how she has handled this. It still seems as if they are not quite on the front foot. Still with the guardian, fragile tories warned over brittle brexit. We have soft and hard, and now a brutal draxler. The argument is that they have got such a slim grasp on power, not even a majority, some people saying they dont even have a mandate to go into the negotiations. The problem from the Point Of View of brussels and European Partners is that there is a slim grasp on reality. Basically because britain may have a week government, when people come to brussels to negotiate, if anything is agreed the concern on the part of brussels is that this will not be backed up by government, because government will not be in a position to follow through on anything. Again the perception of brussels is that the perception of brussels is that the uk does not know what it wants. It has so many contradictory aims, it wants to participate in Regulated Market without following the rules, she wasjust Something Market without following the rules, she was just something that market without following the rules, she wasjust something that is hard to get your head around. From brussels perspective, they dont know how they can make the uk happy with the many things it seeks to have. But they dont care about making us happy, do they . At the end of the day the European Union wants to keep itself together. This is one thing that brussels thinks that the uk does not get, because the idea that it uk does not get, because the idea thatitis uk does not get, because the idea that it is in brussels interest to give the uk special deal, that is not something that European Partners would agree with. They say the most important thing is to keep the European Union together, and a way that you do that is by not giving any Party Special deal because then everyone will ask for it. But their trade with us will concentrate some minds. Any trade deal with us would not be unique, they have two negotiate them at all countries outside the eu. Indeed, and it is important to understand that there are 27 other nations here. Tom is right, they agree on an awful lot of stuff but there will be times when they have to sell it to their electorate that theyre giving us a very bad deal, but at the same time one of those countries that is remaining in the European Union is the republic of ireland, does have a land border with us, it has a lot of trade with us, and it has to at least look as if it is getting an ok deal out of this. And the dup, of course, will have a say in the kind of brexit. They dont want a hard brexit because of that land border. They are Eurosceptic Party and have been for decades. The interesting thing is how close the dup are to their voters, and that is because their voters, and that is because the reporters are very hardline eurosceptics. In their voters are hardline. That is one reason is the top very tough on this. It is a huge problem, the border. Tom, the Daily Express is more confident. They have been optimistic about brexit throughout the period and see we wa nt throughout the period and see we want a deal that makes both sides strong. I go back to this point, europe is clear what makes europe strong, it is having a system that works together on common rules. And those common rules are at the basis of the European Union. If you start to have on common rules, a different set of rules for each party, then it all set of rules for each party, then it a ll falls set of rules for each party, then it all falls apart. I had a conversation with the head of the swedish is in this lobby group and she said to me, it is very appealing, the idea of Giving Britain A Special Deal where it can have unfettered access without membership, but she said the problem is, as soon as we give this accommodation to britain, someone else looks for a different kind of accommodation, and suddenly we dont actually have a single market, we have many different markets. That is the difficulty and something that seems to be in fields to be grasped by many of our negotiators. But the back to the Daily Telegraph. The plight of the Conservative Party and the threat of another general election is never further away. David davis tipped to be interim tory leader as the cabinet turns on theresa may. Interim, the war that nobody would want to read. |j theresa may. Interim, the war that nobody would want to read. I think youre the perfect person to keep the seat warm for me. I thought this was interesting, but then you look at it and it has lots of ifs and maybes. The thing is we know that the position of theresa may is weakened, and the hour after we started to see the exit polls everybody was talking about her future being limited. Its inevitable this will come up. David davies is popular. Six months or year ago he was talking about returning to the backbenches. Maybe thatis returning to the backbenches. Maybe that is why boris likes the idea of him as an interim seat warmer. You said it but whether this is to flush out david davies. The source of the story is interesting. It was tipped by allies of borisjohnson, Who Journalists would like to describe us on manoeuvres. But he has the line that. If anybody would wa nt to has the line that. If anybody would want to be interim leader, it is a poisoned chalice, it will be incredibly difficult for the next two years. The Argument Aboutjust sitting about until the brexit deal is Done And Dusted is attractive, and thats why theresa may is still where she is today. Theyll tolerate it for as long as it suits them, i suppose. Lets go to the Financial Times. Parliamentary wing, Different Things are cross the channel. Decisive poll victory of Emmanuel Macron paves the way for reform. He has got the parliamentary majority easily that he needs, even though a lot of people who stood