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BBCNEWS The Papers July 14, 2024

Weather, perhaps cloud. Temperatures reach closer to average values. For many that probably will come as somewhat of a relief. Were still talking about the low 20s across the northern half of the uk, up to 26, 27 further south. On into the weekend, some uncertainty. This area of low pressure looks like it could bring pretty heavy rain. El pais it bushes remains to be seen. But for the south west of england and south wales it could be a very wet day on saturday. Sunday at the moment looks as though and sijsling settling. Temperatures lifting up. Into next week it is a bit of a battle. Low pressure will put in from the atla ntic pressure will put in from the atlantic again, anything showery or cooler. Or whether it will continue to love a southerly flow as it did this week and we see temperatures building. We are watching them for you very closely. I guess a big question is will here to return for next week . Hello. This is bbc news with rebecca jones. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First, the headlines carl beech, a man who claimed to have been abused as a child by a westminster paedophile ring, is convicted of perverting the course ofjustice and fraud. The foreign secretary says he wants increased protection for shipping in the gulf, as he condemns the seizing of a british flagged tanker by iran as an act of piracy. Voting ends in the conservative leadership race, as a senior minister quits in protest over a possible Boris Johnson victory. Jo swinson is named as the first female leader of the liberal democrats, beating sir ed davey. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are political commentator, lance price, and katy balls, the deputy Political Editor at the spectator. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. The i says borisjohnson will be crowned as tory leader tomorrow. 2a hours from downing street is the headline. Meanwhile the ft leads onjohnsons rivaljeremy hunt they say the foreign secretary has asked european allies to help protect commercial shipping in the gulf. A different leadership election makes the front page of the guardian. They carry a picture of new lib dem leader, jo swinson. Carl beech, who was today found guilty of falsely accusing vips of being part of a murderous paedophile ring, is called a fantasist who made a mockery of justice by the daily express. The telegraph also lead on the story they say Scotland Yard faces serious questions about their multi Million Pound investigation. And the times say Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson has been urged to apologise to the public figures fasley named by beech, after he entertained the allegations. A variety of front pages for us to chew over. Borisjohnson 2a hours from downing street. I am trying to work out their timing. He doesnt actually moving until wednesday if he has one. Whenever you are reading this, it is not 2a hours. He has one. Whenever you are reading this, it is not 24 hours. But dont let the facts get in the way of a good headline. Unless everyone has got this wrong, hes to be Prime Minister at the end of wednesday and named as the leader of the conservative party tomorrow morning before noon. The long wait is over, the long wait for him and for the rest of us. Although it has been a relatively short election campaign, it does seem to have been going on for a while. He did not make such a terrible thunder of the campaign or do any of the silly things he has been known to do in the past. The big question now is how is he going to bring his party together. And how is he ever going to deliver on the promises he has been making to take us promises he has been making to take us out of the eu by the end of october. Do you have any answers to those questions . I think it will be a revealing week. Borisjohnson is surrounded by so many different supporters and factions, it is very ha rd supporters and factions, it is very hard to tell what he will plan to do because he speaks to one group of supporters and another group and they have read completely different things. The brexit position, who is getting whatjobs things. The brexit position, who is getting what jobs and that is a repeated theme for Boris Johnson. When it comes to brexit, what we need to find out is what change they will be to the current agreement. The hard brexiteers want to rewrite the whole thing and that will be one of the things that sets the tone for his premiership. An how many tourists will get behind him. his premiership. An how many tourists will get behind him. If you do think he will win, i what kind of margin and does that matter . M do think he will win, i what kind of margin and does that matter . It does matter a bit. Ithink margin and does that matter . It does matter a bit. I think he will win. A lot of egg on many faces if he does not, including the minister who has resigned today. Alan duncan. But it does matter because his authority is question even before he takes over. For a number of reasons, he would only have been elected by a relatively small section of the population, the Party Membership so he has not had the endorsement of the country as a whole and it is clear that he does not have the whole of his party behind him. Whereas most new leaders have a relatively reasonable period of time when the parties unite behind them, says all the right things, agrees to Work Together and have a bit of a political honeymoon but Boris Johnson will not have that. People will refuse to work with the right from day one and he will have to prove himself and prove that somehow oi prove himself and prove that somehow or another he can get what he wants through parliament which clearly does not have anything approaching a majority for a new deal brexit which he wants to pursue. It be a very bumpy few weeks months. he wants to pursue. It be a very bumpy few weeks months. If he doesnt win, what margin of victory would be acceptable for him was make anything below 60 will be seen as bad. Clearly there are different degrees of badness. Ultimately, for the reasonsjust degrees of badness. Ultimately, for the reasons just mentioned, degrees of badness. Ultimately, for the reasonsjust mentioned, he needs to assert his authority to bring tory mps with you so the higher the margin the better. There are some who are quite optimistic, high 60s. Jo swinson today got 66 . Can Boris Johnson beat that or will she be the party with the most votes. Speaking ofjo swinson, she won the liberal democrat election. Handy that it was announced before the conservative party result. Was she the right choice for the party . I think she probably was. She is young, fresh face, the first woman. Scottish, does that make a difference . Not the first leader of the lib dems to be scottish. But at this time, i wonder. It presents a potential problem in that she does not have a huge majority and it is scottish naturalist will be pouring a lot of energy into her seat because they would love to sort of decapitate the liberal democrat. If there is olympic dam search, which a lot of people are predicting. A olympic liberal democrat surge. The scottish thing is a factor but in terms of whether she is going to be good for the party, i am sure that she will, she is a breath of fresh airand she will, she is a breath of fresh air and people would be unwise not to ta ke air and people would be unwise not to take a close look at the liberal democrat. She was a minister in the coalition but she was not into the cabinet and she does not have the same kind of package that vince cable dead, the outgoing leader, who was a very senior cable dead, the outgoing leader, who was a very senior minister. And the manner she beat. They shush the man she beat. They shush the man she beat. If there is another home they can go to, she is the best chance. They did well in the european elections, the lib dem, but she now has to capitalise on that success. This is the Party Campaigning to remain. you look about the different leaders are coming into. Borisjohnson has an uphill task. Jo swinson comes into situation where having been written off, it seemed hard for them to come back after the initial Eu Referendum with the pro eu position but they have had a remarkable turn in fortune if you look at the local and eu elections. They have to build oii and eu elections. They have to build on that. We have a by election and thatis on that. We have a by election and that is something they will look. From there, it is about trying to have a general election before the uk leaves the eu because if you look at all the messaging so far, stop brexit, it is all about stopping it from happening. If brexit does happen before we have an election, they will have to reposition themselves. They will still be the party of remainder being a party of rejoining will be different. What is this about, warnings of a constitutional crisis. This goes back to what we were discussing earlier borisjohnson winning. A new Prime Minister who cannot command a majority in the house of commons and that would be because, if he is going to pursue a no deal brexit, there are enough tory rebels. They will be rebels tomorrow because the leadership has changed. To deny him a majority for his main policy. In theory, if it was clear that he could not command a majority in the house of commons, theresa may supposed to recommend to her majesty the queen, the person who can command a majority and therefore be able to take over as Prime Minister so, in theory, if everyone believed he could not do that, she would not be able to make that recommendation to the queen. That is undoubtedly a constitutional crisis but i do not think it will come to that. Although there are tories with worries about his leadership, they will keep the power. He will have a few weeks to sort himself out, work out where hes going and the real test will be later. I think there are a few ways to undermine potentially stop a borisjohnson to undermine potentially stop a Boris Johnson government and if you cannot command a majority, that is clearly problematic. Particularly if it is to stop theresa may recommending. I think that is unlikely but then it comes to how do you stop borisjohnson from pursuing a no deal brexit. Lots of mps in his party are very against it. Do you think they really believe him or they just think they really believe him or theyjust think this think they really believe him or they just think this is think they really believe him or theyjust think this is his way of negotiating . I think Boris Johnson believes he will not have to do no deal but has to threaten it but if he does not work, that is the big question and you get to the point, do ordie, you question and you get to the point, do or die, you can have confidence vote against the government and then it is how many tory mps will vote against the government. There are a handful, i think it would be in the autumn. Would there be any labour mps who would abstain . A labour brexiteer, kate laurie, she has not said. But it will be hard to predict. We are going on line and inside the ft website because this isa inside the ft website because this is a story that has just broken it this evening, theresa may pushes on with sin tax plan. Theresa may has published Health Proposals which are really about sin tax and enclose a ban on smoking, a ban on Energy Drinks to children and what is illuminating about this is her house secretary has been trying to block the green paper. Matt hancock awhile ago was looking into these various things was cooperating. What has changed . Well, Boris Johnson things was cooperating. What has changed . Well, borisjohnson does not like sin tax and said it is something he would take a stand against. And matt hancock once a job what theresa may is. They do not want to look to close given that he is technically a Boris Johnson supporter. It is almost not be published even though it is Health Topics because they want this clear. The timing is odd. Today is a last full day as leader of the conservative party and Prime Minister. To have a bizarre row like this when, presumably, she wanted to be part of her legacy. But there will be a new Health Secretary before the end of the week. It is only a consultation document in the end. It will be torn up in the end. Perhaps making a point about what she wants her legacy to be, even if she wants her legacy to be, even if she doesnt get it. Interesting and good that we were able to discuss it. The front of the ft is with the current foreign secretary, anyway, jeremy hunt, who has urged european allies to band together to protect golf shipping. Gulf shipping. Jeremy hunt using quite Strong Language in the commons today, calling the seizure of the tanker and active state piracy. First of all, is this calling on european allies to band together, will they help . I think some of them well. What is interesting about it is that it means that we are not going to look to the americans to help us. There are two reasons for that, one the americans have made it absolutely clear that they are not offered in any case, but also we dont agree with the americans on policy towards iran. There are areas where we do agree and we regard them asa where we do agree and we regard them as a state they need to be held in check. But in terms of the iran nuclear deal, we are the other european states, as they we, the british government, want to see that deal, revive, or at least british government, want to see that deal, revive, orat least kept british government, want to see that deal, revive, or at least kept on life support for as long as possible. And the americans want to kill it. So our natural allies in this are the europeans. The history of European Military forces coming together to create a credible force is not good. And it will be a difficult situation in terms of protecting the ships going through. We are going to have to work alongside the americans, but i think, diplomatically, it is important. It is also very important, think it is in the interest of the british and the iranians to de escalate this crisis. We have both got ships now being held, because there is an iranian ship being held in gibraltar that was bordered by the Royal Marines last week. And i think some sort of deal is almost certain to come about in order to de escalate the situation which is in everyones interest. Do you mind if we move onto the sun. They want to pick up their front onto the sun. They want to pick up theirfront page. Onto the sun. They want to pick up their front page. Witch hunt, onto the sun. They want to pick up theirfront page. Witch hunt, leire triggered vip paedophile probe leire. He is guilty of telling lies about this westminster vip paedophile ring. I wanted to ask the question what went wrong in this case . Am almost empty to ask what went right . That would be the short answer. There is a catalogue of errors. I think if you look at the problems it is estimated that the whole investigation cost £4 million of taxpayers money. And clearly the person facing jail is the most responsible here. In other figures are being dragged into it. And their roles are being questioned. The fact that he got so far, the investigation, which was so well funded, got to the point it did without the red flags coming out. I think the two names that are receiving the most criticism are lord hogan how who was at the met who was ultimately organising the investigation. And then tom watson, iiow investigation. And then tom watson, now deputy leader, who suggested that he go to the police and spoke about it in the commons. I think there was some questioning. If you look at those who are accused and their families there is anger about how this was handled and there is a suggestion that they were not interested in the other side of the story. Let us finish with the daily star, if we may. Which we dont often do so by the prime suspect. This is the goal that swept down and nabbed ahuri gull. We are being warned nabbed a chihuahua. Experts warn a baby could be next. We unmask the dog nabbing gull. I think this is a random gull that could be falsely accused. There may bea campaign could be falsely accused. There may be a Campaign Later down the line to stop this poor gull having its reputation traduced. Incidentally there is an economist in the independent called compaq who has said he is not guilty tom peck. On that note. Thank you very much indeed. Thats it for the papers tonight. Dont forget you can see the front pages of the papers online hello. This is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. Adam peatys domination continues with his third successive World Champion gold in the 100 metres breastroke. After beating his own world record yesterday, going under 57 seconds, he once again blitzed the opposition in the final in south korea this morning, in a time of 57 point 14 seconds. Significantly for britcher swimming, silver went to his teammate who won his first weld metal. But he was a long way behind and has now recorded the 15 fastest times in the event in history and says he can go even quicker. My biggest thing today was going faster than yesterday. They had to be a better version of myself. U nfortu nately a better version of myself. Unfortunately a made a tiny mistake and tried to force the speed of it too much. The most important lesson is that im still learning. It is not like they have gone 56 and have to learn again. Always learning, a lwa ys to learn again. Always learning, always trying to improve. That is the most important thing we can have going into the olympics next year. 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