Climate change debate
As usual on Fridays, I shall leave you in the more than capable hands of my co-presenter .
If you've been tuned in this week to the emergency Copenhagen conference on you'll know that there've been some dire predictions on the state of the planet.
In fact you may be sitting at home thinking we're all doomed!
If you've missed it all... environmentalists have warned than anyone thought, that the Amazon rain forest is in trouble.
In fact they wrapped up the conference yesterday by issuing a desperate plea to politicians to act now before the planet becomes unrecognisable.
They argued their are already becoming a reality.
summed up those fears yesterday in a speech in Rio when he he warned we have "100 months to save the planet".
We'll be exploring just how bad things are and whether politicians here can push a green agenda in the midst of an economic downturn.
Also today, G20 finance ministers meet in Sussex as the calls for new `backstop' powers to further regulate banks and stop them overextending.
Ahead of the there's tension between countries over whether more fiscal stimulus is needed or greater regulation. We'll have the latest.
And also today - are there dangers for the Prime Minister as Labour MPs increasingly flex their muscle over issues like better conditions for and plans to .
Nearly 150 Labour MPs have signed motion on the agency workers which is in the Commons today.
We'll be talking to a former chairman of the Parliamentary party about his colleagues rebellious tendencies.
With me throughout the show today will be the Daily Mail's slie - and one of Tony Blair's former speech writers - Phil Collins.
It's Friday and Giles is back - so he'll be here with his regular run down of what you've made Top of the Political Pops.
Don't forget you can check all the latest on the programme on our website or come for a . Join us at noon on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ2 or later on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer.
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