- Newsnight
- 12 Feb 08, 06:06 PM
COST OF LIVING
Inflation is up - should we be worried and is there anything we can do? The Office of National Statistics say rising fuel and food costs are to blame. Do we in Britain have the answers to rising inflation or is it an international problem which we can't solve alone?
US ELECTION
About 80 miles south-west of Washington DC, where the Shenandoah mountains crawl along the horizon and where the rich soil of Virginia is soaked with the blood and tears of America's turbulent history, is a town called Culpeper. Matt Frei returns to the town as the residents decide how to cast their votes in today's primary.
RUSSIA
Edward Lucas' new book The New Cold War says that the West must wake up to the threat posed by President Putin and the Kremlin. He will debate with a Putin supporter live.
DANIEL BARENBOIM
As he performs the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas in London, musical maestro Daniel Barenboim talks to Jeremy about his passion for music, life and politics.
- Newsnight
- 12 Feb 08, 01:34 PM
Journalist Edward Lucas claims that Russia has started a new Cold War - and the West is losing it because it is unwilling to confront the new threat.
Edward Lucas speaks to Jeremy Paxman on 12 February.
Extract from:
The New Cold War
How the Kremlin Menaces both Russia and the West
by Edward Lucas
Published by Bloomsbury at 拢18.99
Vladimir Putin wants to build up the Kremlin鈥檚 influence not only on the West, but also in the West. The growing business lobby tied to Russia represents a powerful fifth column of a kind unseen during the last Cold War. Once it was communist trade unions that undermined the West at the Kremlin鈥檚 behest. Now it is pro-Kremlin bankers and politicians who betray their countries for thirty silver roubles.
Continue reading "The New Cold War by Edward Lucas"
- Newsnight
- 12 Feb 08, 10:28 AM
Robert Morgan is today's programme producer - here is his early email to the production team. But what do you want to see covered?
Good morning everyone,
A few decent stories around today including inflation, David Miliband's democracy speech, and internet file sharing. Do come to the meeting with ideas on how to do these stories or any others.
On the day of the Virginia primary we have the latest instalment from Culpeper by Matt Frei. It will be done on the day.
Jeremy is doing an interview this afternoon with Daniel Barenboim.
I've sorted out a Newsnight option. It's Edward Lucas' new book The New Cold War. He says that the West must wake up to the threat posed by Putin and the Kremlin. Bids in for the Russian government. Could make a good disco.
Robert
