Wednesday 9 December 2009 - the plan so far
Here is what we are planning for tonight's programme:
It is pre-Budget report day, in which Chancellor Alistair Darling will be making his statement on the state of the economy to parliament.
Unsurprisingly tonight's programme will be dedicated to the PBR - what is said, what is not, and what it all means.
Our Economics Editor Paul Mason will be crunching the numbers, our Political Editor Michael Crick - who is down at Parliament right now - will be unpicking the politics.
Paul has already blogged on the new territory Britain is moving into - which you can read here.
And we will be joined in the studio by senior politicians and by our political panel - Peter Hyman, Tony Blair's long time head of strategy, Danny Finkelstein, former head of policy at Conservative Central Office and Olly Grender, who was the Liberal Democrats' Communication Director.
More details later.
Comment number 1.
At 9th Dec 2009, mimpromptu wrote:The Chancellor is still talking and I'm only half listening but why oh why has he spefically picked pharmaceutical and technological areas to ivest in in order for some creep to get a Nobel Prize?
Over my dead body if they should be allowed to carry on using myself for this purpose!
I'd be most grateful if you could pass it on to Westminster ASAP!
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Comment number 2.
At 9th Dec 2009, Roger Thomas wrote:Paul's Blog is entitleed we're not in Kansas
It has been written before in these lyrics by one of the best bands/ singers/ writers ever.
Wonder if Paul with his musical background was influenced?
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Comment number 3.
At 9th Dec 2009, mimpromptu wrote:I'm not altogether disappointed by what happened at Westminster this afternoon.
In fact, I'm quite happy because:
1. A messiah was mentioned
2. The black hole was said to be ring fenced by the current government,
at long last
3. The vile experiment has been exposed which is costing the taxpayer
an arm and a leg
Thanks
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Comment number 4.
At 9th Dec 2009, mimpromptu wrote:#60
Which ambiguous woman is dominating the UK, may I ask, barriesingleton?
As far as I'm concerned it's called self-defence. As exposed by force, I thought well why let myself be just used and abused but rather turn the whole thing round and expose the users and abusers and by the same token show what I'm about and what I stand for, as per yesterday's posts.
'Don't cry for me, gold diggers' but go and do something worthwhile instead, if allowed that is.
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Comment number 5.
At 9th Dec 2009, jauntycyclist wrote:in the iraq inquiry with Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge & Lt Gen Robin Brims we learnt the uk had no 'nation building' plan [a void they called it] and that the military commander had no uk money to even pay police. it had to come from the usa. What Brims said was he needed civilians who understood how cities work.
there is no such science called nation building. it does not exist. why is this important? because the impression is there is such a science and that the uk is good at it. this what they say they are doing in afghanistan. what textbook are they using? what models?
the evidence proves not. it is still a void.
which makes sense because there is no nation building plan for the uk never mind elsewhere?
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Comment number 6.
At 9th Dec 2009, nedafo2 wrote:Roger - enjoyed the link. It has been a long time since I listened to There's no place like home. I'd forgotten how good it was. The lyrics could be updated by selling all the yellow bricks to China!
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