Eyes of the world?

President Robert Mugabe has said the "eyes of the world" are on Britain and said that it should hold an election without delay!

Millions had been unable to vote and "their voice must now be heard".


Mr Brown blames Britain's problems on a Tory plot

Has April 1st come earlier this year?

T5 baggage system 'working'

Government is in touch - Smith

Team GB's revolutionary success
"Great Britain's cyclists delivered an awesome series of performances in Manchester at the Track Cycling World Championships. "

Doing your homework!

White working class 'left behind'
"Children's ability to succeed was also defined by their own academic hopes, how much homework they did and their attitude to school, the report added."

Teachers call for ban on homework
"Teachers want homework to be abolished for primary school age children."

Asylum seeking

Why did Congoan, Iranian and Somalian asylum seekers flee to the UK rather than to a neighbouring country!?!

Asylum seekers tell their stories

Britain should do what's best for Britain rather than foreign nationals!

Between a Northern Rock and a hard place?

Had the FSA restricted Northern Rock's mortgage lending or challenged it's business model before the current credit crunch, who would have complained most, Northern Rock's directors or shareholders!?!

Playing the council tax card?

Will any of the major political parties be fighting May's local elections with promises of reducing council tax?

If council tax reductions are not popular, why has Scotland frozen council tax rises this year!?!

Dig for victory!

Did the 'Bevin boys' do the country "a great service" when striking for better pay in 1944 rather than waiting for Hitler's defeat!?!

"By their steadfastness, courage and unity, they had redressed the injustice of 1921, and re-established a guaranteed minimum wage. " - National Union of Minerworkers.

"it still makes us proud to remember everything you did" - Gordon Brown, PM.

Hide and smoke?

Cigarette display ban considered

"A pack of condoms and, erm, erm, a pack of twenty"!?!

Association of Teachers and Lecturers

Should the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) be calling for a reduction in immigration levels rather than for increased funding to "to cope with the numbers" of children arriving from abroad with little or no English!?!

When "the vast majority of newly arrived families [are] placed in deprived areas with empty houses - and with spare capacity in the schools", who represents the locals competing for good quality public services!?!

Reducing child poverty

With seven children by five different fathers, what is Shannon Matthew's mother doing to reduce child poverty by 2010!?!

Benefits of the European Union?

Australia deports UK paedophile
Serial paedophile Raymond Horne, reportedly moved from the UK to Queensland in 1952 aged five and started offending in the 60s.

Lawrence killer wins bid to stay
"Although [ ] born in Italy, Chindamo has lived in the UK since the age of six." It would be "disproportionate" to deport him after he completes his sentence for the murder of Philip Lawrence.

Educating white working class boys.

What's more important, playing politics with white working class boys or educating them?

"One delegate [at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers] said liberal-minded people had stopped highlighting white boys' problems [of underchievement] for fear of lending weight to the arguments of right wing politicians."

Credit crunched?

What happens in just a couple of months when the Federal Reserve can no longer reduce interest rates as they are already 0%!?!

Number Crunching

£7bn - Total bonus pot for City bankers & workers in 2007.

£5bn - Emergency loans provided to UK banks yesterday.

Benefits of working?

If Dame Carol Black recognises that generations of the same family have "drifted" into a benefits culture, will she call for reductions in the £63bn welfare benefits bill that funds them!?!

Stressing that none of these claimants are lazy but merely need more support will achieve nothing without rewarding work and penalising lives on benefits!

Will Dame Carol condemn the politicians who have created the benefits culture!?!

Conservative tax rises?

If David Cameron is unable to offer the electorate any immediate tax cuts following a Conservative general election victory, why bother highlighting how Labour have increased taxes time and time again!?!

"High debt, high interest rates, high taxes -- and now lower growth. Those are the facts that this budget cannot hide" - David Cameron, Wednesday, March 12th.

Expenses, expenses, expenses

What is Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) view of MPs being allowed to claim up to £10,000 for a new kitchen, £2,000 for furniture and £750 for a TV or stereo for their second homes?

Are they taxed as benefits in kind? Can contractors temporarily living away from home for employment reasons allowed to make similar claims against their own companies!?!

Heathrow Intruder

Why wasn't today's Heathrow airport intruder shot by Police for posing an "extraordinarily serious" threat to passengers?

"A major security alert has taken place at Heathrow airport as [an Asian or Arab] man with a rucksack scaled the perimeter fence and ran into the path of an aircraft."

Education spending

If £31bn of additional Government spending on education over the last ten years still means that less than half of all students get five or more good GCSEs, will the additional £200m announced in yesterday's budget make any difference!?!

"By 2011, every school 'will be an improving school' "

2008 Budget checker

How many times will Alistair Darling mention the following in today's Budget!?!

Prudence.

Northern Rock.

Climate change.

Hard working families.

No return to boom and bust.