The Great Depression ?

BBC News: Reports on the demise of another American Bank. Is this the Great Depression, the simple answer is no, the welfare state in the UK and the USA was not in place during the early stages of the Great Depression. The Governments can not afford for the major collapse of the Western Economy, thus you will hear news that this is the next Great Depression, it helps the 24/7 news cycle but it is not real, the Markets have to correct the self created problems of to much debt and not enough capital. On the whole we have low inflation, low unemployment, this is not the 1930s, you don't have to go to a soup line yet, rough patch but not the Great Crash of the 1930s.

George Smiley on the Dark Side ?

The Sunday Times: Reports that John le Carré, the great writer on the Great Game between the West and the USSR thought about defecting, to see what the other side was like, he was wise and thought better of the move to the USSR. President Ronald Reagan had the Soviet Union right, it was a Evil Empire that had to be destroyed, Evil can not be talked to, appeased, it has to be destroyed, that was the gift to the World from the Gipper.

Death in Afghanistan

BBC News: Reports on the death of another British Soldier in Afghanistan. The total now stands at 120. Those that are fighting in Afghanistan are fighting to allow the people of Afghanistan to be free and to show that Afghanistan can have a peaceful existence, Afghanistan has suffered to much and lost to much over the years.

Brown on the Ropes ?

Iain Dale's Diary: Has an Exclusive, more Labour MP's have asked for leadership nomination papers. If Brown does a poor speech at the Party Conference and was to lose the another Scottish By - Election don't be surprised to see the removal men come to 10 Downing Street to remove the Piano again!

Biden THE EXTRA

CNN News: Reports on how Senator Biden has become a bit part actor in the Presidential Race, Palin has gets all the press coverage, while Biden could wear Toga like a Roman Senator and would not get in to the news, Obama mush wish he had chosen Hillary Clinton.

The Cracks in the Dam

The Times: Reports on the latest cracks in the Brown Government. A Labour Whip, a government member who makes sure the MP's vote the right way, has called for a leadership contest. I will not be shocked if PM Brown is out on his ear before the New Year, politics is a ruthless business, its about winning at the end of the day.

Death in Afghanistan

BBC News: Reports on the death of another British Soldier in Afghanistan. The total now stands at 119. This will be a long and bloody war, all our UK Military Personnel in Afghanistan are heroic and deserve our respect.