It's difficult to reconcile these colossal profits with the fact that some of the most vulnerable people in society can't heat their homes and industry is struggling to keep going.

It is inconceivable that French workers at Peugeot would be laid off on this magnitude.

This is disastrous news for British manufacturing. It is inconceivable that workers in France would be laid off on this scale.

If Gordon Brown follows Blair's modernization agenda, he will lead the party to defeat at the next election.

The nation's energy needs will be hostage to politically unstable states unless the government's energy policy promotes clean coal technology and new nuclear power build.

Independent and impartial exercise of judicial authority is an essential aspect of a free society. Instead of safeguarding judges from political pressures, most election systems invite such influence.