Tories putting pressure on themselves
On the programme today, life-long campaigner and gay rights activist, Peter Tatchell.
We'll be discussing to teach sex education in schools.
And for our main story, we'll be examining the Tories' week. They've been flying high in the polls for a long time - over a year now - and they've never seriously been put under pressure by the government.
This week, though, they managed to put the pressure on themselves. George Osborne - the Brown to Cameron's Blair and joint architect of the Tory rebranding process - .
His judgment and political credibility have been seriously . Renowned for his strategic mind, Mr Osborne showed serious folly when he repeatedly met the Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska over the summer.
Resignation over this matter still looks unlikely - he would after all be a serious loss to the Tory front bench - but alarm bells have been ringing. If further damaging details were to arise, Mr Osborne's political position might be damaged.
Added to that, the whole issue of class has reared its ugly head again.
The Old Etonian and Bullingdon club photos have filled the inside pages of the newspapers. Now, the polls suggest that class hasn't exactly mattered to the voters, but the photos matter to the boys in them. The Tory rebranding process wasn't meant to centre round images such as these.
And what of the economy? It's foremost in everyone's minds, but there has been no clear attack on the government and as a party they have yet to show they have any answers themselves. We'll be talking to leading pollster, Peter Kellner.
We also have a with Prof Philip Bobbitt and Bonnie Greer for our . And we'll discuss his legacy with former cabinet minister, Shirley Williams. Vote! Vote! Vote!
Finally, we'll be looking at what car a minister should drive.
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