Wednesday 6 January 2010 - the plan so far
Lord Mandelson will try to reassure the markets ministers are not divided over cutting the UK's £178bn budget deficit.
He is expected to say in a speech that the government recognises there are limits to how high taxes on firms and top earners can go. Jeremy Paxman will be speaking to the business secretary later.
As snowfall causes more disruption across the country, our Science editor Susan Watts is working on a piece about weather modelling.
And we have a Peter Marshall investigation into fundamental doubts about the key piece of evidence which convicted the Lockerbie bomber.
More later.
Comment number 1.
At 6th Jan 2010, jauntycyclist wrote:no tough choices for the rich then? how do the govt get around the feeling that some people [who caused all this] are getting a free ride? if we are all in the lifeboat should the govt not be making the case that we all have to row on the oars and not just the poor?
isn't it just that the poor cannot move to avoid the 'pain' while the rich can? which is just an extension of the heads we win tails you lose market fundamentalism nulabour have been peddling for 10 years?
why is it still legal for a few people to so trash the economy it will take generations to fix? they have destroyed jobs and factories just as effectively as any wave of enemy bombers?
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Comment number 2.
At 6th Jan 2010, jauntycyclist wrote:forget climate models. Now mathematical models of terrorism to be used to predict attacks?
be warned tariq taliban. we know where you smoke the hubbly bubbly.
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Comment number 3.
At 6th Jan 2010, Roger Thomas wrote:Weather Climate Modelling from the 19th December
/blogs/newsnight/fromthewebteam/2009/12/friday_18_december_2009_in_mor.html
A freezing weather report from the 20th December
/blogs/newsnight/fromthewebteam/2009/12/friday_18_december_2009_in_mor.html
Christmas Greetings from Narnia, a message from the 24th December just letting you know what you know now but a couple of weeks in advance.
/blogs/newsnight/fromthewebteam/2009/12/friday_18_december_2009_in_mor.html
Weather modelling? Reading the NN blog?
Celtic Lion
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Comment number 4.
At 6th Jan 2010, Roger Thomas wrote:Always thought about a circuit board fragment found in the Kielder Forest.
What was the probability model of finding that?
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Comment number 5.
At 6th Jan 2010, brightyangthing wrote:BEST LAID PLANS...........
Think this may change the face of tonight's Prog a tad?
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Comment number 6.
At 6th Jan 2010, Roger Thomas wrote:#5 BYT
Yes it was even more important than the snow they have had in England on the 1 O'clock news.
Funny with regard to the snow the news is no admitting to the southern audience we have had it since the 17th December.
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Comment number 7.
At 6th Jan 2010, SPBMK2 wrote:Unless others in a position of power come on-board with Hewitt and Hoon soon it will be all over quickly. Brown gave a robust performance in PMQ's so at this stage it does not look like a runner. But sure should change NN tonight.
Posted this on Andrew Neils blog, (I like his stance on climate change) you may find this of interest here:
Check out from 6.25 onwards if you don't have time to go through the whole lot.
Dr Lindzen is ridiculed for views on lung cancer and smoking in wiki.
The debate on Richard Blacks blog reminds me of JJ only on speed. Just goes to show what they will do and how.
/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/2010/01/arctic_conditions_arctic_cause.html
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Comment number 8.
At 6th Jan 2010, Roger Thomas wrote:#7 SPBmk2
Had a look at RBs blog then left. I just think the arguement is about the wrong thing.
Interested that one of the most vociferous defending the IPCCs position, disn't even know what it stood for. It is inter governmental panel on climate change, not international.
It is really cold here.
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Comment number 9.
At 6th Jan 2010, mimpromptu wrote:#14 from previous page
to the real I also need to add direct
mim
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Comment number 10.
At 7th Jan 2010, JunkkMale wrote:Science editor Susan Watts is working on a piece about weather modelling.
As we said in my ad days: 'It can all be sorted in post [production]'
Can't wait.
8. At 4:06pm on 06 Jan 2010, Roger Thomas
Had a look at RBs blog then left.
Wise. It has become rather...polarised, in a wild West way, with the Sheriff (mods) being benign to those they like. Ad homs more the rule than exception.
Interested that one of the most vociferous defending the IPCCs position, disn't even know what it stood for.
Ah, Turing's poster child, if with Tourettes. At one point capable of arguing on at least two threads at the same time, and sensing an opinion that needs dashing from the archive within minutes of posting. Talented, but spooky if, as you say, refreshingly prone to the odd boo-boo.
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