There's A Loss Of Faith In The

When The Heart Stops For One Beat It Is Desire, When It Stops For One Life Time It Is Love

Events Are Moving So Fast And What In One Moment Seems Impossible, The Next Is Happening. I'm Sure Historians Will, In Time, Provide Theories And Analysis, But For Now I Think Most Of Us Simply Want The Tide Stemmed.

Surely, The Best And Most Effective Measure Is To Get The Economy Moving And Shorten The Period Of Recession Or Slowdown. That's The Rationale For Gordon Brown's "fiscal Stimulus" And It Sounds Like A Good One To Me.

Some Argue That Now Isn't The Time To Push The Green Agenda - That All Efforts Should Be On Preventing A Serious Recession. That Is A False Choice. It Fails To Recognise That Climate Change And Our Carbon Reliance Is Part Of Problem - High Fuel Prices And Food Shortages Due To Poor Crop Yields Compound Today's Financial Difficulties.

At Its Most Basic The Democratic Contract Is A Simple One: The Right To Vote Comes With A Responsibility To Society, Through Tax Payments And Citizenship.