FROM GAVIN ESLER
Hello,
Today's Quote for the Day
"Tony Blair was more of a tragic than a comic figure. Gordon Brown has more comic potential because he's perceived as being so serious" - comedian and impressionist Rory Bremner.
PalestineJordan's King Abdullah prophesied in December last year that the truly pessimistic scenario for the Middle East would be three civil wars in 2007 - in Iraq, in Lebanon, and in Palestine. Well, it looks like about two and a half.
Tonight we'll have the latest from Gaza and the West Bank and what now looks like the schism between two Palestinian statelets, plus we hope to hear from a top level Israeli.
Control OrdersThe Government has been consistent in its loathing of control orders for dealing with terrorist suspects against whom there is insufficient evidence to bring charges.
Now we learn that one of those who absconded had links to a key player in the 7/7 London bombings and the leader of the gang which tried a similar kind of mayhem but was stopped just in time. We'll debate what can be done about suspects of this type - if anything.
LiveleakA British based company gets 200 videos from US soldiers a day. They show a side of Iraq you rarely see on the television screens. Some are very disturbing, showing US soldiers taunting Iraqis. And the Pentagon is trying to stop them showing their personal record of the war.
Broken Society Do you know what a "shank" is? If you don't then our very disturbing film from Hackney tonight will tell you about the nastiest side of our youth culture, the violence, and the hopelessness of one young man who says that if he fails his exams he will pursue a career as a crack dealer. It's the stuff of nightmares, but it is happening in our country.
FinallyOn a day of uniformly grim news, my colleague Leanne lightens the load with the following Joke Fit For an Eleven Year Old (Well, almost):
Last night, my wife and I were sitting in the living room and I
said to her, "I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the Plug."
She got up, unplugged the TV, and then threw out my beer.
She's Such A B**ch....
Newsnight - Live and Unplugged is at 10.30pm on BBC2.
Gavin
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