Good morning world
Although it's well past lunchtime for most of you. Anyway, today we think it's time to move on from the Pope's comments. If you disagree, let us know by email or a post on the blog. (As an aside, your comment has more chance of making it to the web site if it's posted on the blog rather than emailed - this goes for while the programme is on air as well.)
What we think we should turn to today is the . The prime minister, Ferenc Gyurcsany, has .
Quite an admission, even if it wasn't made for public consumption. I guess that if you're going to lie, it's best to keep on lying. I remember the movie with Jim Carey - don't we all wish our politicians could be like that?
Mexico's double trouble
Maybe the protesters should do what the losing presidential candidate in Mexico's election has done - .
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his supporters have said his defeat by less than 1% of the vote was fraudulent. However, Mexico's top electoral court has declared conservative candidate Felipe Calderon president-elect.
You can read some of the debate - and hopefully join in tonight on the programme.
Worth reading
Having kicked off by saying it's time to move on from the Pope, here are a couple of comment pieces from the Guardian that I've found worthwhile:
Today, Soumaya Ghannoushi warns that by drawing on medieval poison about Islam, .
And yesterday, Madeleine Bunting argued that the Pope's remarks about Islam show .
And here's that I bumped into over the weekend. Take a minute to smile...
...and then tell us what you want to talk about.
Tekla emailed from California during yesterday's programme to say we should discuss . Have you seen it or heard about it? What do you think?
We're also looking at this tale of a . Do you have experience of a cross-cultural marriage? Let us know how it works.
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