Like the titan Arum lily, yesterday will prove one of the most scent-filled 'colour of money' days and BBC's Newsnight had a good coverage:

New Labour gives go-ahead for nuclear power plants in the UK and in the same prog

"The world's cheapest car has been launched at India's biggest auto show in Delhi; it will cost about £1,200. It's estimated that up to 60 million more people in India could now afford a car, but is this a good idea considering the impact it will have on CO2 emissions? "

Can the world afford the Tata Nano?

Siberia basks in the oil boom

Belly dancer and ambassador also given a theatrical outing with another Arcola discovery.

And government agencies keep losing things (ITV Local news last night (Thurs 10 Jan-click Your News on left and then 'Mayorial candidate link' to right. How appropriate :) Little things like personal data.

Scots data files lost in the post

Government dementia is terrible isn't it? There are some nice nursing homes, though. I say some as quite a few are being sold off to private investors. How very New Labour. And poor Peter Hain even forgot to declare half his political campaign contributions
Peter Hain fights to save job in funds scandal

And Brit politics just doesn't have the je ne sais quoi of their American counterparts. See Jon Stewart's The Daily Show for this, Jan 9 was especially funny.

Now where was i ....