The dangers of consulting the public ...
The Government is scratching its head and mulling over what to do about the Royal Mail. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson received Richard Hooper's report on the Royal Mail's future over the weekend. It paints a bleak picture of the business and says radical action is needed to secure the future of the universal postal service. ?
Apparently the government will stick to its manifesto pledge to keep it in the public sector but will bring in private sector involvement ... possibly selling off almost half of the business.
Also on the show today: David Cameron makes another speech about the economy. He does so as yet another poll -- Ipsos Mori in the Mirror -- shows the Tory lead over Labour down, this time to just six points. It's pretty much in line with two other polls over the weekend. Indeed you could say there's a new polling consensus, with the current economic problems still working in the government's favour.
The Mirror poll gives Gordon Brown a strong lead on the question of which party leader is best to steer the country through the recession: The PM is on 41%, David Cameron on 29%. This could change as the recession really starts to hurt in 2009 but for the moment Mr Brown will be quietly pleased with his poll ratings. 
Will Self takes former sports minister Richard Caborn to task over the cost of the Olympics,
and when voting goes wrong - after , we look at the dangers of consulting the public.
All that on 91Èȱ¬2 from noon today.
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