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Sorry is the easiest word to say

Andrew Neil | 09:55 UK time, Friday, 13 February 2009

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As usual on Fridays, I shall leave you in the more than capable hands of my co-presenter .

It seems everyone wants to say sorry. From to the , apologising is suddenly all the rage.

And the Tories think Gordon Brown should be joining them. But when should you say sorry and do we believe those apologies anyway?

We will be looking at the art of the good apology with agony aunt, .

One man who thinks he definitely shouldn't apologise is the hedge fund manager Steven Bell. Many politicians feel that hedge funds worsened the financial crisis by betting against the banks and driving their shares through the floor. We'll be looking at how much if any blame the hedge funds should shoulder in this recession.

Talking of which, it seems people in Wesminster are competing to try to paint the gloomiest picture of the economic weather ahead.

First there was the Education Secretary, and then there was the Governor of the Bank of England, , declaring that our economy is heading for the rocks. Is there anything to feel optimistic about?

bishop.jpgThe thinks so. He has said that it might be a good thing to get off the treadmill and reconsider what we really want out of life.

Senior civil servants have certainly been enjoying life. It has been revealed that there were 1,800 examples of hospitality given to 180 officials across Whitehall last year. .

And as always we will have a rundown of what's up and down in the political charts.

With us for the whole programme will be the Sun's and the Guardian's .

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