FROM KIRSTY WARK
Hello to viewers here, there and everywhere.
American politics and McCain's maverick running mate, Sarah Palin is their division in the MPC over interest rates, and division at the Cabinet table over a windfall tax? And then we have David Ginola's 'herogram' for Kevin Keegan- will he still be the Toon's manager by tonight?
LABOUR "Labour is destined to disaster!" that's a flavour of Charles Clarke's full frontal assault launched bang in the middle of Gordon Brown's relaunch week, in an article in tomorrow's New Statesman. He warns that Labour faces "utter destruction at the next election" unless it changes course - and rails against the "Brown political briefing team" accusing them of "traducing" David Miliband. He stops short of saying "Brown must go." ... but only just.
We'll be assessing the damage Charles Clarke has done - especially after such a rocky start to the week with the fall-out from the Chancellor's candid assessment of the parlous state of the British economy - and the signals Michael Crick is getting about division in the Cabinet over the question of a windfall tax. Add to that Paul Mason's intelligence about disagreements in the Monetary Policy Committee over whether or not to cut interest rates now, and the whole relaunch is looking as if it might hit the rocks.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION When John McCain announced that the Governor of Alaska would be his running mate, $10 million came pouring into his campaign. Here at last was a bit of chutzpah, a frisson of excitement, the first ever woman on the Republican ticket, after becoming Alaska's youngest and first woman governor two years ago. Sarah Palin speaks tonight at the Republican Convention, introducing herself to the American people.
Apparently she's going to "go big" on her family straight away. In the hours after McCain picked her, the revelations about Sarah Palin kept on coming, and interest in her has knocked every other story in the US election off the page. Palin is under investigation by state lawmakers in Alaska, but says she's "cool" about allegations she fired someone for personal reasons. Emily Maitlis will be talking to the former Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge about the McCain/Palin combo.
KEVIN KEEGAN And why has the fate of Kevin Keegan gripped us all? Once he sported a tight perm, and a fine footballing skill, now he's the grey haired manager of Newcastle United for the second time. But is he about to be shown the red card by the Newcastle United board, or is he about to resign furious that the board has dealt with players without consulting him, or is it none of the above? Our Culture Correspondent Steve Smith takes us deep into the Kevin Keegan story.
I hope you'll be watching,
Kirsty
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