| MONDAY 2 FEBRUARY 22:30 GBT - BBC TWO Here's Paul Mason with a look ahead to this evening's programme: I'm trying to get to the bottom of the claim and counterclaim at the heart of the Lindsey Oil Refinery dispute. Total, the owner of the site, issued a statement saying there will be "no direct redundancies" as a result of the award of the contract to an Italian firm. The union says 350 people were issued with 90 day redundancies by a subcontractor working on the site. I phoned Total to ask if it was true. "We can't comment on another company," they said. Meanwhile, following strong, capital-letters-style warnings against BNP involvement in the strike by union activists, a new website appears: Britishwildcats.com. The first report on it is an account of a BNP leafleting session at the site. It's a reminder that, beneath the surface, the modern workplace can be a mess of contractual relationships, intensely political and, at times like this, a battlefield in an under-reported British culture war. We've got one of the strike leaders live tonight, together with UKIP MEP Nigel Farage, whose party is one of the few to support the strikers. At the moment no one from the government feels able to brave the snow and come on the programme. We've got the snow ploughs out in case they change their minds. Also tonight, we'll be talking snow, Lords reform, and asking - should Britain have a two child limit on families? Missed Newsnight? Catch the latest programme on the BBC's iPlayer Missed Newsnight Review? Catch the latest programme on the BBC's iPlayer | 
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