Gordon Brown has already bellowed his instructions to the proles: no more wasting food. And while you're at it, none of that pesky overconsumption, either - we're going through hard times after all, and the huddled masses should be savouring every speck of chicken nugget and soggy oven chip… read more…

Barack Obama has said that he would continue to back Bush's scheme of involving religious groups in government initiatives. BBC. The Government's targets to build three million new homes by 2020 may not be enough to meet demand. ePolitix. Rising food prices have meant that one in five UK residents… read more…

Rising food and oil prices are about to send the UK standard of living down to an abject level of depravity not last seen since the oil crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. Economists ( A.K.A the nerdy kids from high school who have managed to acquire an unsportsmanlike hubris… read more…

The Pound reaches a record low of 80p against the Euro. The Guardian. Sky News. Mugabe assuages voters with death threats. The Guardian. Gordon Brown isn't protesting but won't be going to the Olympic opening ceremony in China. The Independent Food Prices to rise thanks to biofuel increment. E-politix. Farmer's… read more…