Double Dutch standards?
Gordon Brown is in front of the House of Commons liaison committee this morning, his twice-yearly interrogation by leading backbenchers.
His appearance coincides with a plethora of horrendous headlines for the Prime Minister, from unemployment reaching 2m (and maybe heading for 3m+) to the Bank of England's grim assessment of this year's economic prospects (or lack of them) to the demise of one of his favourite bankers (James Crosby, formerly of HBOS).
So the senior backbenchers should have plenty of raw meat to chew on with the PM. We'll have the latest on what Mr Brown has to say.
Also today, we'll be talking freedom of speech and liberty.
Yesterday, controversial Dutch MP Geeert Wilders said that freedom of speech had been "harassed" in this country after Home Secretary Jacqui Smith banned him from entering this country to show his controversial film, Fitna, which links the Koran to terrorism.
Right or wrong decision?
We'll be debating that with Ken Livingstone, our guest of the day, and gay rights activist Peter Tatchell, who accuses the Home Secretary of "gross hypocrisy".
We'll also be analysing how to bow out gracefully from political life.
And we'll be answering the burning political question of the week, how old was Titian when he died.
All that on BBC2 at noon - and afterwards on iPlayer.
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