It Doesn't Annoy Me But I Think

Even The 'today' Programme Involves A Balance Between The Worthy-but-heavy Items With The Worthless-but-entertainingly-light Ones.

For Industry To Settle In A Country, You First Need Electricity; For Electricity, You Need Some Trained Workers; For Trained Workers, You Need Some Schools; For Schools You Need Some Money; For Money, You Need Some Industry.

One Of The Key Problems Is That The Germans Know What They Do Because Everywhere They Go There's A 'made In Germany' Label On It - They Can Feel Proud Of Volkswagens And Audis And Mercedes.

We Are More Likely To Cheat If We See Others Doing So. We Tend To Conform To Accepted Norms Of Reasonable Behaviour, Rather Than Adhere To Strict Rules.

I Rarely Come Away From Presenting The 'today' Programme Without Some Sense Of Regret. There Is Always Some Question That I Should Have Asked, Or Some Point That I Should Have Made. This Is Annoying But Not Surprising. Perfection Is Hard To Achieve In A Three-hour Live Programme.