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Monday 26 October 2230 BST - BBC Two
Presented by Kirsty Wark



Tony Blair for EU president? He's not even officially a candidate, but the money is on him already and we don?t even know the full job description. The new role, created under the Lisbon treaty, is to replace the unstable six month rotating presidencies. At the EU Summit on Thursday leaders are supposed to rubber stamp nominations for the top jobs, but there's a lot of horse-trading going on, with rumours that France's Nicolas Sarkozy has gone cold on the former PM, and concerns from the smaller EU members about a "high profile" president. Tonight we'll be live from several EU capitals.

In England and Wales there are certain criteria for entering faith schools, and an almighty row about what these are and should be has gone all the way to the UK's new Supreme Court. Is being a Jew a matter of bloodline or religious practice? Do parents have to "prove" an adequate level of religious observance? The Court of Appeal ruled in July that because Jews are also defined as an ethnic group under the Race Relation Act, denying a child admission solely on the basis that their mother isn't Jewish would count as unlawful discrimination. If the Supreme Court upholds this ruling other challenges could follow.

The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, has described the main planks of the government's economic policy as broken. To encourage more lending to businesses, Mr Osborne has called for banks to pay big bonuses in shares not cash. Is this a good idea - is it workable?

And should MPs be allowed to employ relatives? And if not might they resort to "wife-swapping" to get around the rules? We'll have one of the rebelling relatives, attached to a high profile Conservative, live in debate in the studio.

Do join me at 10.30pm.

Kirsty




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