TOXIC. A good dose of old fashioned socialism has arrived in the form of nationalisation of banks and Downing Street dictating the take-over of a collapsing bank by a stronger institution ... come back Clem Atlee, Tony Benn, Red Robbo and Keir Hardie.

SENSITIVE. Strong language was used in a letter to the Editor of our local paper about a local Spar charging 10p for a plastic bag. It's not the first complaint about local shops charging for shopping bags.

DANGER. Oh dear ...Government says it wants to give local councils more say in approving planning applications from giant multiples. But councillors can't be trusted, can they?

INTEGRITY. Rodney Hunt's retirement, at 57 years young, next March from his post as md of The Today's Group has made headlines.