The Music of Chance

4 stories on BBC Radio Five Live driving into work the other day.

1 - Germany - rise of racist attacks in the East. Parts of East Berlin and Brandenburg are no go areas. Neo-Nazi movement is appealling to young unemployed.

2 - Zimbabwe - inflation out of control, a typical supermarket shopping trip costs thousands of dollars. If you are lucky enough to know what a supermarket is. Most subsist on 1 meal a day, and life expectancy has fallen dramatically, and now the average stands at 38 years.

3 - England - Whether or not England St George cross flags should be flown on cars.

4 - England - Deputy prime minister photographed playing croquet on lawn of stately home.

Sometimes I give thanks for my luck to live and work in England.