When Tony Blair published his notorious 2002 “dossier” which falsely claimed that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, Downing Street also produced an Arabic version – which contained significant deletions and changes in text that substantially altered its meaning. But that still leaves nearly one quarter of voters who say they “may well” change their minds before polling day. The networks already have systems in place to download music from their own sites, so why would they encourage you to buy it elsewhere?Motorola did launch its new advertising technology, which lets you point a mobile at special spots on posters containing hidden transmitters which then send your phone more information. If the poster is about a rock tour, for example, your phone will receive all the concert dates and link you to a site where you can buy tickets or ringtones related to the band.Motorola E1000While we wait for the iTunes phones, Motorola already has several music-friendly handsets available, including the E1000, a snazzy 3G phone which has a decent camera, a great screen and an MP3 player which sounds fantastic whether you play it through headphones or the phone’s built-in speakers. Only 16Mb of memory is included in the phone, but a tiny TransFlash storage card the size of a child’s fingernail can be added to increase capacity.From free with contract, tel: 08000 151 151, /ukSamsung E720If MP3 appeals but you don’t want a 3G phone thank you very much, then the new Samsung E720, out in the next couple of weeks, might be for you.

All of these strike me as more interesting than condoms, but for all that he’s asked for a dialogue with the media, I’m not sure that he’ll get a hearing on anything else.. So far as the German question goes, there is no evidence that he or his family had anything other than an honourable record of non-engagement with the Nazis to the extent that it was possible, but this mere fact won’t get in the way of popular prejudice.As for his thought, I’ve only just started on his books, but so far, I’ve found him to be unexpectedly engaging about all sorts of issues – the relationship between philosophy and theology, death, the compatibility of pluralism and religion and the church’s function to speak for the poor. There’s nothing that some liberals like more than a little licensed hate-talk, and with Joseph Ratzinger they’ve got the double whammy – a German who was raised during the Hitler era, and a cleric apparently modelled on Philip Pullman’s caricatures.Personally, I should have a little more patience with his critics if I thought that they knew the first thing, either about his thought, or his circumstances. But it’s unlikely that the event will be greeted with as much enthusiasm as it merits, since the poor man has already been tried and condemned by the pundits, starting with the BBC, as a) German, b) conservative and c) unsound on the Condom Question. If women are getting richer, it’s the best possible news for feminism Forget Fat Finance is the Feminist Issue that matters. • Is there anyone else who feels brutally marginalised in this election campaign by the parties’ insistence on addressing “hard-working families”? Speaking as one who is not, and probably will never be, a home-owner, who has made nil provision for old age, who wallows in credit card debt and whose instinct is to spend rather than save, I feel wounded by the want of kind words for feckless, idle and improvident drones If I were single as well, I’d probably feel even worse • Today, Benedict XVI is installed pope. They’ve done it by the simple expedient of living longer than their husbands.

When the spouse dies, they’re left sole owners of the marital home. If they’ve got any sense these widows should cash in on the value of their homes and live high on the hog until they die at the age of 90 or so. This is not down to generous pension provision for older women, who are notoriously underprovided for. More girls going into higher education and then going on to earn more means more will then buy their own homes.