'No government should be allowed to force an Englishman or a Scot or a Frenchman or Spaniard to

'No government should be allowed to force an Englishman, or a Scot or a Frenchman or Spaniard, to watch something on television that he doesn't want to see.'The US entertainment industry wants to be included in Gatt because its executives believe the accord would override these EC quotas. The Protection of Badgers Bill, passed last year, made it mandatory for authorities to provide alternative accommodation when colonies are displaced by development, and the demand for artificial setts is now such that the Cresswells have set up a consultancy to meet it.They offer two models - the dream home shown on Wednesday, costing pounds 1,600, and a heavy- duty badger bunker, reinforced with wire mesh and concrete slabs, designed to withstand attack by diggers. 'It is like the chorus of an ancient Greek tragedy,' he said.He had hardly begun to speak when the barracking started and the applause of the government supporters for him and his Justice Minister, Giovanni Conso, kept being drowned out by whistles and shouts.As hardline Communists chanted demands for his resignation, Mr Amato said: 'We can't go one like this, with people asking me in private to stay in office and then publicly calling on me to resign.' Towards the end he appeared to take a deep breath and, in a calmer voice, announced that, when his government comes to an end - 'whether it is in a day, a month or longer' - he will withdraw from politics.His decision was intended to set an example of how the political scene must change, he said, and also to stress how he saw his task as a service to his country.The Prime Minister claimed that the disastrous move to 'de- penalise' the taking of illicit funds by politicians was an attempt to find a speedier way of dealing with the masses of corruption cases and remove erring politicians from circulation. But he has also said he must first finish a monumental work on the Bolshevik revolution.His wife, Natalya, told Itar-Tass news agency yesterday: 'There is no doubt about our family returning to Russia We are coming back very soon It is now a matter of months.'. After a while, I could tell which ones were on night duty because I recognised their footsteps.

MOSCOW - Vladimir Zhirinovsky finally met his match yesterday - an ultra-ultra nationalist who denounced him as racially impure, a Nazi, a computer-programmed imposter and an agent of a global conspiracy against the 'lofty cult of Single Divine Lord', writes Andrew Higgins. The Office of Fair Trading is to begin a six-month inquiry into funeral pre- payment schemes. I suspect daily change is not what Americans had in mind when they voted for Our Bill. GE and GE Capital at present have dollars 75bn of funds under management.

Is it a good idea, for example, to pack the spent fuel so close as to maintain the rock at a temperature of over 100C for thousands of years, to drive off any water?It is therefore no surprise that the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board has warned the Energy Secretary, Hazel O'Leary, the Senate and Congress that an urgent review of the whole programme by an independent panel is necessary. Both batsmen timed the ball beautifully and made one wonder why, on this good pitch, Surrey had not attempted more earlier in their innings.The score had reached 144 when Thorpe was lbw trying to work Parsons to leg and one run later, Alastair Brown hit a fierce straight drive which would have gone through Potter if he had not caught it.Surrey now needed 152 from the last 20 overs and Martin Bicknell and Lynch carried on the assault until, after two driven fours, Bicknell drove at a wide one from Potter and was caught at slip.One run later, at 182, Joey Benjamin pushed at Tim Boon's first ball and was caught and bowled off the leading edge. THE Government is planning to auction part of its pounds 5.6bn debt holdings in BT and the privatised electricity companies, to raise pounds 1bn in order to meet its pounds 8bn target for privatisation proceeds in the current financial year. Perhaps the language of minimalism is now so widely spoken that such a project is no longer instantly condemned as the progeny of a proscribed relationship. If deep social security cuts are being talked about, should not tax increases be talked about as well? These are real, argue-aboutable choices facing ministers now, and there is no reason why they should not be argued about this week.There are signs, from conversations in Brighton's hotel bars, and in the printed agendas, that the Conservative conference is beginning to show signs of life.

The tall, shy figure with hair prematurely grey and a fey voice did not suggest the artist who could be brutal when necessary with dancers who did not measure up to professional standards.As director of the Royal Ballet from 1970 to 1976 he was my boss at the beginning of this time when I was running the Royal Ballet's Ballet for All group. Either business must pick up substantially - which does not look likely judging by what the company said on prospects - or there must be a rights issue, or the dividend has to go. I cannot recall a worse case of dangerous driving than this.'He also banned Bruce, of Buller Street, Selby, North Yorkshire, from driving for five years.Bruce was on bail for driving two stolen cars and being carried in a third stolen car before he got behind the wheel of the Astra, stolen in York last November.Accompanied by the girls, aged 15 and 16, he drove to Scarborough, but PC Moss spotted the car as they headed back to York. If these objectives 'should contrast with the need for a single command and a single interpretation of UN resolutions we ask that our corps, or the third of it that is deployed in the city, be redeployed to the north of the city'. Earlier, ASH reported figures below market expectations, writes Topaz Amoore. This was interrupted by war work but resumed after the war and her tough-minded approach won her the respect of her fellow Scottish agents. They have their own allowance of pounds 3,445 to set against it.'On the capital gains tax side, if the shares are sold for a profit the gain is treated as the child's own gain.

Mr Sharif finished off with a rally of more than 10,000 supporters in a Rawalpindi park. The contest has failed to ignite any enthusiasm among most Pakistanis. Another pawnbroker said wives were handing over jewellery after overspending on credit cards. The fears have become particularly acute since the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Algeria, prompting talk of 'boat people' from France's former North African colonies.The conservative coalition elected last March promised a tough attitude on immigration and Mr Pasqua and his colleagues have brought in new laws on immigration, political asylum and French nationality to tighten up procedures. His main problem was and is - Admiral Inman's self-destruct put his departure on hold - that the military does not like him.