Crash Gordon

The Scottish National party leader Alex Salmond has challenged Gordon Brown to a face-to-face debate about the economy after the prime minister confirmed ("subject to the global financial situation") that he plans to campaign in the Glenrothes byelection.



Meanwhile, Unemployment is up to 1.79 million and the FTSE 100 has shed over 7% of its value today as investors remained nervous that government action would not prevent a prolonged economic downturn.
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