Today - 24/06/2008

Presented by Edward Stourton and Evan Davis. Including: Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley pledges that the Tories will put an end to internal targets in the NHS. Teachers in Sydney's tough western suburbs claim that bullying and violence outside schools have reached unprecedented levels. Phil Mercer reports. The UN Security Council declaration on Zimbabwe represents a significant move in the diplomatic pressure on Robert Mugabe. Everyone agrees that the violence there makes it impossible to hold free and fair elections at the moment, but what does the future hold? Lord Ashdown considers how the problem might be solved. Should the Bayeux tapestry be brought back to England? With Dr Dave Musgrove, editor of BBC History magazine, and art historian Dr Carola Hicks. Thought for the Day with Dr Indarjit Singh, director of the Network of Sikh Organisations. School exclusion figures for England are due to be published, but does the practice work? Evan Davis talks to Sarah Shaw, a single mother whose son had been excluded. Caroline Hawley visits a Johannesburg school which is trying to teach tolerance to its pupils. A conference in Dumfries in Scotland hopes to tackle the growing menace of seagulls in urban areas. Huw Williams reports. Slovene sociologist, philosopher, and cultural critic Slavoj Zizek takes on the reigning postmodern agenda with a manifesto for several lost causes. Lauren Milsom, director of Anything Left-Handed, explains the success of left-handers in politics. Economist John Kay and former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie discuss whether we should tax the rich more.