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Today - 27/06/2008

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Presented by John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including: Professor Sir Michael Rawlins talks to health correspondent Jane Dreaper on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the NHS. The Sutton Trust's director of research Dr Lee Eliot Major and David Halpern of Cambridge University debate Labour's approach to social mobility. Thought for the day with the Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks. The most senior Asian police officer in Britain, Tarique Ghaffur, is considering legal action against the Metropolitan Police on grounds of racial discrimination. With Ali Dizaei, President of the National Black Police Association, and Keith Vaz MP. Robert Mugabe will be re-elected as president of Zimbabwe today following a second-round presidential election in which only he is standing. John Simpson reports. Has Gordon Brown followed his school motto and tried his utmost in his first year as Prime Minister? Headmaster Dr Anthony Seldon gives his end-of-year report. Former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis launches his by-election campaign today. Danny Savage talks to some of his more unlikely supporters. A year after stepping down as Prime Minister, Tony Blair discusses the challenges facing the international community in its battle against climate change and reflects on the difficulties facing Gordon Brown. Labour's fifth place in the Henley by-election was a dreadful result. Times commentator David Aaronovitch and former Conservative foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind discuss where it all went wrong.