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The new home secretary, Priti Patel, has been criticised after she said she wants criminals “to literally feel terror” once she begins her law and order reforms. Is this the right approach? Mark and Pete have the answers.

Boris Johnson, the U.K.’s newprime minister, is a charismatic and sometimes controversial figure that already divides his own party and the British public alike but put in a storming performance at his first outing in Parliament as PM. Will he deliver Brexit?

President Donald Trump has disavowed the "send her back" chants directed at Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar by his supporters at a campaign rally. A pro-Brexit activist has admitted to public order offences after calling MP Anna Soubry a Nazi outside Parliament. When do words matter?

The United States plans to land astronauts on the moon within the next five years, Vice President Mike Pence announced today (March 26).The nation had been shooting for a 2028 lunar touchdown, but "that's just not good enough," Pence said during the fifth meeting of the National Space Council (NSC), which he chairs. "We're better than that." So, it is now the official policy of the United States to return astronauts to the surface of the moon by 2024. Let's celebrate the achievements in space travel and look to the futrure - is science fiction becoming science fact?

The Metropolitan Police has said it “respects the rights of the media” but that the publication of Sir Kim Darroch’s leaked emails could be criminal and is not in the public interest. What does prospective Prime Minister Boris Johnson have to do with this? Is this a disaster or the removal of a problemmatic diplomat?

British independent journalist Tommy Robinson could face jail time after being found in contempt of court for live-streaming footage of defendants in a 2018 criminal trial. Is this right, is he guilty. And what of the court process, is there something sinister going on here?

This week's meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the G20 in Argentina may not achieve a trade breakthrough but is Trumps longterm strategy wise? Have your say in the comments.

“In the early hours of Friday morning, I answered a phone call from a takeaway food delivery driver. At the same time, I heard what sounded like shouting coming from the street.“I went downstairs, on the phone to the driver, and collected my food. On the way back into my flat, it became clear that the shouting was coming from a neighbour’s flat [where Boris Johnson was staying]. It was loud enough and angry enough that I felt frightened and concerned for the welfare of those involved, so I went inside my own home, closed the door, and pressed record on the voice memos app on my phone." Is this one scandal too many for Boris Johnson in his bid to become Tory leader and Prime Minister? Let us know your views in the commetns.

The Greenpeace protester grabbed by suspended foreign office minister Mark Field has said he should consider attending anger management classes.Janet Barker, who was manhandled after interrupting a black-tie City dinner, said she did not intend to complain to the police – but did suggest the Conservative MP may need professional help controlling his temper: "He certainly manhandled me in a way in which was very disagreeable… I want him to reflect on what he did and not do it again. Maybe he should go to anger management classes." The crucial question is whether or not Mark Field used reasonable force, or was in fact totally unreasonable and over-reacting. Weigh in your view in the comments.

Cutting the pay of stars and senior managers would only save a fraction of the cost of free TV licences for older people, the BBC has said. But is there a better way. Mark and Pete have the answer.

Facebook’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has been in the doghouse for months now. There are six reasons why he should walk away — maybe even run away — from his troubled company. Mark the businessman and Pete the clergyman weigh in.

Tory Leadership candidate Michael Gove has admitted to snorting cocaine during his early days as a journalist. Gove, who’s one of the candidates vying to replace Theresa May and deliver Brexit, admitted that he took the drug on ‘several occasions’ and ‘deeply regrets it.’ Does this disqualify him? Mark and Pete have the answers from a business and religious perspective.

Derren Brown and other stage performers claim to be able to hypnotise subjects by sending them into a tance like state. Scientific researches claim that is so much bunkum. What is the truth from a business and relegious perspective. Is any of it true?

On Monday 3 June, US President Donald Trump will arrive in London for a three-day state visit.The president will be a guest of the Queen and meet the current Prime Minister Theresa May. But should he be coming at all isn't he a rather unpleasant personage? Or is a a 4D chess master of a world leader? Mark and Pete have the answers.Remember to subscribe.

The race to succeed Theresa May has officially begun as the PM announced her decision to step down on 7 June, following months of intense pressure from inside and outside her party.SEE RELATED Is the British prime minister too powerful?The six times Boris Johnson has denied he wants to be prime ministerTheresa May resigns: five moments that sank her premiershipA statement from the Tory party chairman and the backbench 1922 Committee said nominations for the leadership will close in the week starting 10 June.MPs will then whittle the candidates down to two by the end of June, before party members - all 124,000 of them - choose the UK’s next PM, with May’s successor aiming to be in place before Parliament's summer recess at the end of July.So far, four MPs have announced they will run for the leadership - Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, former work and pensions secretary Esther McVey and International Development Secretary Rory Stewart. But who will win? Mark and Pete weig

The fate of the Prime Minister of Britain Thersa May's career hangs in the balance and with it the fate of the British exit from the EU, Brexit. Will either ever happen? Mark and Pete have the answers. markandpete.com

Danny Baker has issued a "formal apology" for his controversial joke about the royal baby and says he's paying the price a "crass blunder". David Beckham has been banned from driving for six months for using his mobile phone whilst driving his £100,000 Bentley. Who is more in the wrong? Which celebrity should be shunned?

Recently a lucky man named Lucking had a stroke of luck. Mark and Pete, a businessman and and Clergyman, analyise luck and whether you can get some.

Carl Benjamin is the youtuber Sargon of Akkad and is now a candidate for MEP for UKIP. He says that he is fighting Political Correctness. Will this get him elected or will his 3 year old "Rape Tweet" get him in deep trouble. Or both.

Climate change activists, including Labour party councillor in Stroud Skeena Rathor, pictured left, have glued their hands together and locked themselves to the fence outside the home of Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn on the third day of an environmental protest by the Extinction Rebellion group. Are these people mad or heroes. Mark and Pete have the answers, join the conversation below - what do you think?