On air: Should you be forced to speak the local language?

A man in Britain is refusing to serve customers at his post office unless they speak English.

Deva Kumarasiri, 40, who moved to England from Sri Lanka 18 years ago, says he’s standing up for the English language because otherwise the social fabric of the country will unravel.

It fair to discriminate against people who don’t speak the local language?

Talking points: 19 March

“Right now, it’s fashionable – and many would say reasonable – to loathe banks and bankers…But here’s the terrible truth: we need banks and bankers, to secure our own future prosperity.”

A reminder Rober Peston, the BBC’s Business editor, gives us that we may hate them all we want. We may also start Facebook groups calling for their dishonour. But when it comes down to the truth of it we really need bankers.