Today in Times Comment

• Anatole Kaletsky: Gordon Brown has lost the plot. He had better shape up.
• Camilla Cavendish: The Red Cross faces an uphill battle against politicisation - so far they are resisting but Amnesty International and others are muddying the humanitarian waters
• Matthew Parris: A miscellany, including why we should not use the word prostitute in newspaper headlines
• Giles Smith: The goose fat boom: what it means for you and for Britain. And can it solve the problem of excessively loud toys?
• Tom Whipple: "Murder rates rocket" - oh no they don't