labour have been in power in the UK,2 months,and already the press are on their back day and night, why?

Well the press is not supposed to be there to promote any government or single political agenda. And as soon as we start prescribing what journalists should or should not be saying, the whole notion of a free press is compromised.

That said, what passes for the "mainstream media" in the UK is overwhelmingly slanted towards a conservative viewpoint. And it is all very well the BBC reporting on public opinion as reflected in other media outlets and observing weaknesses in Labour's communications strategy, but how about trying some serious economic analysis of the means testing of the winter fuel allowance by way of providing a bit of balance? In my view this is an essential first step in inter-generational equity and distributing scarce public resources more fairly. Its generally negative reception does not bode well for the success of Labour's wider publuc spending policy.