The economy is faltering, City experts warn today.
The prediction follows a slowdown in factory output and a drop in retail spending. One banker warns of a 'real risk' of a High Street recession.

A report from the CBI shows retail sales last month suffered their biggest fall since July 1992.

The sudden note of pessimism comes the day before voting and as Tony Blair and Gordon Brown hail their economic record as the 'central issue' for the election.

Analysts said the economic outlook was deteriorating fast. 'The economy is tipping over and there is a real risk of a High Street reces

Vote Conservative and return Britain to the wonderful days of old.

Put the British first before immigrants and bogus asylum seekers and rid the streets of out of work homeless British people. Make it unattractive for them to come here and send a load back to where they came from, especially those from Eastern Europe.

Make thugs and criminals pay heavily for their crimes.

Bing back discipline to the schools as well as good school meals.

Stop allowing ethnic minorities telling us what we can say or do and teach in our schools. This is Britain. If they don't like it go back to their own country.

As the petite, middle-aged teacher shouts desperately for the 20th time for the out-of-control class to be quiet, a faint, childish boy's voice can be heard, calling out above the deafening din: "Suck me off, miss".
The appalling scene of classroom disorder and disrespect is just one of many captured on film for a channel Five documentary, to be screened this week.

The documentary shows children aged from 12 to 15 completely ignoring her and other staff while they shout, scream, fight, swear and wander around the classroom at will.

In one scene a full-scale fight breaks out and a 6ft tall boy is seen wielding a rubber truncheon, as the terrified teacher calls for help. In another, pupils throw books, pens and balls of paper across the room for a full 15 minutes as the teacher protests, before they declare that they "don't give a poo". In yet more disturbing scenes, a boy in a computer class is filmed accessing hard-core porn sites and then protesting his innocence, saying "I just typed in '[filtered word]', miss".