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	Friday 3 September 2010 at 10.30pm on BBC Two Presented by Emily Maitlis On this evening's programme we have the FAT tax, Farage and the social history of the twin bed. FAT TAX: The acronym is dubiously convenient - it actually stands for Financial Activities Tax, and the thought has been around since the first hint of financial crisis hit, if not before. But Newsnight has seen a document circulated by the IMF which makes clear a hefty levy on either bank profits or transactions could really work. Will anyone - in this post-crisis age of austerity - oppose it? And would a tax actually correct 'bad behaviour'? Or is it just a way of raising much needed cash? Ecofin will be debating the merits next week in Brussels. But we're doing it here first. Nigel Farage has confirmed he will stand once again as UKIP's leader, after the outgoing leader, Lord Pearson, recognised with a disarming level of humility that he was 'not much good at politics'. Tonight we ask Mr Farage what direction for UKIP now, as the party kicks off the conference season in Torbay. And Stephen Smith - who else - gives us the cultural history of the hotel twin bed. Join me at 10.30pm on BBC Two. Emily
	LAST NIGHT'S HIGHLIGHT Israeli author David Grossman on his life and writing The latest novel by Israeli author David Grossman is about the human cost of conflict. It happened in his own family when he lost his 20-year-old son Uri - who was serving in the Israeli army - in 2006. Gavin Esler discusses the novel, To the End of the Land, with the author. He begins by asking him if its title means the end of Israel itself. Watch the item
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