What's the news today? We'll start here:
Court backs banks on overdraft charges
In blow to consumers, supreme court rules OFT does not have power to decide whether unauthorised charges are fair
Hm. Damn...that's really bad. It couldn't come at a worse time, considering the changing public attitude to banks. They already look like greedy litle piggies...and then
G20 report lays down the law to police on use of force
A blueprint for wholesale reform of British policing to create a service "anchored in public consent" was unveiled today by the inquiry prompted by Scotland Yard's controversial handling of the G20 protests in London.
Denis O'Connor, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, used his report to demand wide-ranging reforms and a return to an ideal of policing based on "approachability, impartiality, accountability and … minimum force".
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The report – instigated after the Guardian revealed that a newspaper seller, Ian Tomlinson, had died after an attack by a police officer – was broader and more critical than many had expected.
O'Connor warned of a "hardening" of policing style in recent years and the erosion of the British approach to policing developed by the 19th-century prime minister Sir Robert Peel and based on consent.
Bloody hell. The police are really getting it in the neck. It remains to be seen if his recommendations are implemented. It would be nice but I'm not holding my breath.
Then this:
Banks forced to reveal numbers of millionaire staff
New laws created in the wake of Sir David Walker's report will compel banks to say how many of their staff earn more than £1m, but 'high end' earners' names will not be revealed
They're going to wriggle out of it somehow...I'll bet they left a big loophole in that one.
Labour plans to dismantle Whitehall.
Afghanistan campaign 'mishandled'
Ex-MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove criticises army's under-resourcing, and failure to explain war to public
Iraq intelligence 'patchy', inquiry told
Officials say ministers were repeatedly warned over limits of information about Iraq's military capability
Mandelson hobnobs with Gaddafi Jr
Business secretary joined Libyan leader's son and Cherie Blair at shooting party hosted by Rothschilds
It's enough to make your head spin.
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