The trial ended on Wednesday.Glad too, therefore, to read this week that the Financial Services Authority is prosecuting an ambitious case of insider trading, involving allegations at Southwark crown court that share tips were stolen from the printing operations of two of the City of London's biggest investment banks. It is part of the FSA's drive – belated, some would say – to stamp out this sort of conduct. We must wait a while, probably some time, for guilty or innocent verdicts on the seven accused.Either way, these actions deserve a cheer. Why am I so pleased? Because both suggest a willingness by the authorities to enforce the law in ways that are often painfully absent. Contrary to what is often asserted about the power of Britain's political and bureaucratic elite – my old chum Peter Oborne's ridiculous 2007 book The Triumph of the Political Class is a good example of that – we usually see a serious loss of nerve and the desire for a quiet life.
London doesn't need another hub airport – the capital already has more flights to the world's main business destinations than our European neighbours.David Cameron's pledge to lead the greenest government ever will ring hollow if he gives the green light to a huge expansion in air travel.11.36am: You can read all today's Guardian politics stories here. And all the politics stories filed yesterday, including some in today's paper, are here.As for the rest of the papers, here are some articles and stories that are particularly interesting.? Benedict Brogan in the Daily Telegraph says David Cameron and Nick Clegg are discovering things about each other that they don't like.Mr Cameron, in turn, is increasingly baffled by the oddities of Mr Clegg's behaviour.
This was "completely inconsistent", Whiteman said. It was not acceptable to say "if you put a policy to ministers and if you say 'No,
www.ytcgzx.net, I'm doing it anyway' under a policy you don't know about".It was absolutely clear to me that ministers wanted fingerprint checks to be taken and that had not been put into effect. I think I was right to suspend him under those circumstances.Whiteman pointed out that ministers were not aware of the guidance used by Clark to justify lifting some checks.? Keith Vaz, the committee chairman, said witnesses had been saying contradictory things to the committee.This is certainly an organisation that is saying different things, and I think that Parliament will want to get a proper feel of precisely what happened, not just because of the past but because this is something happening on a daily basis.
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marc jacobs outlet, John, we get the picture. I have bumped into Burns in odd places over the year, most recently at the BBC in July. He's a smart and nice man who has been around a lot. He knows we do not suffer Dickensian poverty any more, but I think he leaves out the stuff that has got better since he went to Canada in the 1960s. Mrs Thatcher's crusade may just have been a blip in the post-imperial decline, Burns fears.Now one obvious response to such talk is to counter that much of what he dislikes can be applied to the US in spades. He's worked there too,
marc by marc jacobs bag, I distinctly remember his being dispatched to cover New England – beyond the Times's core circulation area – after he came back from Beijing, and being impressed by his diligence there.
Another ad break.9.41pm: Many apologies, we have had some technical difficulties.9.42pm: Here is a summary of the latter stages of the debate.There was a question about what candidates would do to curb walkouts of transport unions in the capital.Boris said he was convinced that most rank and file workers don't want to disrupt the Games despite what Len McClusky, leader of Unite, may have suggested a few weeks ago. Boris pointed out that Unite was supporting Livingstone's re-election campaign. Botting asked him how many strikes there were under his watch. Boris didn't seem to know. But he defended the reforms he felt were needed at Transport for London, which triggered some of the walkouts.
Ed Miliband was right to acknowledge immigration concernsLet church bells ring, and this time not for the Queen. Ed Miliband has admitted Labour got its immigration policies wrong in office. That's true – blindingly obviously so. Assorted ex-ministers have been saying so for some time now (after they'd safely left the government), but it's good to hear it from the man in charge.Tory governments have also made mistakes on immigration policy since the Empire Windrush landed the first of what we then called West Indian newcomers in 1948. The Attlee government was gearing up to restrict the flow when it lost office in 1951, and the incoming administration settled for cheap labour in an expanding economy.
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