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Watching Sepp Blatter’s press conference I was constantly reminded of the video appearances of various Arab dictators on the cusp of losing their power. Defiance, anger, finger jabbing.
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Pakistan Taliban leaders warn Channel 4 News that their fighters will seek to avenge the death of their leader, Ilyas Kashmiri, upon Pakistan and US targets.
Watching Sepp Blatter’s press conference I was constantly reminded of the video appearances of various Arab dictators on the cusp of losing their power. Defiance, anger, finger jabbing.
“You could call this the Great Stagnation, you could call it the Disastrous Decoupling, you could call it Growth without Gain. What it definitely is, though, is deeply bad news for a massive swathe of Britain.”
For the first time, a public suggestion that Finance Ministers will discuss with Greece’s creditors about lengthening out the repayment of the country’s debts. This would change the “structure” of Greece’s national debt, but would fall short of “restructuring”. Euro ministers appear to be settling on the concept du jour: “reprofiling”.
Our Economics Editor on how DSK’s absence from the International Monetary Fund may be bad news for Greece – and lead to more austerity in the eurozone.
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon asks how Westminster might deal with the SNP’s new majority Government at Holyrood.
Voters punish Nick Clegg’s Lib Dems in local elections – SNP wins control in Scotland – Labour gains in Wales – Tories hold ground – no to AV. Channel 4 News live blog – add your voice. #c4news
My report yesterday on the GDP figures and Krishnan’s rather robust interview of the Chief Secretary of the Treasury has elicited some viewer feedback, and not just about my hard hat. Some correspondents felt we were talking down the economy by “arbitrarily” looking at the flat economy since the end of September, rather than 0.5 per cent growth in Q1 of this year.
A man has been charged with murder over the death of a student in Toronto who was killed while talking to her boyfriend in China on a webcam
As turmoil rages in the Middle East, the Duke of York’s business connections are beginning to unravel.
Portugal’s Jose Socrates asks the EU for financial assistance, paving the way for the third bail-out after Greece and Ireland, and exposing the UK to a payment of up to £4bn.
The claim “Lord Hutton’s recommendations on public sector pensions have led to calls for industrial action by public sector unions, but the reality is that his proposals will still leave them with hugely generous pensions that most private sector workers could never hope to achieve.” Ros Altmann, former Government pensions adviser, March 10, 2011 The…
Interest rate: the benefit of hindsight reveal Mervyn King he was doing a Mourinho: lashing out at the external press conference in order to deflect attention from his unprecedented splits on his team.
Our Economics Editor looks at how oil is a major factor in events in Libya.
Our Economics Editor asks what was behind Mervyn King’s “Betty-both-ways” presentation of interest rate options at the Bank of England’s launch of its Inflation Report.