By localisewm, on May 13th, 2010%
The Liberal-Conservative coalition agreement involves the setting up of a cabinet committee on Banking which will be chaired by George Osborne; and this committee will set up an independent commission to look into whether the banks need breaking up and how to do it.
As the banks collapsed in 2008, I was doing some . . . → Read More: How the banks need to be split up – and how not
By localisewm, on May 11th, 2010%
On the Today programme this morning, Terry Smith, chief executive of the City broker Tullett Prebon, was brought in to explain how the markets would be likely to react to a Labour/Libdem coalition. It is noticeable that the BBC is thoroughly incapable of challenging spokespeople from the City in the way that they would challenge . . . → Read More: The market is in control, not the politicians