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My FOI request on the FSA threw up SFA
June 22, 2009 3:58 pm No Comments
I am at the apparent end of a tussle with the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Or I think I am. Last month it was revealed that 51 individuals had effectively failed to pass muster as “competent” to hold key positions in Britain’s financial services industry. Or to put it more politely, these individuals had “withdrawn” [...]
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The new Speaker must drop this flummery
June 18, 2009 12:38 pm No Comments
On one level he is the fall guy of the expenses scandal. But on another, some see Michael Martin as the agent of his own undoing. Look no further than the absurd scenes enacted yesterday as he processed through the Palace of Westminster. Did anyone ever think of cutting that frock coat so that some [...]

