Archive for February, 2010
Blair off the hook because vital Iraq documents were kept out of the public domain
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, February 12th, 2010As the public are asked to ballot for a seat to hear Gordon Brown’s evidence to the Chilcot inquiry next month, more evidence is emerging of how Tony Blair was let off the hook during his session because vital documents given to the Iraq inquiry are not being made public.
Legal challenge sought after BAE escapes bribery charges
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, February 12th, 2010Campaigners are hoping to mount a legal challenge to the Serious Fraud Office’s decision to kill off its major investigation into alleged multi-million-pound worldwide bribery by arms giant BAE Systems.
Secrecy casts new spotlight on Labour selections
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, February 12th, 2010The selection of a swathe of would-be Labour MPs before the general election has come under scrutiny amid concern over excessive secrecy.
Greek tragedy rocks Europe
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, February 12th, 2010Terry Moore on how speculators fuelled Greece’s financial crisis
Labour and unions condemn SNP over job loss threat
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, February 12th, 2010The Scottish Labour Party and trade unions in Scotland have condemned the Scottish National Party government for putting thousands of workers’ jobs at risk.
Editorial: Greek tragedy, European nightmare
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, February 12th, 2010They said it would happen and now it has. So certain were Germany and finance experts in other eurozone countries that Greece did not come anywhere near matching the economic benchmarks required for entry into the currency that they created an institutional block ruling out any mechanism for bailing out a failing economy. And there were certainties that Greece would one day fail. That day has come, with unfortunate timing for the socialist government elected only a few weeks ago. But, as Terry Moore reports on page 21, the methodologies employed by successive generations of Greek statisticians, deceitfully deployed by politicians and under-scrutinised by international economic monitors, meant that the farce of running an economy outside the disciplines of the currency to which it is wedded was sooner or later going to turn to tragedy.
Harman attacked over Commons reform
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, February 12th, 2010House of Commons leader Harriet Harman defended her proposals for giving MPs greater control over Parliament this week, as she was accused by MPs of all parties of denying Parliament a chance to express its views.
Yanukovych wins presidential race
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, February 11th, 2010Ukraine’s period of flirting with the West looks set to come to an end after a pro-Russian candidate emerged victorious in the country’s presidential election.