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Vince Cable, economic spokesman for the Liberal Democrats
Banks ‘too big to fail’

By politics.co.uk staff The UK banking system must move away from lenders that are too big to fail, Vince Cable said yesterday. At a conference of the think tank Reform at the London Stock Exchange, the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman said: “Three of the five biggest banks in the world are British-based and protected. “The… Read more »

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Premier Wen
Man charged with throwing shoe at Chinese premier

By politics.co.uk staff A man has been charged by police after a shoe was hurled at Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao during a speech at Cambridge University. The 27-year-old man, who has yet to be named, will appear before magistrates in Cambridge on February 10th charged with committing a public order offence. The shoe, which… Read more »