Gillian Tett looks beyond yesterday's Today item on "jurisdiction shopping" by banks. She warns there is an unintended consequence of the current worldwide desire to bash the bankers. Legislators in key countries are busy unilaterally changing internationally-agreed rules. Unfortunately, Tett says, this makes it more likely that practices illegal in one country but legal in another will be used to cover up looming catastrophes in the capital markets.
Possibilities of what GB can achieve for journalism.
The Independent asked me to contemplate the future of professional journalism. I believe it is time for liberals to fight the deluge of poorly disguised ideology that threatens to drown our industry in pessimism. So, 