Newsnight – Wednesday, 16th June 2010
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed that he will give the Bank of England the key role in regulating the UK financial sector. Mr Osborne is due to give more details of his plans in a speech at Mansion House - one of the set piece occasions in the chancellor's calendar, and an opportunity to update the City on the state of the economy. Economics editor Paul Mason has the latest.
Presented by Gavin Esler.
Broadcast on:
BBC Two, 10:30pm Wednesday 16th June 2010
Duration:
50 minutes
Available until:
11:19pm Wednesday 23rd June 2010
Inside the mind of an alleged terrorist under house arrest in Britain.
Business Secretary – Vince Cable.
Gemma Atkinson – Independent Filmmaker
Richard Watson on the background
Hussain Alsamamara – Jordanian
Electronically tagged.
Waived right to anonymity.
Broken his bail terms.
House arrest.
Can’t see the evidence against him.
Says that he hasn’t done anything.
Wife mentally ill because of the situation.
- CDs in his house.
- Some inflammatory writings
The only evidence.
2001 – the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Set backs to that introduction.
Dec 2004 – House of Lords, voted a breach of Human Rights
Control Order
Immigration Bail Orders – left untouched by new legislation.
Lib Dems, Chris Hune – an affront to British justice.
Debate on the issue:
Tony McNulty – Security Minister in last government (Home Office Minister)
Sir Brian Barder
Dr Usama Husan
Imam, Leyton Mosque
Husan having the most interesting things to say.
Speaking more about morality than politics.
RECANTED
REPUDIATE
On deportation…
Pakistan and Jordan…
Libya
Algeria
McNulty: ‘not interment by the back-door’
Radicalisation.
Husan suggests a look at the wider issues surrounding terrorism, with regards to advice for the government.
Section 44
Control Orders.
Syak?
Mentioned a lot in the piece.
Osbourne in Mansion House
Paul Mason reporting.
Labour’s tripartite banking legislation?...
Osbourne attacking last government’s policy.
Mervyn King
Will have more power.
Osborne didn’t answer questions.
Set about a commission.that will take a year to complete.
FSA founded in 1997.
Criticised by Blair.
Macro-prudential regulation.
- Raising interest rates.
- Leaning against market forces.
Tremors from Greece and Spain.
Speaking to Vince Cable – Business Secretary
Asked to explain what Osborne meant by FSA no longer existing in it’s current form.
Means Bank of England will be in charge.
Esler says: Tripartid system to many headed system…
Cable says that’s unfair.
New commission following Cable’s previous one in oppositioin previously.
Esler: Sounds like new commission wants to come up with a different conclusion.
Lloyds and RBS have representatives of the government.
Michael Hayward at the White House
David Willis reporting.
Obama got:
Waiving of dividends this year to shareholders
Moratorium?
$100 million compensation fund.
Dramatic change in Obama’s rhetoric.
To go to a congressional sub-committee the following day.
Expecting more of a bruising encounter.
Hey baby – a computer game…
Kick-Ass also referenced.
As well as Girl with the Dragon Tatoo.
Female retribution.
The maker of the game on the show
Suyin Looui
Civitas – Anastasia de Waal
Says it’s doing the opposite of Feminism.
Argument that it’s not really feminism.
Encouraging acting out at home, rather than responding there and then in a positive way.
Creator on the backfoot…
Saying she wanted to draw attention to the experience of what it was like to be a woman in that situation.
Feel a bit bad for her.
She wasn’t even thanked for her presence.
Think Esler had better chemistry with Anastasia, and took a slight miniscule bias her way…
Ended on the ‘happy note’: we should be working with men, not against them.
Have to say I think I sided with her too…
I think the game was given unnecessary attention, and shouldn’t really have been on Newsnight. Obviously a filler to kill time.
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