No reward for failure , BUT they won't listen to me !! will they ?

      Brown warns banks on bosses pay

Gordon Brown: 'A new approach... is required'

The Prime Minister has insisted there should be "no reward for failure" at banks which have had to be bailed out by the taxpayer.

Gordon Brown was speaking after reports Royal Bank of Scotland is considering awarding large bonuses, despite expectations of huge annual losses.

However Mr Brown stopped short of saying the government would impose a salary cap on rescued banks. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7871828.stm

It's my duty , !! British jobs for British workers !!!!

      PM's jobs pledge 'a huge mistake'

Construction and maintenance workers around the UK have protested

Gordon Brown should apologise for his "British jobs for British workers" pledge in the wake of wildcat strikes across the UK, say the Tories.

Tory leader David Cameron said the PM's words, cited by protesters who walked out in a row over Italian workers at a refinery, had been a "huge mistake".

He said it was "pandering to people's fears" and an "error of judgement".

But Mr Brown said it was his "duty" to help Britons acquire skills needed to get jobs in a global market. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7870357.stm

Oh No that religeous nut's out and about again !!!

      Obama greets 'good friend' Blair

Barack Obama meets former Prime Minister Tony Blair

Tony Blair has become the first leading British politician to meet Barack Obama since he was sworn in as US President.

The former prime minister was welcomed as a "very good friend" by Mr Obama, as he gave a speech at the traditional National Prayer Breakfast.

He advised the new president: "You don't need cheerleaders but partners, not spectators but supporters."

Mr Obama praised Mr Blair as "somebody who did it first and perhaps did it better than I will do".

In his speech, Mr Blair had some words of advice for the new president, telling him: "The truest friends are those still around when the going gets toughest."

Mr Blair, who converted to Catholicism after leaving office, warned that the "public eye is not always the most congenial".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7873000.stm

 

Mandelson , WHAT are you playing at !!!

      Flag mistake at UK-China ceremony

The flag was the centrepiece of an agreement-signing ceremony

The government has been criticised for displaying the Union flag upside down at the signing of a trade agreement.

A plastic flag was flown incorrectly for a ceremony involving Gordon Brown, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao and Trade Secretary Lord Mandelson.

The Flag Institute said it was "concerned" about the mistake and Tory MP Andrew Rosindell called it "an unbelievable flaw in protocol".

BBC News website readers got in touch to point out the error.

The Union flag - more commonly described as the Union Jack - has been in use since the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland came into force in 1801.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7866938.stm

 

I'm with you all the way !! British Jobs for British workers !!

      Fresh talks in foreign worker row

Workers at the Lindsey refinery explain why they will stay out 'for as long as it takes'

Hundreds of workers are continuing unofficial strike action over the use of foreign contractors, as talks resumed to try to resolve the dispute.

Protesters gathered outside Lindsey Oil Refinery - where the wave of strikes originated last week - saying they were awaiting the outcome of the Acas talks.

Some 600 workers walked out of Langage power station near Plymouth on Tuesday.

Workers in Fife, Cheshire, North Yorkshire, Essex and Hampshire have continued their support protests.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7866614.stm