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CIVIL LIBERTIES The fight to regain our personal freedom is on
Lloyds reveals £10.8bn HBOS loss
Lloyds Banking Group has said that HBOS, which it absorbed in January, made a pre-tax loss of £10.8bn in 2008. Meanwhile, Lloyds TSB has seen its own profits for 2008 fall by 80% to £807m, in what is said was a "resilient underlying business performance". The Government, which sanctioned... [continued]
Barack Obama announces $3.6tr budget for 2010
President Barack Obama unveiled his budget for 2010 yesterday, announcing $3.6tr of spending that he hopes will drag the US economy out of recession. He also predicted that the budget deficit for the current financial year would reach $1.75tr, the largest ever figure and almost an eight of the USA's...[continued]
Bishop ‘regrets’ Holocaust remarks
Bishop Richard Williamson, the British-born Catholic clergyman who caused a storm of controversy by denying the full magnitude of the Holocaust earlier this year, apologised yesterday for his remarks, which he made during an interview on Swedish TV. "I can truthfully say I regret having made such remarks, and... [continued]
Privacy watchdog warns Britons
The Information Commissioner has warned Britons that "creeping surveillance" is taking place in both public and private life, and that we risk "hardwiring" it into the fabric of the country. Richard Thomas's warning came as civil liberties campaigners prepared for a series of meetings across the country to discuss their... [continued]
Bush staffers could face hearings
Former US president George Bush and leading members of his administration could soon find themselves the target of public war crime hearings and even criminal prosecutions, according to a leading US journalist. Writing in The First Post, Alexander Cockburn reveals how former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has already... [continued]
China hits out at US rights abuses
China has hit back at American criticism of its human rights record, accusing the US of hypocrisy. "The US practise of throwing stones at others while living in a glass house is testimony to its double standards and hypocrisy and has undermined its international image," said a Chinese government spokesman.... [continued]
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