The Wardman Wire

Here is today’s roundup of stories.

Comment

Alan Johnson (Comment is Free) - Thinking about the unthinkable
A proposal to help eliminate global poverty raises several questions, but is far from being an eccentric policy

Economist (Economist) - How America and Europe own each other
A NEW REPORT by the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union offers a useful reminder that behind all the hoopla about China, India and other emerging economies, ties between the rich nations of the western world go very deep indeed.

Economist (Economist) - Russia revives a vicious lie
In the past six months no fewer than four different outlets have revived the outrageous falsehood that it was the Nazis, not the Soviets, who murdered 20,000 captured Polish officers at Katyn in 1940. That Stalin-era lie, enforced at gun-point in post-war Poland, viciously aggravated the original crime. It was buried in 1990, with solemn Kremlin support.

Guardian (Guardian) - So can Boris pull it off? And do the Tories really want him to?
Now some Tories close to leader David Cameron are convinced Johnson can win the race, although some believe that could be a mixed blessing.

Sky (Sky) - BAFTA Awards
The film industry is eagerly anticipating the Baftas - and so is Sky entertainment correspondent Matt Smith. Here’s his guide to who could be walking away with an award.

Francis Charig (Telegraph) - My escape from BA038 was damn fun
The announcement for us to evacuate the plane was made calmly and was a surprise to me. I doubt if you’ve had to go down a chute before but it was damn fun; I would have loved to have had another go but we were being taken well away from the plane to safety.

News

BBC (BBC) - MP fury over EU vote campaign
A Labour MP has clashed angrily with EU treaty referendum campaigner Derek Scott in a BBC radio interview.

Jonathan Fildes (BBC) - Knee dynamo taps people power
US and Canadian scientists have built a novel device that effortlessly harvests energy from human movements.

Times (Times Online) - Scotland Yard ready to deliver its findings on Benazir Bhutto assassination
Scotland Yard risks inflaming the heated preelection political atmosphere in Pakistan today when it delivers its report on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

Andrew Norfolk (Times Online) - Lawyers forced to repay millions taken from sick miners compensation
Law firms that grew rich by exploiting sick miners are to be forced to repay tens of millions of pounds that they wrongly sliced from their clients’ compensation.

Scotland

BBC (BBC)

- Turn of tide on fire crew attacks
Assaults on firefighters in Scotland are gradually decreasing, according to the Fire Brigade Union (FBU), though attacks in England continue to rise.

Wales

BBC (BBC)

- Low house price boost for valleys
Fewer people are moving away from the south Wales valleys and more are setting up home in the area because of lower house prices, it is claimed.

Blogs

BBC (BBC)

- Milk with your iPod?
The fact that MPs can claim expenses of £250 without a receipt has already been greeted with widespread incredulity. The fact we learnt today is likely to be greeted with even more. MPs can, apparently, also claim £400 a month for food without receipts.

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