The Wardman Wire

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Here is today’s roundup of stories.

Comment

Mail (Daily Mail) - Sultry in sequins: Holly looks just like Toon sex symbol Jessica Rabbit
It’s another week and another plunging neck line for controversial Dancing on Ice presenter Holly Willoughby. Clad in a daring, curve-hugging scarlet gown, the glamorous star, who is becoming famous for her revealing style of dress, resembled racy cartoon character Jessica Rabbit.

Philip Webster (Times Online) - Petrol price rises and penalties for gas-guzzlers as Chancellor Alistair Darling goes green
He will give tax incentives to companies that opt for greener vehicle fleets. And in a further move to show his green credentials Mr Darling will announce that Britain’s first five-year carbon budget, setting out the way independent experts believe that the country should meet the target of reducing emissions by 60 per cent by 2050, will be published next year alongside the main Budget

Ed Pilkington (Guardian) - Bush vetoes move to ban water torture
President George Bush maintained his collision course with the Democrats in Congress over the use of torture when he wielded a rare presidential veto on Saturday to block legislation that would have banned the CIA from applying force when interrogating terror suspects.

News

BBC (BBC) - Clegg urges new political system
Nick Clegg says he will never join a Labour or Tory cabinet, but will push instead for a new type of government.

BBC (BBC) - Pienaar view: Clegg looks comfortable
After a trying week, Nick Clegg has come through his first party conference looking surprisingly comfortable - almost relaxed - in the role of leader.

Philip Johnston (Telegraph) - Britain must not betray the Commonwealth
How many of us any longer feel an affinity to the billion or more people who belong to this extraordinary comity of post-colonial nations? Quite a few, I suspect, especially to those with whom we share a common kinship.

William Rees Mogg (Times Online) - And for our next lie . . . the great EU betrayal
The facts about the Lisbon treaty are relatively simple, but the implications are deeply disturbing. In May 2005, the Labour Party won a general election on a manifesto that included a commitment to hold a referendum on the European constitutional treaty.

BBC (BBC) - I did smash Sinn Fein - Paisley
Speaking on the BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show, he said Sinn Fein could no longer be true republicans because they were in part of the British government.

Gordon Brown (FT) - Time for the third act in public sector reform
Time for the third act in public sector reform

Louise Story (NYT) - To Aim Ads, Web Is Keeping Closer Eye on You
A new analysis of online consumer data shows that large Web companies are learning more about people than ever from what they search for and do on the Internet, gathering clues about the tastes and preferences of a typical user several hundred times a month.

Scotland

BBC (BBC) - Info requests centre on politics
Ministers and councils have been the subject of almost two-thirds of requests to the Scottish Information Commissioner, a report has revealed.

BBC (BBC) - Information act hailed a success
The rate of freedom of information appeals in Scotland is double that in England, it has emerged.

Wales

BBC (BBC) - Concern at cross-border services
Patients and politicians in Wales have voiced concern about devolution eroding the shared use of public services such as health with England.

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