Bankers: In 2009/10, during the deepest recession since the Great Depression, bankers took home pay (salary, bonuses) that totaled more than 1% of GDP. That was overheard on talk radio. Nothing was overheard about the total value of jobs and homes lost, thanks to those bankers.
Iraq war: Legal? That question remains unaddressed in the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave. The Brits, however, don't plan to duck the issue.
The Iraq inquiry has been taking evidence since the end of November but, until now, it has largely avoided what for many people is the key issue about the war: whether or not it was legal.Over the next two days the inquiry is going to investigate this in depth.
Quite an array of witnesses will be heard from in the Goldsmith inquiry during the rest of this week. The Guardian is saying that "their evidence is likely to be powerful." They're talking about whether Tony Blair should be indicted. Next... have we got anyone over here deserving equal treatment? Shh... In a spirit of bipartisanship, we have no plans to acknowledge political malfeasance.
