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a media service provided by New Statesman A digest of all today’s essential comment and opinion TODAY'S SUMMARY Trouble brewing over bankers' bonuses 21 December 2010 Rachel Sylvester in the Timessuggests that discord in the coalition government may turn into public infighting over the issue of bankers' bonuses: George Osborne wants to reassure the "global financial elite" that Britain welcomes them, while Vince Cable wants details of all bonuses exceeding £1m made public. Delays and cancelled flights at Heathrow airport expose a system of regulation which has completely failed to maintain the smooth operation of Britain's privately run infrastructure, writes Philip Stephens in the Financial Times. In the Independent, Steve Richards calls for caution from the government, arguing that the Conservatives should slow the pace of their reform agenda. George Monbiot of the Guardian writes that the cold snap might actually be linked to global warming, citing evidence which links warm spells in the Arctic to cold winters in Europe. Finally, Hugo Rifkind in the Times argues that our ever-increasing access to information has made us impatient. Convinced that being informed is the same as being in control, we are unwilling to wait for anything. CATEGORIES > UK Politics > International Politics > Economics & Business > Security & Defence > Environment > Science & Technology > Culture, Media & Sport > Health, Family & Society > Education > Human Rights, Law, Justice   If you would rather not receive this email, please unsubscribe from the list. CommentPlus is a Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. ©CommentPlus 2010. You are receiving this newsletter because you are a valued subscriber to New Statesman. Your email address has not been, and will not be, given to third parties.