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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matt Wells

Politics Weekly: 'Fred the Shred' and the Royal Mail row

John Prescott says the government should strip Fred Goodwin of his £693,000 per year pension and let him sue through the courts.

Columnist Polly Toynbee agrees, but asks where Prescott was when Brown and Blair were cozying up to the City.

We look at the government's plans to part-privatise Royal Mail.

Executive comment editor Georgina Henry thinks it's the wrong time to be privatising profits and nationalising losses.

Comment is Free has launched a new section called Liberty Central.

Georgina Henry believes our liberty and privacy are at risk, but Polly Toynbee thinks that, given the advantages we gain from CCTV and DNA databases, we needn't worry too much.

Finally, we look at Gordon Brown's response to the death of David Cameron's son this week.

The panel agrees that there was probably no way around cancelling PMQs but senior political correspondent Andy Sparrow says that, although Gordon Brown is not good at talking about himself, he delivers tribute speeches well.

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