| With all the political arm-twisting over climate change going on before G8 begins, the BBC as usual missed the real story this morning. |
| He spent the lead-up to the G8 summit pushing hard for a deal on climate change, yet this deal caught Downing Street completely by surprise. |
| Mr Clarke said the G8 had shown clear commitment to tackle poverty with an agreement to cancel the debt of some of the world's poorest countries. |
| The onslaught was unleashed on the day that G8 world leaders met at Gleneagles. |
| Yet everyone knows the G8 is just a photo-call by the puppets, not a meeting of the puppet-masters. |
| In wide open economic societies like the G8 countries, merchant banks can also replace the role of the central bank. |
