There is a very good write up of this in the Evening Standard whcih I will copy here; in the mean time, take this from The Independent:

The new laws were largely justified by the UK Government as a necessary response to the terrorist attacks of September 2001. Commentators have remarked on the irony that the first challenge involves the City and has nothing to do with terrorism. […]

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article346840.ece 

and this is a surprise to who exactly?

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 21st, 2006 at 8:42 pm and is filed under Insanity, Politricks.