Mexico earthquake kills two in Guerrero state
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake has struck Mexico, shaking buildings and sending people rushing out on to the street.
The quake, which struck the western state of Guerrero at 19:47 local time (01:47 GMT), was strongly felt in Mexico City.
At least two people have died in the state, but reports suggest the country has escaped major damage.
Many districts in the capital suffered power outages.
One person was killed after a roof collapsed in the small city of Iguala, while a second died after a rock fell on a small van on the Mexico City-Acapulco highway, officials said.
The tremor - which was 40 miles (65km) deep - was also felt in other states including Michoacan, Puebla and Hidalgo, local media reported.
"I was dreadfully afraid, I thought it was never going to end," Laura Gonzalez, who was in a bar in Mexico City when the quake struck, told Reuters news agency.
In 1985, an 8.1-magnitude quake killed as many as 10,000 people in the city.
NBA:Bryant upset at Odom's looming departure
Even Kobe Bryant can't figure out why the Los Angeles Lakers apparently are trading Lamar Odom to one of their biggest rivals.
"To be honest with you, I don't like it," Bryant said Sunday when the Lakers showed up for their third day of training camp knowing their top reserve probably will be shipped to the Dallas Mavericks for nothing but a trade exception.
"It's tough to lose Lamar," Bryant added. "Pau (Gasol) is still here, and we're all thankful for that. It's hard when you've been through so many battles with players to just see them go somewhere else. It's tough."
Neither team formally announced a trade early Sunday, but Dallas coach Rick Carlisle and star Dirk Nowitzki both essentially confirmed the deal, acknowledging their excitement about adding Odom to the defending NBA champions' roster without losing a player in return.
Odom wasn't at the Lakers' training complex Sunday, and his teammates aren't thrilled to know he's probably on his way to Dallas, which swept the Lakers out of the second round of the postseason last spring.
"Especially to them," Bryant said. "We were supposed to come back and get them back. It's tough. ... Do I think we got too little? Who did we get? I don't think Mark Cuban is protesting this trade."
Bryant and Derek Fisher don't know what to make of their front office's aggressive pursuit of Chris Paul followed by an apparent change of focus toward Orlando center Dwight Howard, who has requested a trade from the Magic, after the NBA blocked a megatrade for Paul on Thursday. Odom didn't attend the Lakers' first two days of practice after the team attempted to include him with Gasol in that three-team trade for Paul.
"As a basketball player, it confuses you as to what your focus should be," Fisher said. "I'm very disappointed and frustrated for (Odom and Gasol)."
Although Bryant expressed his faith in general manager Mitch Kupchak, he would prefer to have Odom in camp as the Lakers regroup from last season's failed attempt at a threepeat.
"You're talking about the sixth man of the year last year," Bryant said of Odom, who averaged 14.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3 assists while playing in all 82 games last season. "He played lights-out. I don't understand the criticism of reality shows and this. I don't get that. He had his best season last year, clearly wasn't a distraction, played his (rear) off. I don't get where that comes from."
Odom starred in a reality show last season with his wife, Khloe Kardashian, clearly enjoying his celebrity at the main intersection of sports and Hollywood. Kardashian tweeted obliquely about her excitement when news of the apparent trade surfaced Saturday night.
Even Odom's contract is a good deal for his employers: He will make a modest $8.9 million this season in the third year of a four-year deal, which can be bought out next season for a modest amount. The Lakers' trade exception means they can acquire a player making Odom's salary or less without the usual complications, but it would be only one part of a hypothetical deal for Howard or another star.
With this chaos on top of the usual amount of drama surrounding the high-profile Lakers, new coach Mike Brown is attempting to plan for a season with no idea who will be in his lineup in two weeks when Los Angeles hosts the Chicago Bulls in their Christmas season opener. Gasol and fellow big man Andrew Bynum went through their third day of workouts on Sunday not knowing whether they would have a chance to use all this new information.
"If I'm here, I'm looking forward to the season," said Bynum, who knows he's rumored to be the main component in any proposed deal for Howard. "If they were able to pull a move like that off, it would be great for the organization, and I'd be in Orlando hooping."
Lakers forward Matt Barnes has been in contact with Howard, his former teammate in Orlando. Barnes said he doesn't need to sell Howard on the Lakers.
While Odom stayed away from the Lakers, Gasol reported to the team despite the possibility of his imminent departure. He remains hopeful he'll stay in Los Angeles, but the four-time All-Star no longer knows what to think about his near future.
Packers perfect 13-0 after 46-16 win over Raiders
Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers should have been feeling satisfied.
With Sunday's 46-16 rout of the Oakland Raiders , the Packers brushed aside a playoff contender by halftime to win their 19th straight, clinched a first-round bye and moved a game away from clinching home-field advantage throughout the playoffs - and at 13-0, they kept the possibility of a perfect season squarely in sight.
Instead, Rodgers seemed concerned about the health of star wide receiver Greg Jennings , who left the game with an apparent left knee injury in the third quarter.
"Well, it didn't look very good," Rodgers said. "So we'll see what the MRI says tomorrow. And hopefully, we've got a bye wrapped up, so he really has close to five weeks before our (playoff) game."
Packers coach Mike McCarthy was more guarded, classifying the injury as a sprain and saying that it warranted further evaluation.
Jennings' injury put a damper on what was otherwise one of the Packers' most complete performances of the season. Rodgers threw for 281 yards with two touchdowns and an interception in less than three quarters' worth of work, Ryan Grant had two touchdowns rushing and Charles Woodson picked off a pass against his former team.
McCarthy still isn't interested in talking about the possibility of the Packers going 16-0, but his level of confidence is clear.
"(If we're) taking care of things and keeping our focus on improving the quality of play, I don't think we can be beat," McCarthy said. "You could have asked me that six years ago, I would have said the same damn thing. That's the way we think around here."
Rodgers got an early rest in the blowout, as backup Matt Flynn took over late in the third.
"This is the kind of game you want to play going into the playoffs," Rodgers said.
Carson Palmer threw for 245 yards with a touchdown and four interceptions for the Raiders (7-6), who looked like anything but legitimate contenders in the AFC West.
"I'm not going to let this team keep going backwards," coach Hue Jackson said. "The last two weeks, we haven't come close to playing or looking like the football team we've been."
Oakland was without injured running back Darren McFadden , along with wide receivers Jacoby Ford and Denarius Moore . And the Raiders made plenty of mistakes to help an opponent that doesn't really need it.
"You are not going to beat a high school team with the penalties and mistakes (like) the ones that we made," linebacker Aaron Curry said. "You make a lot of mistakes, you lose."
Palmer threw an interception on the Raiders' first possession, and Oakland committed eight penalties in the first half alone.
And while the Packers' play has been far from perfect for most of the season, especially on defense, this one was total domination. Things got out of hand so quickly that the Raiders tried a fake punt in the second quarter. As was the case for most things the Raiders attempted Sunday, it didn't work.
Grant rediscovered his big-play ability for the Packers, breaking a 47-yard run two plays after Palmer threw an interception to rookie linebacker D.J. Smith on the Raiders' first possession.
The Packers were without injured running back James Starks , who had surpassed Grant in the Packers' rotation. Until that play, Grant hadn't looked like his explosive old self for most of the season.
After a defensive stop, Rodgers directed a 10-play, 80-yard drive that ended with a 4-yard scoring pass to Ryan Taylor - the rookie's first career touchdown.
Trailing 31-0 with about six minutes left in the half, the Raiders tried the fake punt. But Shane Lechler threw high to Rock Cartwright for an incompletion, and the Packers took over at the Oakland 28-yard line.
The Raiders finally got on the scoreboard in the third quarter when Michael Bush ran for a 2-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 34-7.
Packers outside linebacker Erik Walden scored on a fumble return late in the third quarter. Walden has been in trouble off the field and was charged Wednesday with misdemeanor disorderly conduct-domestic abuse following an altercation with his girlfriend.
Rodgers - who took three sacks and was hit hard several other times as the Packers rotated offensive linemen - figured his day was done after that.
"I'm sure tomorrow I'll be a little sore, and Tuesday as well, but nothing that I'm worried about," Rodgers said.
Now the Packers are looking forward to the chance to clinch home-field advantage at Kansas City next Sunday.
"Obviously, there's no other team that can say they're 13-0 right now and on the precipice of doing something great," Clay Matthews said. "But there's still a lot left that we need to accomplish. If you really want to look into it, the regular season does mean a whole lot if you get to the playoffs. So we're setting ourselves up nicely."
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Bishop wants more 1st class cricket for Pollard
With just 80 runs from four games in the series against India, at an average nearly on par with his career average, the pressure on West Indies’ Kieron Pollard to live up to his billing as a power hitter capable of changing a game is ever increasing. When the opportunity arose in Indore to play a lengthy innings, he faltered yet again. This raised the question as to whether he is capable of shedding the tag of a Twenty20 specialist, and if he’s capable of holding his place in an XI that has allrounders of similar pedigree, like the promising Andre Russell and Dwayne Bravo, who is likely to return after regaining fitness. If West Indies are keen on handing Pollard a more responsible role as a batsman, then they could use the final one-dayer in Chennai, a dead rubber, to start a new experiment that could have long-term benefits.
Promotions aren’t usually awarded to underachievers—at least in the corporate world—but sport allows exceptions. Though Pollard hasn’t played Tests, he figures regularly in the one-day set-up, since debuting in April 2007. His numbers as a one-day international batsman, though, don’t make for flattering reading—50 matches, 947 runs at an average of 21.52 with a 0% conversion rate to go with his four half-centuries. His saving grace is his strike-rate of 101.50. But is it really his fault that he can’t come up with bigger numbers? The hidden fact is that Pollard has batted at Nos6 and 7 a combined 35 times, representing an overwhelming majority of his one-day appearances. The highest he has ever batted is No.4, which was only on one occasion. He has been at his most productive at No.5—in eight innings he averages 31.25, with a strike-rate of 152.43. His personal best of 94 off 55 balls, against Ireland in the World Cup earlier this year, came from this slot.
Statistical evidence should give voice to the need for Pollard to get a promotion. Ian Bishop, the former West Indies fast bowler, now a television commentator, believes it’s time for Pollard’s teams—Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, Mumbai Indians to name a few—to reassess their plans for him, if they want to maximise his potential as a batsman. “If his teams are seriously thinking of developing his game, they have to start thinking of pushing him up the order and allowing him to develop a more long term view of his batting,” Bishop told ESPNcricinfo. “With his power, if he can build an innings and get set there will be more benefit in terms of maximising a Powerplay or finishing an innings, as opposed to coming in late and trying to go for it straightaway—over time this has proven to be more difficult for him.”
Bishop feels Pollard still has a presence in the one-day setup. “I still think there is a place for him [in the ODI team],” Bishop said. “If you look at the last two ODIs, they [West Indies] played with a number of allrounders, expecting Pollard to deliver with the bat but he hasn’t done that. He has to realise that if Bravo comes back and Russell continues to develop, his place might become a liability. So he needs to start delivering more.” Pollard has been pigeonholed as a finisher, a notion that automatically slots him into the lower middle-order. His IPL franchise, Mumbai Indians, mysteriously slotted him at No.8 in the 2010 final against Chennai Super Kings, where his 10-ball 27 wasn’t enough to see them through in the chase.
It could be that teams only see him as a lower-order hitter who can bowl. If Pollard is to inspire confidence for a promotion, Bishop feels that the batsman should start playing more first-class cricket. “He has to start playing more first-class cricket,” Bishop said. “He has played so little first-class cricket over the last two seasons, so I think he has forgotten the how to build an innings. “I’ve seen a couple of attempts to start building an innings recently but he’s still on auto-pilot—he’s thinking of spending time at the crease but subconsciously he’s thinking about going for the big shots, as that is what he’s known for in the last two years. He is limited in his strokeplay, where he tries to strike the ball hard down the ground or to midwicket. What other strokes does he have? Maybe a little tuck off the legs, but his offside play hasn’t developed in the way that it should. Playing spin, good quality spin, is also an issue.”
Bishop is confident that Pollard has the desire to redevelop his game to suit all formats, but the initiative has to come from within. “A lot of the responsibility is going to fall on Kieron alone. He has been in huge demand in Twenty20s and will continue to be,” Bishop said. “I believe he is hungry to lift his game to another level. You can tell a lot about a player’s desire by the way they field. You don’t have to put your body on the line all the time but Kieron does that, so he has the appetite and desire to improve. But he won’t improve until he makes a sacrifice and plays more first-class cricket. It may mean that he will have to turn down more Twenty20 gigs, which generally clash with first-class cricket in the Caribbean or elsewhere, but he has to make that decision. “West Indies will only pick him on form. He is an intelligent, articulate individual. From talking to him, I believe he has the desire to play the longer format of the game. He has to make a sacrifice and say ‘I’ve made a lot of money over the last couple of years but I will have to play more first-class cricket to take my game to another level.’” The question remains if Pollard can actually prioritise, putting West Indies above all else. (Cricinfo)
Guyana board to take action against Sarwan
The Guyana Cricket Board has said it will take disciplinary action against Ramnaresh Sarwan, the Guyana and West Indies batsman, after Sarwan publicly criticised the board for not picking him in Guyana’s squad for the Caribbean T20. A GCB release said Sarwan had telephoned Guyana’s chairman of selectors Reyon Griffith on December 4, the day the squad was announced, and “engaged in behaviour now attracting the attention of the Guyana Police Force.” The board had said the selectors had not picked Sarwan because they were not sure he would be fit to play, but Sarwan had said “that is total c**p” and that he had informed the president of the board and Griffith that he had recovered from the injury that kept him out of West Indies’ tours of Bangladesh and India. The board, however, have said it had asked Sarwan to submit a medical report proving his fitness and only received a document on December 5, a day after the 14-man squad for the Caribbean T20 had been selected.
The board also questioned whether the document Sarwan had submitted could be considered a medical report since it was submitted by a personal trainer and not a doctor. “This ‘document’ originated from Mr Forrest Nelson, a personal trainer who has a degree as a physical therapy assistant (PTA),” a GCB release said. “The presentation of this document as a medical report by an assistant physical therapist is viewed as unethical and possibly illegal.” Sarwan had said he had informed the board of his fitness personally and when they asked him to provide evidence he had “got the experts who treated me to send an e-mail to me which I forwarded to the GCB on the status of my injury.” The GCB said Sarwan had contacted the board on November 12 and said he would be fit by December 2. The board, however, pointed to the fact that Sarwan had spent time in Canada, where temperatures are sub-zero at this time of year, rather than playing in the local T20 tournament in Guyana that was used to pick the Caribbean T20 squad.
“The GCB received communication from Mr Sarwan on November 12 indicating he was confident he would be injury free by December 2; this was passed on to the chairman of selectors,” the release said. “The Carib/Pepsi 20/20 Big Smash competition was designed to provide opportunities and preparation for cricketers, and at no time was Mr Sarwan ineligible to play. Mr Sarwan’s suggestion that he is working on ‘match fitness’ in Canada during the winter is baffling.” Sarwan had said the board were being inconsistent in using his non-participation in the local T20 tournament as a reason for leaving him out of the Caribbean T20, since he had not played in Guyana’s local 50-over tournament either yet had was picked in the Guyana squad for the WICB’s 50-over event. “The behaviour of Mr Sarwan subsequent to his non-selection to the Guyana team and his continued attempts to influence the selection process and abuse to executive members has caused grave concern at the Guyana Cricket Board and we are in the process of instituting disciplinary measures,” the GCB release said.
Guyana will go into the Caribbean T20 with Ravindranauth Seeram, the former Guyana captain, as head coach. Seeram had been replaced by former Guyana teammate Mark Harper for this year’s regional first-class championship and Regional Super50 tournament. The GCB appoints coaches on a tournament-by-tournament basis and given Seeram’s success in the July 2010 Caribbean T20, which Guyana won, they have re-appointed him for the 2011-12 event.
Billboard Names Lil Wayne Top R&B/Rapper Of 2011, Nicki Minaj Places Second
Young Money CEO Lil Wayne will end 2011 as the top R&B/Hip-Hop artist, according to data released by Billboard magazine.
The rapper had a banner year, thanks to his hits album Tha Carter IV.
The release debuted at #1, sold almost a million copies during its first week in stores and is certified double platinum.
Lil Wayne also scored four #1 singles, along with 24 chart entries on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart during 2011 alone.
Lil Wayne was also one of the top touring artists of 2011 as well.
The rapper performed 69 arena shows in 2011, that were attended by a total of 712,000 people.
Lil Wayne’s total gross for touring in 2011 was $46,300,000.
The good news for the Young Money brand doesn’t stop with Lil Wayne.
Nicki Minaj has landed at #2 on the list of Billboard’s top artists in 2011, thanks to the success of her debut album Pink Friday.
Pink Friday spent six weeks at #1 on the Top R&B Albums and produced six Top 10 singles.
Nicki was also named the Top Rap artist by Billboard, besting Lil Wayne, Drake and Kanye West.
It’s also the first time a female rapper has topped the year-end chart since Missy Elliott landed at the top in 2000.
Bryan “Birdman” Williams, is the CEO of Cash Money, the label that distributes Young Money.
In a recent Interview with Alhiphop.com, Williams said both labels were ready to top 2011's accomplishments in 2012.
“Nicki’s coming out…Tyga, Twist, Bow Wow, myself, Kevin Rudolph, Jay Sean,” Williams told AllHipHop.com. “Wayne got another album, everybody. I mean, we’re gonna drop 10 to 14 albums in the first six months of the year, so everybody’s cocked and loaded.”
(AllHipHop News)
Other notables on Billboard’s top R&B/Hip-Hop year end list includes Chris Brown, Miguel and Wiz Khalifa.
Amy Winehouse's Lioness tops UK album chart
Amy Winehouse's posthumous album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, has topped the UK album chart.
The record, which features 12 original tracks and covers, was compiled by long-time musical partners Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson.
Proceeds from the album will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
A coroner ruled the singer, who was found dead in her London flat on 23 July, died as a result of drinking too much alcohol.
A verdict of misadventure was recorded after the inquest heard the singer had 416mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood.
The first single from Winehouse's album, Our Day Will Come, also entered the singles chart at 29.
Elsewhere in the album chart, Michael Buble's Christmas held firm at number two, with last year's X Factor runner-up Rebecca Ferguson entering the chart at three with her debut, Heaven.
Last week's number one, Olly Murs' In Case You Didn't Know, fell to number four.
Christmas classics
Meanwhile in the singles chart, Murs' track Dance With Me Tonight climbed one place to secure the number one spot, displacing the X Factor Finalists 2011 with their cover of the Rose Royce song Wishing On A Star.
Lloyd's collaboration with Andre 3000 and Lil Wayne was the highest new entry with Dedication To My Ex at three.
While 5 O'Clock by T-Pain ft Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen was the only other new entry at six.
The chart also saw a surge in sales of classic Christmas singles as the festive period kicked in.
Mariah Carey's 1994 hit track All I Want For Christmas was the highest placing at 12, with The Pogues and Kirsty McColl's Fairytale of New York close behind at 15.
Also charting in the top 40 was Wham's Last Christmas at 26, Wizzard's I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday at 28, Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade at 33 and Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas at 34.
Rihanna to perform at New Year's Eve VIP party in Barbados
Rihanna is schedule to do a private performance in her native country of Barbados on New Year’s Eve . The event is hosted by UK’s Global Radio boss Ashley Talbot, and will take place at the Sandy Lane hotel.
Guest includes X factor USA Judge Simon Cowell and other VIP's. The boyband The Wanted are also expected to perform., this according to the The Daily Star.
China's president promises to increase trade imports
China's President Hu Jintao has promised to increase imports, in an effort to boost global trade.
Speaking on the tenth anniversary of China's entry into the World Trade Organization, Mr Hu said annual imports would exceed $8 trillion (£639bn) in the next five years.
Last year, China bought only $1.39tn worth of products from overseas.
Customs data shows the country's exports rose by 14% in November, while imports rose by 22%.
The pace of growth has slowed from October as trade with Europe, which is China's largest business partner, moderated.
Balancing trade
With anaemic economic expansion in Europe and America, there is even more pressure on China, the world's second-biggest economy, to boost consumption at home.
Mr Hu said on Sunday that Beijing was serious about pursuing balance in its trade policy, adding that it would bring opportunities to countries around the world.
"We will view expansion of imports as an important way to change the development mode of foreign trade," he said at a speech at the Great Hall of the People.
"We will work hard to promote a balanced international balance of payments. We will not deliberately pursue a trade surplus."
China's trade surplus, a persistent source of tension with its trading partners, narrowed to $14.5bn last month, from $17bn in October.
Clegg warns European veto 'bad for Britain'
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says David Cameron's veto of EU treaty changes was "bad for Britain" and could leave it "isolated and marginalised".
But he blamed French and German "intransigence" and pressure from Eurosceptic Conservatives for putting the PM in "a very difficult position".
Initially Mr Clegg said the coalition was united over the use of the veto.
But he told the BBC he had "made it clear" to Mr Cameron it was "untenable" for him to welcome the move.
Sources close to Mr Clegg have told the BBC he "couldn't believe it" when he was told the summit in Brussels had "spectacularly unravelled".
The prime minister blocked changes to the EU's Lisbon Treaty at an EU summit, arguing that the proposed changes were not in the UK's interest.
It now looks likely that all 26 other members of the European Union will agree to a new "accord" setting out tougher budget rules aimed at preventing a repeat of the current eurozone crisis.
'Bitterly disappointed'
As leader of the Liberal Democrats, Mr Clegg is far more pro-European than his Conservative coalition colleagues.
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme: "I'm bitterly disappointed by the outcome of last week's summit, precisely because I think now there is a danger that the UK will be isolated and marginalised within the European Union.
"I don't think that's good for jobs, in the City or elsewhere, I don't think it's good for growth or for families up and down the country."
He said he would now be doing "everything I can to ensure this setback does not become a permanent divide".
The deputy PM said he had learned of the veto in a phone call from the prime minister at 0400 GMT, shortly before Mr Cameron gave a press conference announcing it publicly.
Asked what his reaction had been, the Lib Dem leader said: "I said this was bad for Britain.
"I made it clear that it was untenable for me to welcome it."
'Unacceptable' demands
The new accord will hold eurozone members to strict budgetary rules including:
- a cap of 0.5% of GDP on countries' annual structural deficits
- "automatic consequences" for countries whose public deficit exceeds 3% of GDP
- a requirement to submit their national budgets to the European Commission, which will have the power to request that they be revised
Mr Cameron has said he was seeking certain "safeguards" from Europe on protection of the single market and the UK's financial services industry.
But French President Nicolas Sarkozy called those demands "unacceptable".
Mr Clegg said unwillingness to negotiate from France and Germany, combined with "outright antagonism to all things European" from parts of the Conservative Party, had left Mr Cameron in a difficult position.
"He couldn't come back to London empty-handed because self evidently, if he'd done so, he wouldn't have been able to get whatever had been agreed through the House of Commons so all we would have had would have been a delayed crisis."
On Friday, a spokesman for Mr Clegg said he had been "consulted throughout" the 10 hours of unsuccessful negotiations in Brussels - a claim backed up by Foreign Secretary William Hague.
He told the BBC the Lib Dem leader was fully "signed up" to the decision to veto the proposed treaty.
'Better way forward'
Mr Cameron will make a statement in the House of Commons on his decision on Monday - and the Labour leader called on him to use it to "explain why he did something that was so bad for Britain and bad for British jobs".
"He did this because the Eurosceptic wing of the Conservative Party has effectively taken over and that isn't good for the national interest," Ed Miliband said.
"What I say to Liberal Democrats and others is that we will work with anybody who thinks this position cannot stand. We must find a better way forward for Britain."
Mr Hague insisted Britain was "not marginalised", and told Sky News that while "everybody knows" that the Tories and Lib Dems had different views on Europe, the negotiating position taken by Mr Cameron "was agreed in advance" with Mr Clegg's party.
But Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott said his party's Business Secretary Vince Cable had "given a very serious warning last Monday in the cabinet against elevating these financial regulation points into a make or break deal".
Asked about Labour's allegation that Mr Cameron did not genuinely want to reach a deal in Brussels, Lord Oakeshott told the BBC's Politics Show he believed "a walk-out quite suited him".
Mr Cameron and his Chancellor George Osborne have insisted the veto was in part to protect the City of London from excessive intervention by Europe, but Labour and the UK Independence Party have both warned that actually no additional safeguards for it were achieved.