Shadow Treasury minister Chris Leslie argued that Ireland's problems illustrated the dangers of a "one-track economic strategy built around austerity alone".

BBC: Ministers urged to rule out Ireland bailout

This approach was championed by the business theorist Chris Argyris, who argued that simply creating debate is of uncertain use when the issues involved are potentially threatening or embarrassing to the participants.

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Lawyers argued that because Chris Bowen, Australia's immigration minister, could not guarantee their protection, he had no power under Australia's Migration Act to send them to Malaysia.

ECONOMIST: The government hits a legal roadblock

Chris Huhne, for the Liberal Democrats, argued that the plans put at risk the "cornerstone" of England and Wales's legal system, "the principle of being innocent until proven guilty".

BBC: Crime and Security Bill

But Labour MP Chris Bryant, a victim of phone-hacking, argued that without a change in the law "there would be more Milly Dowlers, and that will be our fault".

BBC: PM 'wary' of Leveson recommendations on press law

Speaking at a conference in Dublin this week, organised by the Institute of International and European Affairs and the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, Chris Skrebowski, a consulting editor of Petroleum Review, argued that spare capacity in the oil market could be eroded by 2015.

ECONOMIST: The economic impact of high oil prices