16/12/2011 12:15
Britain may lose its rating
French bank Chief Christian Noyer told regional newspaper Le Telegramme on Thursday that rating agencies -- which have warned France could lose its top AAA rating -- should instead turn their fire on Britain due to a slew of gloomy economic data, the AFP reports.
His comments were dismissed as "outrageous" and "plain wrong" by The Times.
"It is simply not the job of a central bank governor to urge the downgrading of another country's credit," it added.
"There is only one good answer when asked about another country's rating. 'Sans commentaire' (no comment)," argued the broadsheet.
The Sun ran a scathing leading article attacking "treacherous" Noyer under the headline "Gall of Gaul.