Britain's telecoms regulator, Oftel, has been criticised for failing to crack the whip over British Telecom.

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Yet it is one thing for the commission to crack the whip on the smalls (earlier this year Belgium fell into line).

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Ellery Hanley sounded an early warning that he intends to crack the whip when he takes charge of St Helens later this year.

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And one of the criticisms that's been raised is maybe he didn't crack the whip early enough or didn't really kind of heave it over the finish line himself earlier.

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But now it's back with a vengeance, as the unions crack the whip, racial resentments resurface and politics seems more mired than ever in patronage and corruption.

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However, such equipment is bulky and expensive, so it changed tack for its second crack at the whip, which you can find out about if you join us after the break.

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