What a week for banking it was. After a period of speculations and public anger building up -would he-should he- RBS CEO Stephen Hester bowed to public pressure and waived his annual bonus. The deep fall from grace for Hester's predecessor Fred Goodwin came to some sort of conclusion in the form of stripping the... Continue Reading →
As thy bringeth thy banker folk upon thyselfs
I very much believe that countries that are in general considered democracies get the leaders they deserve. We, the people after all were clever or stupid enough (not) to vote for them. Yesterday I saw a very informative and entertaining documentary by Ian Hislop, the editor of Private Eye and reoccurring Mr. Witty at Have... Continue Reading →