Had It in Holland Park

Sorry?  The guy expressed concern in 2008 - the time of the worst banking crisis since the 30s - about some banks he did not have any influence over not being transparent and about self-report data he also could not influence having integrity issues, as any self-report may have. What did you want him to do beyond that: play Samson in the temple?

The bigger question is why the markets allowed self-report data to so heavily influence them. Were they too lazy to demand hard data or, back then, did they still believe a banker's word was his bond?

One man's junk food is another's staple diet. Still, if we just make compulsory everything that is not forbidden, everyone will be healthy and happy, right?

The reports from Syria are beginning to suggest that one side is just as nice as the other.

It seems a pretty clear choice: "free" stuff or pay your own way.
Sadly, it does not even boil down to free stuff for your lot versus free stuff for my lot.  Obama bailed out big companies and banks just as eagerly as Bush did.

I love America: only place where you need a photo ID to ride in an airplane or to cash a check but not to vote.

“Good for him. 

PS: How much of his pay and pension is Mr Mann donating to charity for his complicity in the government spending so much more than it made and running the country into debt?”