Regulate the regulators before the risk
While giving Diamond a kicking, the failures of the regulator deserve more than a passing mention
- 18 August 2012C'mon ref, everytime: How regulators failed banking
The lack of refereeing is at fault for banks' action and if we're not careful, the clock will strike thirteen over bank reforms
- 27 July 2012Forget LIBOR, QE is the real scandal
We ought to hope that the quantiative easing being administered by Mervyn King is a "non-event". If it isn't, we'll all feel the same pinch our savers already are
- 10 July 2012The honest truth about dishonesty - how we lie to others and especially ourselves
Dishonesty is a fickle mistress. Alex Radzyner looks at Dan Ariely's book on the matter and looks at how it relates to the Barclay's scandal
- 9 July 2012Thirty reasons to be cheerful in modern Britain -- PART 1
You think we've got problems? Luxury lad...
- 9 July 2012A not-so-cultured club?
Like a bacteria, politicians talk of a change in the banking culture, but if Barclays is right, it is not just bankers who will need to change their culture club
- 6 July 2012Loony Left: Sweaty, nervous Balls?
The week's madness courtesy of Ed Balls, General T.A.C.O, the Islamic Association of Students, Ansar Dine, UEFA, and the British Justice System
- 6 July 2012Clarity, weight, colour, and superbly cut: Diamond had it all
Bob Diamond endured three hours of probing and prodding yesterday afternoon at the hands of the Treasury Select Committee. He hardly broke a sweat
- 5 July 2012PMQs: Miliband’s no diamond but just about shone enough
Labour win this battle today, but Libor might yet torpedo their ship writes Harry Cole
- 4 July 2012It's bogus dudes
Is the Libor manipulation a sign of something rotten in the UK system or is it just a symptom of a greater corporatism rotting our economies?
- 29 June 2012