Robin Hood Gatecrashes the Bankers’ Bash

If that doesn’t get you angry, you should really pick up this book, Treasure Islands, which explains the history of the financial powerhouses of the world, such as the City of London Corporation.

If you’ve got the time, it’s also worth reading this nicely controversial article in today’s Telegraph, which explains how the moral decay of our society is as bad at the top as the bottom:

A great deal has been made over the past few days of the greed of the rioters for consumer goods, not least by Rotherham MP Denis MacShane who accurately remarked, “What the looters wanted was for a few minutes to enter the world of Sloane Street consumption.” This from a man who notoriously claimed £5,900 for eight laptops. Of course, as an MP he obtained these laptops legally through his expenses.

Yesterday, the veteran Labour MP Gerald Kaufman asked the Prime Minister to consider how these rioters can be “reclaimed” by society. Yes, this is indeed the same Gerald Kaufman who submitted a claim for three months’ expenses totalling £14,301.60, which included £8,865 for a Bang & Olufsen television.