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Not to mention the fixing of the libor rate
Once your are in the high rolling. club with friends with power and influence you are made for life however you perform
Look at the failures who have received honours in the new years honours list as an example
Rebecca Brookes another and the mates of George Osborne making a killing from selling off post office shares , the house of lords speaker charging over £600 for a taxi on expenses to go to the opera, Carol thatcher buying gifts donated to her mother from other governments to sell at a profit, the list goes on and on and on but they have no shame
If they had suffered austerity like the rest of us there would be no deficit at all