THE BALD MAN

Why is a council using tax payer money so council officials can play at being bankers...hopefully when the bank loses money local councillors will be surcharged

Too busy doing adverts for other banks...

New ethical stance to be introduced "greed is good"

What the difference between any of the political parties? Whats the point when the party that gets the less votes wins?

The recovery is secured!!!! We can all go out and buy houses!

Isnt this true of all our bloated services. Doctors have been asked to work a little harder for their vast salaries and I read them squealing in the Times about how unfair and the public will suffer.

Banks accounting has been called into question for a number of years....profits were only supported by dodgy accounting practises...at the best negligent

Champagne lifestyle is still sustained for politicians civil servants and bankers living on government subsidy

He is from a different background and is completely out of touch with reality

They took bonuses from non-existent profits? Sounds fairly fraudulent to me.

No chance here they have not realised the motorist has not got bottomless pockets to pay for armies of local authority bureaucrats with gold plated pensions

I agree with Hopkinson there is a structural change here not only the recession. There is a contraction in the demand for high street shops which is being the driven by online and out of town one stop shopping. The independents are being squeezed more than the large chains .(although I am Surprised betting shops are still popular). Afraid shops may be going the same way as film for cameras, letter posting, book printing and blackberries.

Never leave home without one!

100% agree...what example have our politicians given us...bail outs to fraudulent banksters and expensive payment fraud on a massive scale.

Top of the list should be corruption....politicians are completely out of touch with reality

Capitalism is dead...as said in the article...subsidies approved by politicians paid to their banister friends

Spot on...QE has no benefit other than for banksters and mega-rich who can trade with insider information

I would vote national Trust...at least they do something useful...lol

What about MP's, Euro MPs and local councillors fiddling expenses..

Gamblers have to pay a gaming tax so why is this any different?

The usual will happen...the management will make money.the banks and advisors will make money ..then in a couple of years the remaining investors will take a bath...

Should have stuck to what they knew....taking deposits and providing mortgages

There is money to be made but shareholders and management have to accept that the profits have to reflect the lower level of risk involved in performing basic banking functions that most customers want.

As always I am incredulous at the way banks are run. They are the modern equivalent of British Leyland..bad management, products no one wants, heavily subsidised and greedy employees

If I dont want to watch BBC why should I pay.I have had a phone call from these people about watching in my office. they are like the Gestapo!