If the Bankers Start Saying Sorry, Then We'll Have to Forgive Them. It's Much Too Soon

Spectator, The; London › September 02, 2009

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'The first stage is to fess up, ' said Stephen Hester, the new RBS chief executive, around about the time everything was going properly tits-up on Monday. Barack Obama could carry off a 'fess' should he ever feel inclined, although I've a hunch that he never will feel inclined, not even if, by the time you read this, he has already burned the White House to the ground with a faulty Illinois waffle iron.

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If the Bankers Start Saying Sorry, Then We'll Have to Forgive Them. It's Much Too Soon

I'm not sure I can deal with contrition from bankers. I thought it was what I wanted, but I now think I was wrong. 'The first stage is to fess up, ' said Stephen Hester, the new RBS chief executive, around about the time everything was going properly tits-up on Monday. And it felt, strangely, like...

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