This opinion piece in the guardian makes the point - a man got six months jail for stealing bottles of water in the London riots, where as who is facing criminal charges and jail after the giant Libor/Barclays bank rigging scandal? And what about all the other major banks who are involved?
It'll be interesting to see how this unfolds and who actually, if anyone, ends up in jail. But it does hark back to the days when you could be wealthy in England and get away with murder, but be poor and steal a piece of bread and you're sent on a perilous journey to Australia.. you know.. back in the 1700's.
Addendum: Diamond has finally fallen on his sword - though he was apparently pushed rather than willingly jumped.. I'm sure it was this post which tipped him over the edge ;) I wonder how many more heads will roll?
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