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  That's exactly how I feel about banks these days. I despise the way you're treated as a number and despise the culture of greed at board level in British banks - I'm pretty sure it's the same the world over, but you only ever hear of British and American banks' directors feeding likes pigs at a trough.
  
  One of the best books I've read in recent years was 'Rogue Trader', the story of Nick Leeson whose actions were responsible for the collapse of Baring Bros, one of the City of London's most ancient and revered banking institutions. It's a great insight into that culture of greed I'm speaking of - how everybody from his line managers upwards (including auditors) were quite happy to turn a blind eye to openly dubious and illegal high risk strategies in reward for profits that would lead to uber-bonuses off the pay scale.
  
  And, last week, the news breaks of the CEO of Barclays being paid a bonus of £63m.......£63 MILLION, as a BONUS. There can simply be no justification for the immorality of that payment, none whatsoever - despite his plea that he didn't even claim an extra £37m! That's really big of him. The next time foreclosure figures are released, the next time Barclays force another business into liquidation or the next time they throw somebody on the street, perhaps somebody in power might have the decency to ask how we tolerate such double standards.

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