Usual anti aspiration bigotry from Reg there in #1905. The French millionaires driven from France will help boost UK Treasury coffers and if we were sensible and reduced the higher rates of tax to under 40p, as we should, then rich Americans would come here too.... I have said it before - to claim that high tax rates for the wealthy means higher tax income to the Treasurty is simply ignorant of reality.
Try looking at this, a totally different story to his interpretation of the banking issue.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/03/uk-banks-plan-idUKBRE90206E20130103
Howard - I think you are getting mixed up. Easy to do given how poorly written his posts are without any real narrative. The interesting bit on your link is where it says how the deficit has still shrunk despite lower than expected economic growth.