Diamond geezer rakes it in

[Paul Rigby]

Unions were also angry, as both David Cameron and Nick Clegg have promised to extract a show of restraint from the banks.

Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary, said: "If this bonus story is accurate Bob Diamond and his chums in the City again make blatantly clear their arrogance in awarding themselves bumper bonuses. They continue to ignore the devastation their banks have brought to this country and the government continues to allow them to laugh all the way to the bank.

"Nobody is fooled by Cameron and Clegg's empty promises of reining in these greedy bankers. They are busy slashing essential public services, while these bosses continue to enjoy their lavish lifestyles."

There is a first-rate joke at Clogg's expense to be found within the 16 page supplement produced on Saturday by The Grauniad, Langley's favourite "liberal" British daily, in support/defence of the paper's role in the entire Wikilangleyleaks boondoggle:

"Nick Clogg, the deputy prime minister, is a "mercurial and untrustworthy" figure, obsessed with flamenco dancing and horseracing, racked by phobias, and unable to travel anywhere without a "voluptuous" Ukrainian nurse on whom he is entirely dependent, according to a top US diplomat who conceded that his notes may have got mixed up during a recent transfer from Tripoli, though he added that he "was pretty sure the mercurial and untrustworthy bit [was] accurate in both contexts,"

The 10 cables we wish we'd found (but never did), The Grauniad, After Wikileaks, Saturday, 5 Feb 2011, p.7

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/20...intcmp=239