We might win this time, because our interests are perfectly aligned with consumers' interests

摘要

There's been a lot of bleating going on recently, but none of it by pig producers. I watched the television with mounting distaste as the chairman and chief executive of Northern Rock wriggled with discomfort when they appeared before the parliamentary select committee. It was toe-curlingly embarrassing to see them desperately trying to wriggle off the hook - the hook on which they found themselves thanks to their own folly. We had a great business model, they said. What happened was unforeseeable, they said. He stole my ball, they said. It's not fair, they bleated.