As the world slips into a recession, caused by a credit crunch due to irresponsible lending by banks, we – the public – are forced to watch bankers go bleating to governments, throughout the western world, to demand taxpayers’ cash to get them out of trouble. What? Aren’t these the same guys who were making record profits until very recently and who were always offering us umbrellas when it wasn’t raining but wanted them back, along with our house and shirt while selling our kids into slavery, when it was? And now they want our cash, no doubt interest free, to save their backsides. Just remember this the next time your bank manager lectures you about your overdraft.