Anton, it would have been less unpalatable had it had any marked effect on the financial sector.  In the UK, every single man, woman and child on the island contributed just short of £20K to the banks as part of the £1.6trillion bailout package.  That money came from tax increases and ripping the heart out of the budgets for many Government services, directly affecting the people paying for the bailout. Did the banks give any hints of contrition?  Not a bit of it.  We see the same smug, self-satisfied twats carrying on exactly as they did before.   Next time, and it will come and soon, put them up against the wall and pop, pop, pop.   Pour encourage les autres.