A Whole New Banking Crisis

"Robbing the poor to feed the rich"

The ‘banking crisis’  is set to strike a new low in confidence at the end of 2011. And there is no Eurozone to blame here; it is a situation entirely of UK banks’ own making.

This week has been a decidedly poor one for banks, and has highlighted several problems endemic within the financial system.

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