@docrussjackson  It's a quite extraordinary dynasty. Sir Anthony Fisher, founder of the IEA and 150 other extreme free-market "thinktanks " around the world, was father of Linda Whetstone, chair of and director of the IEA, who is the mother of Rachel Whetstone.

@Coldwar_Steve  A classic. The look on Boris Johnson's face as he tosses in bundles of £50 notes in Jennifer Arcuri's direction. #TorySleaze 

In Nikolai Gogol’s 'Dead Souls', Chichikov harvests the souls of dead serfs for financial gain. RBS staff did something similar when they illicitly signed up deceased customers to ‘Premier’ accounts that charge monthly fees — My review of Sabotage#ICYMI 

"While so many other people are hamstrung by deference and social embarrassment, the upper classes calmly parade through the streets and boardrooms to claim the spoils. They don’t learn shamelessness at Eton, but that's where they perfect it" @Okwonga 

Dorset cliffs collapse: 4,000 tonnes came away in massive chunks, some the size of cars, and fell towards the beach below. About 300 metres of cliff was affected.

Greensill dealt with “prospective receivables finance”, which meant lending against imaginary invoices that its client companies might conceivably issue at some stage in the future.🤔via @AdamLeaver1 

@NautilusShell  @AdamLeaver1No , short-selling is different . Prospective receivables finance is "speculative, long-term, unsecured lending " (see Matt Levine of ) @bopinion .

Given the pivotal role of London-based bankers and advisors in the cum-ex, or "dividend washing ", fraud which cost European exchequers €60 billion, why is @TheFCA  not being more proactive? Photo: Jason Hawkes

Anger and hopelessness have led some migrants to resort to extreme acts. “Horrible things. People swallowing batteries and almost killing themselves in the ugliest ways possible. It’s so desperate,” says Nassim Garrad, a 22-year-old Tunisian.