… doesn’t seem to apply any more, according to Harriet Harman and John Prescott. Shameful. Dangerous for all of us, but also for them – the court of public opinion may not be too keen on their pension arrangements, and that could be the least of their problems.

PS: I support Fred Goodwin’s rights, not him. If he had any honour, he would give up more than just his pension. Given the scale of his failure, and the harm it is doing to innocent taxpayers, in a past age he would be expected to commit suicide.