Bank of England and Chancellor want tougher sentences for bankers' "culture of impunity"

Bank of England and Chancellor want tougher sentences for bankers' “culture of impunity”

Wednesday, June 10th 2015 - 22:22 UTC

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Bank of England governor Mark Carney has called for longer prison sentences for bankers who break the law, in a speech attacking on ethics in the City. In his Mansion House speech Mr Carney said individuals acted with a “culture of impunity”. But, he warned: “The age of irresponsibility is over.” Read full article

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DerkeBlake
All true; and to quote Don Cherry,

“A good Canadian kid!”.
(The Northwest Territories, to be precise).
Jun 11th, 2015 - 03:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Enrique Massot
“Individuals who fraudulently manipulate markets and commit financial crime should be treated like the criminals they are.”
Absolutely. Some of those criminals have stole scarce resources in developing countries, in collusion with local associates, contributing to a worsening of life conditions in the poorest of them.
Jun 11th, 2015 - 04:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
These guys wash more money than the Chinese laundry wash clothes near my house.

This is the biggest corruption the world has ever seen. How many lives have been lost by corruption of these men and countries that proclaim themselves civilized?
Jun 11th, 2015 - 09:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Stevie
Why did the news stop mentioning Iceland? While Iceland sorted the “crisis” by jailing the bankers, the rest of Europe bailed them out instead, making the people pay..

How is Iceland faring today? And the rest of Europe?
Jun 11th, 2015 - 11:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
(4) Pebete...
You and your difficult questions... ;-)
Remember Hélder Câmara?
...“Quando dou comida aos pobres chamam-me de santo.... Quando pergunto por que eles são pobres chamam-me de comunista.”
Jun 11th, 2015 - 06:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Stevie
Communist!

Aaaarrrrrgggghhhhh!!!

Sorry... Group pressure...

Socialist! Terrorist! Tourette!!!
Jun 11th, 2015 - 11:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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The_troLLimpic_games
And who created the “culture of impunity”, sir??

Who tolerated it?

Yeah.

And that's why you don't see ONE ANGLO in this thread. They all scurried to take cover, no balls to face the unflattering truth about modern Capitalism, particularly in Anglo-saxon cultures.
Jun 12th, 2015 - 12:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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