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Did you or your mates miss “the largest party since the economic crash” (as the press is dubbing it)? If so, make sure you register – or send a link to squaremile.com – and you could be on the list for the next one.
Here at Square Mile, we’ve amazed even ourselves by out-flanking the Sun, Daily Star and even the Daily Mail on the right wing. The comments posted online have been fast and furious (and usually misspelt).
On the Daily Mail, ‘ru’ from Chesham, Bucks has really got his knickers in a twist: “Why are these lot not in prison for theft. Do we really want a society that rewards failure? If so then carry on allowing this. If not, then this must change and the only way we will see change is if we see these moraless financial thugs put where they deserve to be that is JAIL!”
John Galt on the Sky News comments board takes an interesting angle: “I feel nauseous from all this too, mostly though because I was at the party last night and drank far too many free drinks!”
While Gary from London helpfully pitches in with: “I also heard they were eating swan sandwiches...”
We’ll leave you with the voice of reason – in this case, Chris R D from South Yorkshire:
“The men and women who work in Britain's only successful industry are having a party. Why not? They earned it. If the failures stopped trying to blame the banks for their own lack of hard work and just got on with it then more businesses would be as successful as HSBC.”
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We are the masters of the universe after all...
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I'm a bit removed from this world, but do they genuinely, really wear shit like that? And look like that?
Hoo ha ha - if that's the "master of the universe'' we really are in as much shit as they'd have us all believe. Square mile indeed.
Couldn't make it up. Superb. Keep up the good work chaps!