John McKenzie has it spot on re Blair and Brown. But Sugarfoot Jack demeans only himself in dismissing John Major as "a joke." Unlike Blair, Major was a decent and honourable guy, from a humble - in fact disadvantaged background - and with no pretensions.

I can understand Skarpi's rage, but it was never the responsibility of a UK government to save Iceland's banks from themselves. The UK government couldn't even control its own banks - not that it should have had to do so. It was surely reasonable to expect the banks to take on some of the responsibility themselves, in return for the millions in bonuses that they paid Iand continue to pay) themselves.