My one and only contribution to yet another 'UK' thread that looks as though it's going down the toilet, the same as the 'Muslim Prejudice' thread and many others.

Whether the boss of RBS is fat, or a twat, or both, is completely irrelevant in the context of his bonus. Whether the banks are creaming it off while the taxpayer is squeezed until the pips squeak is irrelevant in the context of his bonus.

The only things that are relevant to his bonus are his contract and his performance in terms of that contract.

If he has a contract which entitles him to certain bonus-levels dependent on reaching performance-markers set out by that contract, then he has a legal and, yes, a moral entitlement to his bonus.

And, in the entire time I've been entitled to vote, I have never voted Conservative, nor will I - ever.