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LibLink: Vince Cable – the current scandals will lead to a better system of banking

Over on the Guardian’s Comment is Free, Vince Cable gives his commentary on the banking crisis:

Last week’s banking scandals demolished a convenient myth: that the banking crash was all the fault of a few colourful rogues like Fred the Shred of RBS and Adam Applegarth of Northern Rock. We have been reminded, instead, that the rot was far more widespread.

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