The week that was

Monday

The week began with the FSA's long-awaited indictment of the RBS management and summarised the "poor decisions" Fred the Shred and friends made to bring the bank and the world economy to its knees. Nick Clegg decided to exercise his own veto and stayed away from the House of Commons while the Prime Minister David Cameron explained why our European neighbours have taken the UK off this year's Xmas card list. "Ou est Nick?" chanted the Labour backbenchers.