If, like me, you are a bit short of time to read the three books that Will Hutton reviews here, the review itself is worth a look. We’ve all seen the re-runs of Gordon Brown’s remarkably un-precsient Mansion House speech in 2007, during which he praised the assembled investment bankers for, in what Hutton describes as “language so purple it would make a cardinal blush” creating “an era that history will record as a new golden age for the City of London.” Perhaps all new Prime Minister’s should be required, by law, to watch a video that speech. Every day. Before breakfast.
Here’s about as much of it as you’;
