Bankers’ dummies 22/7/12
Sirs,
Surely I'm not the only person to notice that the banking crisis of recent years has produced its own variation of the tailor's dummy.
The banker's dummy is not seen standing in fashion shop windows but sitting in London and Edinburgh parliaments. They can be distinguished from the real parliamentarians by their vacant,glazed expression as those around them become animated when holding to account the Scottish banks for the 'casino' practises which resulted in their downfall and a massive unwanted bill for innocent UK taxpayers.
The dummies only briefly come to life with a slow nodding of their heads to indicate
approval when they hear the sound of the previous Labour government being blamed
entirely for the bankers greed-
I've already spotted two of these dummies amongst the real parliamentarians.The first has the name Angus Brendan Macneil imprinted on its servile posterior.The second is similarly embossed,Alasdair Allan.
It's now believed the banker's mannequins' habitat may be more widespread than previously thought. So it would be interesting to hear from other Hebrides News readers who may have observed more of these dummies at large in the community.
Iain M Macdonald
Miavaig
Isle of Lewis
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