Fiddling while Britain burns


Barclays' chairman Marcus Agius, whose job is on the line over today's interest rate scandal, is also senior independent director of the BBC. After a recent shareholder revolt over executive pay, Agius promised Barclays would be "engaging differently and more purposefully". Good to know the BBC is in safe hands.

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Pliable said…
July 2, Marcus Agius resigns as chairman of Barclays - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18665719

Speculation mounts that Agius will also be forced out of the BBC - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2012/jul/02/bbc-marcus-agius?newsfeed=true

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