I have to admit to being slightly sceptical at the merits and eventual repercussions of stripping 'Sir' Fred of his title. It's not that it wasn't deserved in some way but more to do with those that sought his head for his obvious part in the demise of RBS.
You see, if you read the 'Good' book it say most distinctly 'Do unto others as you would have done unto you' which loosely speaking means if you live in a glass house don't throw stones for use of a more modern term.
It's all very well politicians baying for blood and holding up the token scalp for the sake of a Daily Mail headline and it's readers, but the reality is those that now crow and pout with their chests stuck firmly skywards were, in the last two years being investigated for a worse crime ie: defrauding the country out of millions on hyped up expenses on second homes and porn movies.
It leaves a somewhat bitter taste that even our own Prime Minister at the time sold our gold when it was at rock bottom and then raided our pensions and yet has skipped town without so much as a flick in his ear. Surely pro rata it follows that if Fred loses his title then our very own Mr Brown should be locked in the Tower permanently?.
Alas, we live in a world that let's people in public office behave as if they are some overpaid spoilt 'A' list celebrity in town to promote a new film or series, gone are the days of dignity in office, now all we have is a massaged and rehearsed performance with scarcely a hair out of place in a freshly ironed suit or dress..( the vision of Michael Foots bedraggled grey/white locks being as untamed as an African lion on speed, seem a very distant memory for instance) .. no, we have Mr Tv or Mrs celeb for politicians these days and if i am honest it worries me but in true English style i will moan but put up with it as is our 'duty' in this poor wretch of an excuse for a Country.
So is Fred worthy of being stripped of his 'Sir-dom'?, if we, as the general voting public had decided it by referendum then probably so, but as his scalp was offered on a plate by no less than a pack of wolves with their own agenda then the answer would be no, he has suffered enough for mistakes made by all the financial industry AND the government of the time, so to quote another religious line, 'there but for the grace of God go I' ought to be entrenched into our current leaders psych.
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