A rosette by any other name

The chairman may be able to keep the FSA out, but local politicans are another story

"I can't tell you how sorry I was to hear about your ordeal," I said to the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet when I met him in The Historical Anomaly for a pint or two of Hogbin's Hike. "It must have been horrible - although it sounds as if you were jolly brave." "Well, it certainly wasn't a very nice experience," replied the chairman, trying a look he obviously thought was suitably brave-but-modest. "But in these sorts of situations it's amazing how one reacts – in the end I guess instinct takes over and you just do what has to be done." "And ther...