Losing one's resolve

The chairman is having problems deciding on his New Year's resolutions

"We're not going to talk about New Year's resolutions, are we?" asked the chairman of the insignificantly sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we set about putting the Christmas period behind us with a bottle or two of Penrose Terribly Late Vintage at the Somewhere Over The Rainbow. "Not if you don't want to," I said. "Although it has become a bit of a tradition over the past few years. Now is when we talk about our hopes and plans to make Her Majesty's financial services industry a better place over the coming 12 months - while being very rude about the chances of anybody else man...