Pensions and prejudice

The chairman discovers why Northern Rock savers are more important than pensioners: they're prettier

Better do the apologies upfront, I suppose. Yes, I know this is the third - arguably the fourth - instalment of the Northern Rock saga as viewed by the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBluePlanet and I also know sequels almost always follow the law of diminishing returns. Still, the sooner we do the traditional recap, the sooner we can bring this to some sort of conclusion. Hopefully. Here goes - the chairman has a secret camera installed at the Treasury and he and I have been watching a tape of a meeting between the chancellor and a representative each from th...