The Metropolis

Nigel Farage is angry and wrong. Again.

Mike Pollitt | Friday 4 November, 2011 11:23

●

Lovable UKIP leader Nigel Farage is absolutely livid at David Cameron for letting the EU stifle The City through over-regulation. Because, you know, it was too much regulation that got us all into this mess.

“…a blizzard of EU regulations that led to a massive growth in the compliance culture. Everyone moaned about it but no-one worried too much. All that has changed.”

He says they’re worried now. Well, tough shit. To see why, compare his fulmination with this anonymous female stockbroker, interviewed in The Guardian for their fascinating series on women in finance:

“On the trading floor, men would chew paper into little papier-mache balls and try to shoot them up my skirt. They’d actually reach into the aisle to throw them. If this happened now, you could sue. Those times were different.”

Regulations can be good!

Farage rant: Londonlovesbusiness

Filed in:

Snipe Highlights

Some popular articles from past years

  1. The five spookiest abandoned London hospitals
  2. Peter Bayley has worked for 50 years as a cinema projectionist in East Finchley
  3. The best church names in London, and where they come from
  4. A unique collection of photos of Edwardian Londoners
  5. Nice map of London's fruit trees shows you where to pick free food
  6. An interview with Desiree Akhavan
  7. Diary of the shy Londoner
  8. Number of people using Thames cable car plunges
  9. Silencing the Brick Lane curry touts could be fatal for the city's self-esteem
  10. Could red kites be London's next big nature success story?