Quote of the day

comes from the BBC's Robert Peston talking on one of his favourite subjects

The new chief executives at the Rock and RBS: men. The new chairs of the Rock, RBS and Lloyds: men. The vast majority of board members of all three organisations: men. All three banks are playgrounds for ageing white men just like me and the prime minister. Which is why there are some who are bound to argue that Gordon Brown should get the gender mix in order in his own house, before preaching to the rest of the private sector