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"... Each man, woman and child in Britain has already handed over £19,271. And our money has gone to the banks.
"According to the IMF,
the British stuck £1.2 trillion behind the finance sector. Read that
again: well over a trillion pounds in bailouts, and loans and state
guarantees on bankers' trading.
"In just a few months, and with barely any public debate, every household subbed £46,774 to the City.
A sliver of that money eventually went unused; as for the remaining
hundreds of billions, we have no idea just how much we'll get back – or
when.
"There ought to be a verb for this kind of involuntary
donation. For true accuracy, it should only come in the passive voice.
We could call it: to be bankered. 'What happened to the British in the
early 21st century?', a future historian will ask. 'Poor sods,' her
colleague might reply. 'I'm afraid they got totally bankered'."
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