Ignore their howls of protest. If bankers leave the country, it would be no loss | Simon Jenkins

They took home unheard of sums. Only in Britain do ministers dance to their tune. But public fury cannot be defied for ever

The peasants are revolting across Europe. They want bankers' blood and mean to get it. Until now, public response to the credit crunch has been one of general bafflement and wrist-slapping. The banks persuaded the world it was all an act of fate. As it was, they were too big to fail and their leaders too saintly to atone for it. For four years, British banks were showered...