From DSK to Fred the Shred, a study in contrasting sanctimonies

By Bagehot

THE ENGLISH Channel feels wide this morning. On one side, the British press jumped gleefully on a former bank chief, Sir Fred Goodwin, after a judge ruled that newspapers were allowed to write about a privacy order taken out by the ex-head of the Royal Bank of Scotland, seeking to block reports of an affair with a colleague. „Fred the Bed!“ roars the Sun’s front page. „Sir Fred’s affair: why we do have a right to know“ trumpets the Daily Mail.

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