Bush whacked

Just seen the top chimp on AlJazeera speiling his best before the Dow opens. He looked in a bad way and trotted out some desperate gunge. In the end, they'll get their way. Though, it can't be about protecting the American tax-payer 700 bill. isn't going to make that much difference to the seize up - so really it is all about a certain charmed few grabbing the loot while there's still time to convert it into paintings, petrol gold and food and then - the ultimate bail-out when the ATM's shut down, the shops get boarded up and the factories stop the Bushes Paulsons and Darlings will disappear without so much as a 'That's All Folks!'

Well, that's what George Bush's face in a sudden flash of insight said to me as he stammered on.