Unfortunately we don't know if he was ordered to make those statements by the parent bank, or if he was inept. It smacks to me of a symbolic "firing" to placat

Unfortunately we don't know if he was ordered to make those statements by the parent bank, or if he was inept. It smacks to me of a symbolic "firing" to placate the tabloids in the UK, who hold far too much sway with the average person on the street.