Politicians, bankers lost moral compass

ONE word has been largely missing from the reams of coverage of the Anglo Tapes and that word is... morality.

Much has been made of the contempt that the clownish bankers caught on tape showed for the State and its institutions. Arrogance and testosterone-fuelled blather inform the recordings.

Reaction from the public was laced with outrage. Voices on radio talk shows have veered towards emotional breakdown. But very few people have referenced the paucity of morality that the tapes expose. Is this because we, in this country, can’t handle, or even recognise, the concept of public or institutional morality?