And so it ends, not with a bang but a whimper

Crisis, what crisis?

That seemed to be the mantra of the G8.

It was all meant to be about the three T’s — trade, transparency, and tax evasion — but those good intentions ended up drowned out by the sound of “tut, tut, tut” from sceptical onlookers peering over the ring of steel isolating the leaders in their self-created bubble.