The 'them and us' of a £22m pay packet

Well, I had another little read of it the other day and it only served to remind me of another stigma attached to the industry – that investment bankers, outside of the city anyway, are often mentioned in the same breath as lawyers, ie not liked all that much. I was also reminded of it at an awards ceremony last week, in which the host, TV comic Jimmy Carr, said something along the lines of: “Well, eh? Here I am, among all these city types. Isn’t it great.” His comment hinted at what is undoubtedly true of much of the country: there is a ‘them and us’ mentality; the ‘them’ referring to ...