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First published January 22, 2013
In effect, what Preising was presenting me with here was a variation on the by-now familiar theme of 鈥榃here were you when Britain went bankrupt?鈥�. Latterly, this genre had taken over from the earlier 鈥榃here were you on 9/11?鈥� [鈥 Likewise, we all now vividly remember the moment when the baby-faced PM in his baby-blue silk tie 鈥� an unduly optimistic and frivolous choice in the circumstances, I always thought 鈥� commenced his speech with the words 鈥業n thirteen hundred and forty-five, when King Edward the Third told his Florentine bankers鈥︹€� Sure, it had far less visual impact than 9/11, but it's still seared on our collective memory.