What the CEO of Barclays Bank, Bob Diamond, really meant to say in that memo

 

Here’s Bob Diamond’s memo, with a few italicized changes to make it seem more sincere…

It has been an incredibly tough period for all of you given the nature and volume of negative comment that has come against Barclays in the past few days as I cling onto my ‘total remuneration package’ and sacrifice my friends whilst hanging [...]