Fred Goodwin, the wanker

Enjoying your wailout, you son of a witch?

Media banned from calling Fred Goodwin a banker

Sir Fred Goodwin, the former CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland, has obtained a super-injunction banning the media from describing him as a banker.

John Hemming, a Liberal Democrat MP, said in the House of Commons: "In a secret hearing, Fred Goodwin has obtained a super-injunction preventing him being identified as a banker."

According to the Press Association he asked, "Will the Government have a debate or a statement on the issue of freedom of speech and whether there is one law for the rich, such as Fred Goodwin, and another law for the poor?"

Super-injunctions are so strict that newspapers are banned from revealing their existence – let alone the information they are aimed at suppressing. However, Hemming’s statements are protected by parliamentary privilege.

Goodwin, nicknamed “Fred the Shred’ because of his willingness to sack thousands of staff, left RBS in 2008 in disgrace after the bank had to be bailed out by the government in the wake of the financial crisis. His 700,000 a year pension and 3m lump sum earned him the enmity of the British public – and his home was vandalised.

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