Press reports indicate that regulators were willing to give Diamond a free pass – right up to the moment when a serious political backlash took hold. Diamond started to fight back, pointing an accusatory finger at the Bank of England.
媒体报道认为，监管机构原本想放博达文一马——直到遭遇严重的政治反弹。博达文开始反击，指责起英格兰银行来。事情到了这个份儿上，他非走不可了。