Diamond apparently believed his own rhetoric – that he and his bank are critical to economic prosperity in the UK. The regulators called his bluff and forced him to resign.
博达文显然被自己的修辞说服了——真的以为他和他的银行对英国的经济繁荣不可或缺。监管者们将计就计，顺势把他赶下台。巴克莱的股价随之略有回升。