1350: Not long now and the warm up show was spectacular with Bank of England deputy governor Paul Tucker requesting a grilling himself ASAP. There are accusations he told Diamond that a lower Libor rate would help as it made the bank looks stronger in the time of crisis.
1340: Bob Diamond has arrived and is all smiles. Not sure that's going to last.
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