Fred's own CSI show

Sir Fred Goodwin gets a couple of bricks through his windows and the rear screen of his car and the place is swarming with police and scenes of crime officers - and SIr Fred was not even there.

Had that been plain old Fred Goodwin of Kingstanding, Acocks Green, Erdington or the like and he had been in the sitting room when the brick arrived through the window and landed at his feet, he would have been given a crime number for the insurance by the local nick and, if he was lucky, an offer someone might keep an eye on his place if they passed on patrol.

Who says money doesn't talk?