Sex, drugs, money, video, religion and politics. That's the beauty of this scandal. The tale of the Reverend Paul Flowers, alleged "crystal Methodist", and the Co-operative bank is a gift that gives to everyone. If you are a television current affairs producer, you can set items about the affair to the soundtrack of Breaking Bad. If you are the Tories, it is an opportunity to try to dirty up the Labour party by association with the movement that holds its overdraft, gives it donations and sponsors its MPs – though possibly not for much longer. If you are of some leftwing flavours, it provides a reason to denounce all banking, even that which calls itself "ethical", as an inherently...
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