Monday memo: HSBC scandal and Disney shoes
WHEN MY DAUGHTER was smaller, she wanted to buy Disney princess shoes with built-in lights that shone at every step.
"Are you CRAZY?" I said. "What about when the bogey man or Jimmy Savile is chasing you through a dark forest with imaginatively constructed weapons of torture?"
She saw my point and I saved some money. Phew.
Yeah, I'm a mean, evil, despicabl…
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