Under the counter

Lean on meIt's funny how behaviour that would be considered completely reasonable in the real world can get you in all sorts of bother when you enter the public realm. Take politicians, for example: when any normal human being might be able to say they've realised they didn't get things quite right and they were now trying to work out how to get out of a mess of their own making, our lords and masters have to say things like "an organised withdrawal was always our plan". It's the same with celebrities: many's the time I've followed in George Michael's footsteps, taking a constitutional up on Hampstead Heath in the middle of the night, and no-one's ever accused me of, well, let's leave it there. Now it seems that the same situation applies in the exchange worlds. If you were in a competitive environment and maybe found yourself under a...