Finance (No. 3) Bill

Many contributions have shown that the shade of the right hon. Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable) is noticeable by its absence. With the exception of the National Bank of Cuba when it was governed by Ernesto ““Che”” Guevara, can my hon. Friend think of any example of any country where the bankers have recoiled from the brutal fiscal hammering imposed upon them by a state legislature and taken their toys and left? Is there any such country in the history of the world that he could mention?