The dastardly Mr Deedes

Goldman sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein reveals doctors discovered 75 tumours when he was diagnosed in 2015 with lymphoma, from which he is now thankfully in remission. as he immediately underwent an agonising bone marrow biopsy, workaholic Lloyd, 62, recalls arranging a conference call with his senior management team, remarking nonchalantly: ‘i was so involved with the calls i didn’t even notice it.’ How’s Liz Truss’s appointment to the Treasury likely to go down in the City’s boardrooms? A strong business background working at Shell and Cable & Wireless should provide reassurance. But the former CND supporter’s wayward youth spent singing anti-Thatcher songs on Greenham Common threatens to put a few cherry-red proboscises out of joint. The son of multi- millionaire icap founder and former Conservative Party treasurer Michael spencer finished a respectable second while standing for the Tories in the safe-as-houses Labour stronghold of West Ham. Patrick, 29, managed to get a 0.8pc swing in his favour, which should earn him a crack at a more winnable seat at the next general election. Might not have to wait too long, considering the current climate. Much discussion on Wall Street over the recent resignation of JP Morgan’s highly regarded chief operating officer Matt Zames. Colleagues say he grew tired of waiting for the bank’s long-serving boss Jamie Dimon, 61, to step down. Should Zames, 46, head to London he’ll find no shortage of sympathetic ears. Barclays boss Jes Staley and Standard Life’s Bill Winters both swapped life at JP Morgan for the City due to similar frustration at Dimon’s durability. Woefully underqualified ex-Co-op Bank chairman and so-called Crystal Methodist Paul Flowers, who famously was unable to tell MPs basic figures about the bank under questioning, informs his Facebook followers: ‘Linkedin has just suggested that i should apply for a job which it says my talents are appropriate – strategic Planning Manager of the Co-Op Group Manchester!!!’ isn’t it nice the defrocked reverend, 67, can chuckle at his own ineptitude.