Why they call them 'fat cats'

LONDON'S MOST expensive set menu is a high-cholesterol, high alcohol £1,000 a head seven course 'non-vegetarian extravaganza' designed for, literally, 'fat-cat' City bankers with huge bonuses.

With bottles of champagne, vodka, port, brandy and various wines available, a lunch-time trip to Vivat Bacchus could create a whole army of 'rogue traders' like Jerome Kerviels playing with our money like there was no tomorrow. And with a meal full of goose, lobster, chocolate soufflés, clotted cream and hardly any vegetables and enough alcohol to fuel a biofuel lorry, these 'fat cats' - or their heart specialists - may know something.

The owner says nowhere in the world apart from London could open such a restaurant because it was "so close to Europe" that they could get wines very quickly. A more likely reason is that Britain is one of Europe's most unequal societies with a huge excess of overpaid super-rich people.

In this issue:

MPs' insult to low-paid workers

Their hands in our till

Protests as multinational grabs health centre

Rich avoid paying £25 billion tax bill

Why they call them 'fat cats'

War and terrorism

Bush and Brown's Afghan strategy lies in tatters

Socialist Party women

Fight attacks on abortion rights

Socialist Party news and analysis

Victory! Bristol campaign saves library

Victory! Hull youth workers save jobs

Inspiring victory for Polish workers

Fighting the BNP in Barnsley

Shell output is down, but profits hit new record

Young workers and Students

Young workers get organised

Protest against university fees

Refreshing student work in Bangor

International Socialist Resistance website

Socialist Students website

Environment and socialism

Incinerators: Our health at risk!

Stop the Anglesey nuclear time-bomb

Socialist Party debate

How can an alternative to the main political parties be developed?

International socialist news and analysis

Kenya: Workers' movement must provide an alternative

France: LCR votes to launch a new party

Workplace news

Birmingham: Thousands on strike against pay cuts

Workplace news in brief

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