The metal plaque commemorating the opening of Lehman’s Canary Wharf offices by Gordon Brown in April 2004 was up for auction yesterday at Christies. Sadly Guido’s £1,000 bid was not enough for this, tangible evidence, that the accursed Gordon Brown caused the global financial collapse which began with the fall of Lehmans.

The plaque went, as you would expect with anything associated with the accursed Gordon Brown, way over budget. The auctioneer’s gavel came down at £28,750…