If an election were called next week, Britain might well end up with a Parliament for the next fiveyears that is defined entirely by its views on claiming for bath plugs, rather than on how to get the country out of the worst recession in 70 years.
Awad, a managing director with the bank for more than fiveyears, has resigned and will leave at the end of the year, sources had also said on Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity as the matter has not been publicly disclosed.