It is no small irony that, at the same moment these Horatii are being castigated for opposing haste-makes-waste legislating, Capitol Hill is in tumult over language contained in another bill - the omnibus appropriations act - that could only have been adopted under similar circumstances.
On the other hand the government does not want to set up a Leveson-style inquiry into the banks in haste only to repent at leisure when many in the financial sector conclude that London is no longer a place where they and their business are welcome.