'When I read the e-mails from those traders, I got physically ill'.
'You’re the man in charge. But you’re accepting all the good things and the bonuses (and) the people working for you are fiddling the system, potentially going to prison... give me a suggestion of how you’re going to show contrition to those staff and customers who are wondering whether to take their money out of this rotten, thieving bank ?'
John Mann, Labour MP for Bassetlaw, The Daily Telegraph
'Do you (Bob Diamond) live in a parallel universe to the rest of the U.K. ? You say it’s the culture that saved Barclays, but it’s the culture that’s the problem'.
Andrea Leadsom, a Conservative member of the House of Commons Treasury Committee, Bloomberg
'You (Diamond) have come to symbolize a culture that itself needs changing'.
Labour’s Pat McFadden, Bloomberg
'You’ve (Diamond) been occupying the crease for 2 1/2 hours and I’m not sure we’ve got a great deal further forward'.
Liberal Democrat John Thurso, Bloomberg
'I think, cumulatively, the whole package looks somewhat implausible. And if it is plausible, it's only because there is something wrong with the culture of Barclays and, of course, it's the culture that needs to be put right'.
Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Treasury Committee, BBC News
'It was quite shocking testimony, in the sense that there was serious wrongdoing and he didn't know about it. Heaven knows what else was going on inside the bank'.
Committee member David Ruffley, BBC News
Finally, here's a couple of tweets from members of the committee on the fact that Diamond kepting addressing them by their first names:
'A deliberate move on his part. I haven't seen the man for 15 years, and barely then'.
Former Barclays banker and Tory committee member Jesse Norman
And live during the hearing: 'Really annoying that Mr Diamond is using our first names. So rude'.
Labour committee member Teresa Pearce
image: © Shermeee
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