After a week in which bankers cemented their position as Britain’s least popular profession, it has been announced that Barclays chief executive, Bob Diamond, and the chairman, Marcus Agius, are to resign.

The picture above shows the two men (Bob Diamond front, Marcus Agius right) with former Barclays chief executive John Varley, and was taken in 2010 to publicise Mr Diamond’s appointment.

We are sure you can come up with an alternative caption for our photo of the trio of out-of-favour financiers.

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