30 NOVEMBER 1985, Page 22

Unholy mess

LORD Williams, the former banker now on the Labour benches, chose this week to hearten the defaulters by proposing an alternative scapegoat. He asked the Gov- ernment for an inquiry into the London Metal Exchange, to show 'how we got into this unholy mess in the first place'. One day Lord Williams, characterised in City & Suburban as Roy Hattersley's fallible friend from the City, will say too much about the need for the avoidance of unholy messes.