On 18 May 2018 panellist Jeremy Hardy on Radio 4's News Quiz commented on negative press comment about big 4 firms of accountants, This was in the context of the failure of Carillion.
He suggested that Carillion is what you might call a number that’s a million times higher than a number any sane person would think of. And added:
"I’m a bit jealous that there are high rolling accountants. Mine’s quite lacklustre in comparison to that lot.
I just give him a carrier bag full of receipts and he keeps me out of prison. That’s all that happens."
There was a later reference to a phrase in a select committee report “Carillion was brought down by a combination of recklessness, hubris and greed”
Which prompted fellow panellist Simon Evans to respond: "Recklessness, Hubris and Greed sounds like a good name for the accountants".
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