David Malone golemxiv-credo.blogspot.com author of The Debt Generation, http gives the opening of his talk in Lancaster on November 24th, 2010 . It includes a short introduction by Gina Dowding, Green Party parliamentary candidate for Lancaster and Fleetwood. David asks why there was never any real debate about bailing out the banks during the financial crisis and questions what the lack of such a debate says about the state of our democracy. The meeting was organised by North Lancashire Green Party.