No Man An Island

The owner of a local business which failed a couple of months ago takes his own life. The local authority had refused to come to any arrangement about rates while the business was having a hard time.

But the council is pressured by the Government to reduce its spending and to do more with less.

But the Government is frightened by voters who don't trust them to spend their money and the City who will fight any attempt to get it from other sources.

But the voters are pressured by increasing costs of living and the bosses in the City financial industry by their shareholders.

But the shareholders are pressured by the market.

But the market consists of - who?