It was intended to cool the political temperature in the banking industry but instantly led to a high profile resignation – Lord Oakeshott, the Liberal Democrat peer who spoke for his party in the Lords on Treasury matters.
VCs are publicly and privately debating the morality of investing in the burgeoning "anonymish" app space, after a series of negative posts, mainstream gossip, a high profile resignation and even bomb and violence threats have pushed the volume of the debate to eleven.
So far, the only high-profile resignation has been that of Sir Michael Fallon, the sixty-five-year-old defense secretary.
SAirGroup, the parent company of Switzerland's national carrier Swissair, has been hit by a third high-level resignation this year.
But how many moderate Republicans are willing to put up with a similar degree of humiliation?This is the second high-profile resignation in a week.
What is required is not the public gesture of a high-profile resignation but a strict implementation of punishment so that such appalling acts never occur again.
The group was already in a state of turmoil following the high-profile resignation in February of Peter Oborne, the former chief political commentator.
The high-profile resignation comes as Mr. Aso's approval ratings have fallen and his party's chances of losing a coming election have risen sharply.
He has made a series of speeches, met victims of abuse during his last papal visit to Malta and has accepted a number of high profile resignations from bishops caught up in abuse scandals.
The cardinal's comments, coupled with such a high-profile resignation, are a difficult footnote to a week that began with a publicity fight-back from the Catholic Church over the global abuse scandals.
