Obama's call on Wall Street yesterday to support "the most ambitious overhaul of the financial system since the Great Depression" is welcome – but the devil, as ever, will be in the detail.

My parents support my habits seeing as their parents grew up during the Depression, alluding to the fact that they had adopted the attitude of my grandparents.

I originally wanted to write: my parents support my habits seeing as their parents grew up during the Depression, alluding to the fact that they had adopted the attitude of my grandparents.