British values

So Gordon Brown has said that the bankers "had acted outside the values everyday people trying to uphold in their daily lives." Well does he consider that MPs who claim allowances just because they are available, and not to off set an actual necessary expense, are upholding these values? The Home Secretary says that we must protect British values, but what exactly are the values that she wishes to protect? The ones that suggest that if its there you should take it, even if you don't need it?; The values expressed by the celebrity culture that is so prevalent in Britain today? Where you can be famous just for being ignorant;; The values reflected by the suggestion that grandparents should receive tax credits (be paid) for carrying out a basic family function of looking after the grandchildren?; The values expressed by the fact that Jonathan Ross was not sacked over his criminal behaviour and was even invited to host a top awards event?; The values reflected by the 4 FAT people complaining that they were too heavy to work and need more benefits?; The values reflected in the report that a hospital patient was left without feeding for 26 days in a Uk hospital?; or The values reflected by the fact that the people employed in the banking industry who created many of the conditions that led to this mess we are in can walk away with a fat pension, whilst those that have invested their life savings, to provide for themselves in latter years, see them reduced to little more than waste paper.
If the values include the freedom of speech, then why is the Government planning to record all our emails? If they include fair play then why aren't the erring bankers forming a queue to hand back the bonuses that they have been paid or the small fortunes they have made in betting on which company shares they can put into a tail spin? And why, indeed, isn't this Government falling on its sword? Perhaps there is a real need for throwing away the current values of the Uk and adopting new ones, from all sections of the community.