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class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729230720/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/19/bankers-pay-financial-crisis-banking" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{And still the banks mock their saviours}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">And still the banks mock their saviours</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <span class="date">19 Jul 2009: </span> <p><strong>Editorial: </strong>According to the IMF, the total cost of supporting the UK banks has so far been a stunning £904bn. 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