SBP editorial: Green affair shows money can’t always silence everything

Philip Green was once described as the unacceptable face of capitalism. Last week, that reputation was further burnished when it emerged – after an injunction taken against the Daily Telegraph newspaper was broken by British Labour peer Peter Hain in the House of Lords under parliamentary privilege – that Green was accused of alleged sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff.

Green, who is reported to be worth almost £4 billion, has denied ...