Barclays boss didn’t want to go to jail because ‘the food sucks and the sex is worse’

A Barclays boss said the bank was ‘dead’ and ‘f**ked’ without a multi-billion-pound bailout from Qatar, a court heard. Ex-CEO John Varley, 62, and former colleagues – Roger Jenkins, 63, Tom Kalaris, 63, and 60-year-old Richard Boath – raised £11.8bn in emergency fundraising in 2008. But the deal – which allowed the bank to avoid taking a taxpayer bailout – was allegedly covered up by the bankers to protect their enormous bonuses. Prosecutors allege they knowingly hid £322m in fees,…