London bankers advised to keep low profile during G20

Bankers who work in the City of London have been advised to dress down on April 1st and 2nd.

A number of anti-capitalist protests are planned for both days to coincide with a summit of G20 leaders and central bankers to discuss how to restart the global economy.

Bankers have been blamed by many for triggering the financial mess, and last week the home of the former boss of the Royal Bank of Scotland Fred Goodwin was attacked.

The BBC's Jack Izzard has been talking to some financial workers in London's City about how are they dealing with talk of threats and attacks.

Chris Knight, a professor at the University of East London is one of the organisers of the G20 Meltdown campaign, a group which plans to demonstrate at the summit.

On Friday he was suspended from the university for making these comments:

Europe Today's Audrey Carville discussed the nature of the protests with Chris Knight and Johanna Campion, who used to work for Lehman Brothers in London.

First she asked Chris Knight if he had any regrets about making his comments:

First broadcast 27 March 2009