tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post6394966337303767586..comments2023-11-02T15:48:50.381+00:00Comments on UK Bubble UK Economy: FSA trying to sort out the B&BAlice Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-87333670480359496492008-09-22T11:32:00.000+01:002008-09-22T11:32:00.000+01:00What's wrong with calling it a day, appointing a l...What's wrong with calling it a day, appointing a liquidator and giving the bank to the bond holders? <BR/><BR/>They are hardly likely to bankrupt their own bank, are they?Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-70642587788680461212008-09-22T03:25:00.000+01:002008-09-22T03:25:00.000+01:00It remains to be seen if whoever takes it over get...It remains to be seen if whoever takes it over get the same sweetened deal as lloydsTSB.<BR/><BR/>Were the details ever revealed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-58232830666590334672008-09-21T22:24:00.000+01:002008-09-21T22:24:00.000+01:00Anyone read "The Ropespinner Conspiracy"...Anyone read "The Ropespinner Conspiracy" by Michael Thomas. It's a fictional political thriller about a KGB agent who infilitrates US banking in order to get them to recklessly innovate until they bankrupt capitalism and the communists take over.<BR/><BR/>Here's Bob Hoye's take<BR/>http://209.167.242.200/showarticle.cfm?id=8351&pv=1<BR/><BR/>Sounds interesting.<BR/><BR/>NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-45877752474120416922008-09-21T19:52:00.000+01:002008-09-21T19:52:00.000+01:00When its remains are cheap enough, I shall buy it ...When its remains are cheap enough, I shall buy it and run it with my daughter. We'll rename it D & D - Dour and Daughter. Dour bankers are what we need; cautious, nay downright suspicious, chaps who want near certainty that debts will be repaid and not squandered on frivolity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-2847587367588104412008-09-21T18:35:00.000+01:002008-09-21T18:35:00.000+01:00Now that all deposits are guaranteed, the B&B ...Now that all deposits are guaranteed, the B&B dies a slow agonizing decline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com