Thread: Northern Rock
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Old 18-02-2008, 12:38   #27
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Re: Northern Rock

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Originally Posted by Nidge View Post
So it's going to be flush with money then from now on? Why the heck should the tax paying public of the UK have to bail out a bank that was left in the mire by it's customers drawing out hundreds of millions a day leaving the bank in a perilous state, the customers earnt the interest the bailed out, are they going to be paying that interest back to the Government when they take over the running of the bank?
I think it was already in a perilous state before the 'run' on withdrawals.
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