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Tezcatlipoca · 01-03-2009, 21:51

I see Harriet Harperson has stepped into the whole "Sir Fred's pension" thing...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7917361.stm

"And it might be enforceable in a court of law, this contract, but it is not enforceable in the court of public opinion and that is where the government steps in."

While I think it's rather offensive & ridiculous that Sir Fred has got such a massive pension, given that RBS is a failed bank propped up with taxpayers' money, I'm not so sure that "the court of public opinion" has any actual standing in this matter...

01-03-2009, 21:51	#9
Tezcatlipoca Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cambridge Posts: 16,760	Re: Brown pledges to clean up the banks... I see Harriet Harperson has stepped into the whole "Sir Fred's pension" thing... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7917361.stm "And it might be enforceable in a court of law, this contract, but it is not enforceable in the court of public opinion and that is where the government steps in." While I think it's rather offensive & ridiculous that Sir Fred has got such a massive pension, given that RBS is a failed bank propped up with taxpayers' money, I'm not so sure that "the court of public opinion" has any actual standing in this matter...