Charlie Gracie,
You make some very good points. You will of course be aware that the CEO's and other fat cats in the banking industry, ensured that they dipped in first to make sure that they had their millions of pounds in bonuses.
The CEO of Northern Rock, just before they went under, had £3million pounds transfered into his own bank account. Nice work if you can get it.
Gordon Brown is now using taxpayers money to shore up the very banks whose bosses have been doing very nicely for themselves.
We had North Sea oil and Gas, did we store any of it for the future? NO, we sold it off to France, now we are having to buy it back from them at extortionate prices.
We have been sold down the river by this government, and guess who picks up the tab? Yes, the people, it won't of course bother the rich too much for they can afford a few extra pounds in tax, they claim it back anyhow, it is your 'average Joe' who will bear the brunt of this totally incompetent government.