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Old January 16th 09, 05:29 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default Heathrow third runway to get the go ahead

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:00:11 +0000, Andrew Heenan wrote
"Stimpy" wrote
but hang on i thought WE owned the banks

No, we have a stake in the banks.
That's a VERY different thing to owning them.


Very different indeed. basically, we've assumed their debts in exchange for
a large share, which interestingly gives the taxpayer what politicians call
'bugger all' control.

And our leaders have chosen not to exercise what little control they have,
anyway.

Not what I'd call a good deal, but nobody consulted me - they took advice
from merchant bankers, and most of them were the ones responsible for the
mess.

That's democracy, apparently ;o)


My thoughts exactly

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