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Wilson and Callaghan? Far from it. Labour was run by Oxbridge types just like the Conservatives. Apologies if I have misunderstood what you mean (in highlight).

Without charge? That would mean a loss to the taxpayer. That was not an option for me in the 90s when I couldn't pay the mortgage for 3 months. And the bank charged me every time they wrote to me to say I was overdrawn, then charged me again. My mortgage lender kept making money out of me...

Interesting. Beats lending them taxpayers money, letting them sort themselves out unsuprvised, then writing off the debt and selling off OUR shares at a loss, as happened with RBS.... When do small business people get given taxpayers money with no strings attached when their business gets into...

Fair enough (laughing). Not sure whether Scargill abusing his power justifies dropping whole communities in the shit, though. But, yes you are right - it was Labour who bailed out RBS in 2008. And yes, there should have been later reimbursement (not sure if there was any 'interest' paid). And...

I think the point Simster was making was that when RBS (and, likely, the present shower) got into difficulty the government bailed them out, whereas when coal mining became uneconomical (allegedly) part of it was privatised (Notts) and the rest allowed to go to the wall. And commy Scargill and...