About time too

[stingman123]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7666647.stm

With all the banks in dire straits and the government (us) having to bail them out, why has it taken so long for one of these people to loose their jobs?

Do they now await the "golden handshake"?

[sasguru]

From the article:

"Sir Fred Goodwin, 50, attended a grammar school in Paisley before studying law at Glasgow University, working as an accountant with Touche Ross, Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank. He was knighted for services to banking in 2004. "


You couldn't make it up.

[Xenophon]

Do they now await the "golden handshake"?

They will all be soaked from what will surely be a veritable golden shower.

Ahem.

[BrilloPad]

They will all be soaked from what will surely be a veritable golden shower.

Ahem.

If you had in the bank the amount they already had from bonuses - would you care?

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I hope they dont get anything for their shares or options.....
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[TimberWolf]

From the article:

"Sir Fred Goodwin, 50, attended a grammar school in Paisley before studying law at Glasgow University, working as an accountant with Touche Ross, Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank. He was knighted for services to banking in 2004. "


You couldn't make it up.

What about all this lot : http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/

Nobel prize for economics Nobel Laureate one year, dunce the next

[Platypus]

why has it taken so long for one of these people to loose their jobs?

lose

FFS

[Bob Dalek]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7666647.stm

why has it taken so long for one of these people to loose their jobs?

Go home for a bit; shag the maid; come back to a nice little earner next spring when nobody's looking.

[stingman123]

lose

FFS

Look if my spellings is good enough for HBOS, it's good enough for youz lot

[Cyberman]

From the article:

"Sir Fred Goodwin, 50, attended a grammar school in Paisley before studying law at Glasgow University, working as an accountant with Touche Ross, Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank. He was knighted for services to banking in 2004. "


You couldn't make it up.

... and he was also boss at BCCI I believe. What a success that was!!

[Xenophon]

Look if my spellings is good enough for HBOS, it's good enough for youz lot

This board has a loooooooong history of being pedantic about spelling and grammar.