At the end of the day
He's a banker, not a civil servant.
This all happened long before the government invested in HBOS, so really it's none of their concern.
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration,
Fri 27 Feb 2009, 11:44,
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but
there wouldn't be a company to pay him this pension if RBS had gone under, surely?
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Finite "Aardvark sorted out my shit!" on,
Fri 27 Feb 2009, 11:51,
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I think that's irrelevant
Are the government going to stop ALL the pensions that HBOS is paying out?
I do think the guy's a wanker, but he's a banker.
I can't beleiev people are surprised that he doesn't want to give it back.
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration,
Fri 27 Feb 2009, 11:56,
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^ this
Haven't they seen Deal or No Deal, FFS?!
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i_yam_bucket doo wah diddy diddy wah wah diddy doo,
Fri 27 Feb 2009, 11:58,
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wrong bank
and the goverernment hasn't threatened to take his pension away but have merely said the man's got a cheek to take it and may be he should think about not drawing it all.
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Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Fri 27 Feb 2009, 11:59,
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