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"and Barclays too, but everyone seems to have forgotten about the mere £50bill they were given"

I don't think this ever happened did it ?
Barclays raised funds independently.
(wrigglesworth, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 11:40, 1 reply)

Lately...
...they did, but people forget that they were the first to go to the government for a hand-out, long before Northern Rock was even mentioned. They went cap-in hand, which was dwarfed in the news by the 'run' on NR, resulting in them running cap in hand as well.

The Barclays' story dropped off into oblivion.
(dchurch bah, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 11:57, closed)

any news stories on this ?
am interested because as a shareholder it certainly passed me by...
(wrigglesworth, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 13:44, closed)

It
was on the BBC so search should show it up, like I said a little before the NR fiasco took hold of the media. They may well have paid it back, dunno, but it was they, not NR that started going cap in hand.
(dchurch bah, Mon 26 Jan 2009, 11:06, closed)

Think you must have them confused with someone else...
There is nothing i can find that mentions this ever happening.
(wrigglesworth, Tue 27 Jan 2009, 15:05, closed)