Brian Cox puts the bank bailout in perspective

July 6, 2012 1:40 pm

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Not bad for the keyboard player from D:Ream…

  • derek

    I’ve listened to this guy on many issues, if he was the labour leader he’d be a fantastic PM.

    • evad666

       he would never make it to Leader he is after all a qualified Scientist. Only numpties get to be politicians.

  • John Dore

    “Why don’t you stand for parliament”….. “Not much happens there.”

    Nail and head …lol.

    • derek

      A place where nothing nothing really happens, well, not since 1945, lets build a “star” and start the conveyor belt of tomorrows world but we’ll need a good “Cox” to make sure we really row this boat together.

  • Winston_from_the_Ministry

    “Not bad for the keyboard player from D:Ream…”

    Bit patronising.

  • David B

    So why did the last labour goverment spend the money, there were so many other cheaper options propsoed at the time but were shot down by the then Prime Minister and his advisor

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/KVGWRSNIFQHIKNMNKUKCL74ZGI prziloczek

    Five American banks (van der Weyden in the Spectator last week) had derivatives of over $250 TRILLION dollars. Since the crash, they are actually increasing their exposure to these doubtful assets.
    Let me spell this out.
    Every year the British treasury has a budget of something like £8 billion pounds.
    That is £.008 trillion.
    Barclays and several other banks here are dealing with the big five Americans too.
    If just one of these giants collapses, they will bring the others crashing down.
    What then?
    It won’t be a wet dream – it will be a bloodbath!

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