tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post7014644955965474812..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: RBS - Tories DesperateTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-2101816375535085932015-06-11T11:17:11.905+01:002015-06-11T11:17:11.905+01:00"Taxpayers who bailed out RBS want their mone..."Taxpayers who bailed out RBS want their money back in full and will rightly be suspicious of any rush to sell."<br /><br />Could be that Georgie O is expecting more significant losses on penalties over the bank's previous misdeeds and that he will be palming off those losses to future investors? Anyway, given the Government predilection for selling state assets there will always be a timing problem of when to dispose and gain maximum value as Gordon Brown found out when selling off the gold reserves and Georgie O himself when selling the inital tranche of Royal Mail.<br /><br />As for the principle of selling, I believe the idea of public service went down the drain with the I,I,me,me,mine self interest culture we have been saddled with by recent Governments. robnoreply@blogger.com