The Government’s bail-out of the banks in October with £37 billion of taxpayers‘ money was supposed to have „saved the world“, according to the PM, but now it is clear that it has not even saved the banks. Our money kept the show on the road for only three months.
Quelle: Gordon Brown brings Britain to the edge of bankruptcy – Telegraph
In Vereinigten Königreich ist mit Premierminister Gordon Brown immerhin diejenige Person am Ruder, die in den 10 Jahren vor Stellenantritt das Finanzministerium unter sich hatte – und am ganzen Schlammassel dementsprechend mitgearbeitet hat (Stichwort „cheap money“).