Comments on: Vote 2010: The banking system http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/05/vote-2010-the-banking-system/ Left Foot Forward is a political blog for progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy developments. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tyler http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/05/vote-2010-the-banking-system/comment-page-1/#comment-22366 Tyler Thu, 06 May 2010 10:57:21 +0000 http://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=12841#comment-22366 I suppose you are forgetting all the money those same banks and their employees paid in tax over the last 13 years? Without the banks Brown wouldn't have been able to go on his massive spending spree, which Labour seem so proud of. Also definitely worth nothing that all those bank bailouts are actually now in (net) positive territory again....if we sold all the banks we own it would generate about £10bn for the government. I suppose you are forgetting all the money those same banks and their employees paid in tax over the last 13 years? Without the banks Brown wouldn’t have been able to go on his massive spending spree, which Labour seem so proud of.

Also definitely worth nothing that all those bank bailouts are actually now in (net) positive territory again….if we sold all the banks we own it would generate about £10bn for the government.

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]]> By: House Of Twits http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/05/vote-2010-the-banking-system/comment-page-1/#comment-22082 House Of Twits Wed, 05 May 2010 14:38:33 +0000 http://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=12841#comment-22082 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @leftfootfwd Vote 2010: The banking system: http://bit.ly/9vV2Fv - Banks live to die another day</span></span> RT @leftfootfwd Vote 2010: The banking system: http://bit.ly/9vV2Fv – Banks live to die another day

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