Iceland

[longshanks]

Spidey appears to be so infected with the Scottish cringe;
"the solid Scottish banking base had been overwhelmed by the flash-Harrys from Yorkshire and beyond"
.....its not our fault (boo hoo), its beyond our control (boo hoo), its the nasty English again (boo hoo)!
We must be a real bunch of tossers, then, if we buy up an English bank and let them overwhelm us (in your scenario) Spidey me chum.
Correct me if I'm wrong: Andy Hornby (HBOS) is a Scot. Fred Goodwin (RBS) is a Scot. The Articles of Association of RBS preclude anyone not born in Scotland from sitting on the Board (ex non-execs).

Your attitude is so out of date and out of touch Spidey: We are the greatest, are responsible for every achievement and every innovation in the World, and all our problems are caused by others, in particular the English. In fact, if it wasn't for the English, we'd be the happiest, healthiest and richest nation on Earth.
Must get out.

Long John (investing in Silver by choice)

ps; Saw "Stone of Destiny" last evening. What a load of garbage!

[spiderman]

You're a bit of a sad bitter case, LongChip, as you've shown here before, and frankly I just can't be bothered replying further to your invective. I like the English a lot, blame them for nothing and my recent reference to Yorkshire was, of course, focused on the Halifax, which brought huge liabilities of toxic mortgages to the HBOS partnership. Grow up, LongCringe. I hope that you will feel better soon........ life's a bit too short to be as negative as you are.......

And now, probably to the relief of many, I must off for a while to US of A to try to rescue the universe from the madnesses and evils of a certain lipsticked bulldogwoman Sarah P..............see you in a while.....have fun........and look after Scotland and Seil for me ........................................KAPPPPOOOOOOWWWW

[Seventhseil]

Why Norway isn't going into a recession.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISY1sIvfdyI