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EU law may force RBS and Lloyds to become English

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    EU law may force RBS and Lloyds to become English

    The EU is great. So Scotland would begin independence debt free

    BBC News - EU law may force RBS and Lloyds to become English

    If Scotland were to vote for independence, both Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds may be forced to move their registered offices or legal homes to London under European Union law
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

    #2
    Easy split it, leave RBS with its head office in Scotland with all the debts they ran up & owe and take the public customers into a new bank RBUK with no debts but all those lovely mortgages & savings from the UK. You can have RBS's trading arm with pleasure. Same for Lloyds.

    If they want to trade on the UK stock exchange they would have to prove they were solvent. Alex can lend them a few quid from the oil money he is getting when his giro clears.

    seems like a no brainer. Oh sorry that screws Scotland not the rest of the UK so it must be unfair.
    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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      #3
      Originally posted by vetran View Post

      seems like a no brainer. Oh sorry that screws Scotland not the rest of the UK so it must be unfair.
      Not only is the bluster unfair, but bullying!
      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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        #4
        Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
        Not only is the bluster unfair, but bullying!
        change the record will you
        In Scooter we trust

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          #5
          It's amazing how easy it is to bully these big rufty tufty scotsmen. Anyone would think they were a bunch of pussies.
          While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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            #6
            Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
            Not only is the bluster unfair, but bullying!
            awaiy with yee yer big jessie!
            Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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              #7
              Considering the EU directive came about as the result of BCCI which left a fairly significant trail of devastation the rule isn't silly.

              Obeying the rule will have a side effect if Scotland votes to feck off, so the Scottish voters (the real ones, not the loudmouth gits lurking in other countries) need to be aware of the fallout of their decision.
              Last edited by TykeMerc; 5 March 2014, 20:20. Reason: Typo

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                #8
                Originally posted by doodab View Post
                It's amazing how easy it is to bully these big rufty tufty scotsmen. Anyone would think they were a bunch of pussies.
                Easy to bully SNATS, the rest of us Scots don't see ourselves as victims after all we punch above our weight at WM

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Mulder View Post
                  Easy to bully SNATS, the rest of us Scots don't see ourselves as victims after all we punch above our weight at WM

                  so it wasn't Labour's fault it was too many Scots in the cabinet?
                  Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                    #10
                    It was a bleedin' liberty that Lloyds moved its registration to Scotland when it rescued HBOS and suddenly became a Scottish bank. We seemed to be rewarding them for failure - 'here, you've broken your two banks so have one of ours to break as well'.

                    They should be moving Lloyds back to England too.

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