The serious poll

[wellinghall]

[Poll #1140410]

Comments

[emperor]

[x] I am not an economist, I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not

Also, 59% of those voting in a recent poll of mine thought nationalisation was going to happen. Maybe I should have taken out a bet then :-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Your [x] was effectively covered by the option several of my FList are taking, ie not participating - but a better poll would have included it explicitly. Alas, one cannot edit polls.

[mrkinch.livejournal.com]

What is Northern Rock?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

A bank, which got into trouble via the sub-prime debt crisis last month. The government lent it a large amount of money, and guaranteed further loans. They have now nationalised it.

[mrkinch.livejournal.com]

I think I'm sorry I asked. I imagined some bit of rock off some northern coast that with disputed history and title. Much more interesting.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

The long-running "If" cartoon in "The Guardian" had a bunch of Falklands penguins going off to annex Rockall* ...

*Tiny British island in the North Atlantic.

[miss-t-ide.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I have absolutely no idea. The broo-ha-ha all started while we were on honeymoon and, not having any money with them, I'm afraid I wasn't interested enough to study the facts of the matter in sufficient detail to allow me to form any sort of opinion. Probably very lazy of me.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Not at all - no-one can take an interest in all the things that are in the news!