Comments on: Pensioner Sir Fred Goodwin Blames RBS Fall On His Youthful Exuberance

By: B DeSilva

B DeSilva — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:12:07 +0000

It is time to raise to the occassion and cleanse society of these leaches. The rule of law is only there to protect people like him, whilst the rest of us who do not circulate in such rarefied circles have to endure the eonomic loss that they have created. These people have manipulated the law and prostituted the police force only to serve their own slef interest. The police is nothing more than a stooge of people like this. So as the man on the street, we have two choices. First, take people like him in courts and risk further losses, or second, change the game. Raise anarchy and get rid of people like Sir Fred. Strip them of their wealth, hound them to their graves. Or my preference, lynch these bastards!

By: June

June — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:16:16 +0000

The PM elevates them, and all this mob are Teflons creations……

Should we be thankful he was but a mere lad when Ronnie and Reggie Kray stalked this earth?

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:54:58 +0000

Re Fred Goodwin

Surely his knighthood was given for exceptional services? How weird that all these sirs and highfliers causing the country to go down on its knees.

By: Spieler | The Best of the Web

Spieler | The Best of the Web — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:10:49 +0000

[...] Prescott on Sir Fred: Prescott was on the Today show this morning complaining about Fred the Shred’s pension [...]

By: yampster

yampster — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:17:50 +0000

Going even further, will the Right Honorable Gordon Brown, who has in fact been overseeing all of this nations financial workings for some 12 years now, forgo his handsome pension of £123,000 a year when he loses his job, sometime next year?

By: angrytaxpayer

angrytaxpayer — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:43:12 +0000

Well, what about we gather funds for a private contract on his head? How long are we going to tolerate impunity of politicians and big bosses to steal from the people? There are people who work hard to save their businesses, their lives, their families and yet we should accept that? We’re always aked to give more money to charities, the governement tells us about saving, making sacrifices (for our good country!)… It disgusts me to see so much greed and carelessness.

By: muggedtaxpayer

muggedtaxpayer — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:38:07 +0000

I am interested to know if taxpayers have any recourse in Civil Law to pursue compensation from Sir Fred Goodwin as the taxpayers will be left to foot the bill for his failings at the helm of RBS?
It appears he will escape punishment under Criminal Law - probably because he wasn’t wearing a stocking over his head was he left the bank with £16m in his holdall.
Contrast the plight of many thousands of ex-RBS employees with the obscene pension package of the ex CEO.