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Code-name “Badger” - the B&B rescue effort

This entry was posted by Paul Murphy on Friday, July 4th, 2008 at 15:49 and is filed under Capital markets. Tagged with bank of england, Bradford & Bingley, fsa. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

1. Jul 07   11:26 Posted by N Not Set [report]

   In the finest traditions of Hiberno English it would have to be Banjaxed and Bollixed

2. Jul 07   10:29 Posted by Sam Jones [report]

   B&B:
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodger_and_Badger

3. Jul 07   9:09 Posted by runonthespot [report]

   How about “Barraged bond din’ fly” ?

4. Jul 05   9:12 Posted by The Itch [report]

   Always preferred Broke and Buggered myself.

5. Jul 04   20:00 Posted by Kamekon [report]

   Bad for bendy Darling.

6. Jul 04   18:57 Posted by Monkey [report]

   bradford and bingley … anagram - “old badger band fryin’”. Rubbish isn’t it? Also had “fondly ran badger bid” - even worse!

7. Jul 04   17:08 Posted by Lemmy [report]

   We’ve had the Crock, now it’s the Brock.

8. Jul 04   16:43 Posted by Green [report]

   Ruth Badger for B&Bungle CEO?

9. Jul 04   16:38 Posted by taxloss [report]

   It was Throg wot won it.

10. Jul 04   16:28 Posted by pegnu [report]

    I thought this was a code word for Darling

11. Jul 04   16:25 Posted by G Cox [report]

    What’s black and white and red all over,

    A broke badger

12. Jul 04   16:23 Posted by Ed [report]

    Bodger and Badger

13. Jul 04   16:22 Posted by Alastair Darling [report]

    HM Treasury
    Fri Jul 4, 2008, 4:15 BST

    For Immediate Release

    Alastair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announces that with immediate effect the UK Government’s previous policy on non-culling of Badgers has been reversed.

    Any member of the public is authorised to shoot to kill any Badgers spotted roaming the streets, particularly if found within the City of London.

    The entire board of Bradford & Bingley are to be treated as “Badgers” for the purposes of this announcement.

    END

14. Jul 04   16:19 Posted by Anonymous [report]

    Sorry for the typo in prev post.

    It’s = Is

    And I think I’ve discovered the new bailout rule. Badger falls into the “it’s not fair, you did it for Crock!” category.

15. Jul 04   16:13 Posted by Anonymous [report]

    I thought the rules were that regulators bailed out lenders if they were too big or too complex to fail. It’s there another rule that’s been added– like will cause a double digit decline in popularity ratings for the ruling party? Otherwise what category into which does Badger fit?

16. Jul 04   16:12 Posted by PW [report]

    Badger, haha, that is hilarious. Maybe Govt will do a U-Turn on badger cull policy and initiate an immediate extermination program.

    Seriously, have the FSA and City gone mad? The reputations of Badger’s advisers (the mighty Goldman Sucks) and all concerned have been shot to pieces by this fiasco - we have become a laughing stock amongst the capitalist nations.

17. Jul 04   16:05 Posted by R Adams [report]

    a dry, barbed fondling

18. Jul 04   16:00 Posted by VP [report]

    Badger! You’re kidding me - the same morning the BBC news carried on item on the badger cull?

    More than a coincidence? Do shareholders carry TB?