tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159889862915310174.post6346341403379255494..comments2023-09-04T16:38:23.273+01:00Comments on I am what I am!: Goodbye dear friend...end of an eraUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159889862915310174.post-69600251003669028452010-01-21T13:18:35.671+00:002010-01-21T13:18:35.671+00:00PS - It was today's Daily Express and not toda...PS - It was today's Daily Express and not today's Daily Mail front page article about RBS helping Kraft with the finance to buy Cadbury.<br /><br />AliAli Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03580793901797225062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159889862915310174.post-91752026621565528962010-01-21T08:27:13.191+00:002010-01-21T08:27:13.191+00:00Yes, I knew about that as a colleague who knows ab...Yes, I knew about that as a colleague who knows about these things told me that RBS were involved so when I heard that they had a hand to play in funding the take-over I was totally gobsmacked. <br /><br />According to the front page of today's Daily Mail, RBS is "offering a £630m loan to help smooth the £11.7bn takeover bid." <br /><br />So in reality, it's our own money that is helping Kraft to snatch Cadbury away from us. <br /><br />I hope our Government are really proud of that. <br /><br />Shouldn't we, as taxpayers and part-owners of RBS, have a say in this? <br /><br />It is just not on and every one I speak to from family, friends, work colleagues and even the slimming club ladies, are so angry.<br /><br />If we do boycott buying the chocolate, that won't help the Cadbury workers and the last thing I want to do is to make their working lives any less uncertain, but there must be something we can do, surely?<br /><br />Here endeth the rant!!!Ali Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03580793901797225062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159889862915310174.post-89555280394818692362010-01-20T16:41:45.771+00:002010-01-20T16:41:45.771+00:00And the worst thing is that RBS (84 per cent-owned...And the worst thing is that RBS (84 per cent-owned by us) got involved in the deal — particularly given that it could lead to job losses in the UK and damage the British economy. What do you think about that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com