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Listed below are comments made by ricardoscotland between Friday, 22nd August 2008 and Sunday, 5th October 2008.

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Full deposit protection is nigh 5:58pm on 05 Oct 2008 Does the UK's level of debt versus GDP not have some say in whether we can "guarantee all bank deposits" or not?

And is it really necessary in the UK? I think the major valid reason is consumer confidence. If some countries guarantee unlimited deposits, then to retain money in UK accounts the UK must do the same.

The banks that are still operating in the UK have all had rights issues...

If Darling is to follow Germany/Ireland/Greece, he should do so before the stock market opens.
Are the Olympics the new football? 09:14am on 22 Aug 2008 I agree with the comment regarding "frequency of entertainment", footballers are asked to play several games a week.

Practically, for a lot of the sports it would be impossible to compete as often in front of the public eyes. I doubt Davies could swim himself near to the point of unconsciousness every week, and even if he could, it would be diminishing returns week to week.

It's comparing apples and oranges. At the very least I'd hope youngsters are inspired to take up a different sport after seeing these Olympics. I also think that Britain's rapidly changing 'culture' has meant that we're more successful in other sports.....

As already said by the Welsh commenter, football isn't the "national sport" in certain regions of the UK (rugby in Wales and South East Scotland....Gaelic games in Western Scotland)

The olympics attracts a slightly different fanbase.

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