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Listed below are comments made by WeWantChange between Wednesday, 15th October 2008 and Thursday, 16th October 2008.

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Bank of England forces bank shrinkage 5:02pm on 16 Oct 2008 Can you answer this question? (Sorry if I'm being a bit slow here..)

What dictates the LIBOR rate, who controls this level?... Surely it cannot be the banks themselves?

Interest rates are controlled by the BOE, so should the LIBOR rate be controlled this way as well... In the short term any way???
Spend, spend, spend? 10:36am on 16 Oct 2008 I hate to say it, But I do think Gordon is the man for the moment, like he keeps saying it's a global problem… Which will not go away overnight.. Give him time to sort the mess…

You are always going to have times of prosperity, which will also cause times of hardship… it's natural…

I would like to see another 0.5% drop in interest rates… this will give an helping hand, and encourage spending by all (that’s if they have it to spend), and please don’t leave it too long..
If it's done to close to Christmas the sales will be flat and issues will continue. Remember a lot of this is consumer confidence, this needs to return to start the "merry go round" that makes the economy.

Gordon took the incentive to make an huge commitment in stopping the banks going under (And a good job, as the consequences would have been un-thinkable if this happened)…. He now needs to make the decision to ask the BOE to really consider another cut in rates….

Look at the US, they have a current rate of 1.5%, and the same inflation the UK has.. It is possible….
Bank dividends 2:07pm on 15 Oct 2008 Can you explain something for us (well me).

If LLoyds TSB are in trouble and need a bail out / capital injection, and HBOS (or any bank) is 100% guarenteed under the goverment scheme's (fully nationalised, or 75% nationalised).
Why are Lloyds still going ahead with the bail out?? And not use the £12 odd billion in buying HBOS to safeguard their future.

Surely if the bail out dictates certain conditions to Lloyds like no dividends for a period, or Golden Shares for the Goverment, by not taking the goverments helping hand this will help their share price thus saveguard their future, and give the current shareholders confidence that their investment will give the returns.

Is this the banks still in the same mind set as pre the credit crunch and thinking, we can make a huge profit here?? Sod the expence?

I think a good example of a bank is Barclays, their shareholders would have lost out on the deal, so they are raising the required funds themselfs.. And still run the company how they need to...

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