BBC news, enough about Scotland already!

BBC news, enough about Scotland already!

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Halb

53,012 posts

183 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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ash73 said:
I like that one.

A black one might work as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Saint_David

ninja-lewis

4,241 posts

190 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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singlecoil said:
Speaking of the BBC's coverage of the election, they missed yet another opportunity today to point out, when discussing RBS's 'threat' to move their registered office to England, that a registered office need not be much more than a plate on a wall.

Scary threat, eh!

Were they trying to make the whole thing sound interesting, or were they suggesting/hinting that people should vote no? I'm going with option 1 there. They failed.
Capital Requirements Directive IV requires credit institutions to have their office in the same member state as their registered office. Head office is interpreted as the mind and management of the company so more than just a few directors - the regulators would expect key functions such as risk management, compliance and internal audit to be based there.

So a lot more than just the "brass plate" on a wall that the Yes Campaign suggested.

singlecoil

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33,589 posts

246 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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ninja-lewis said:
singlecoil said:
Speaking of the BBC's coverage of the election, they missed yet another opportunity today to point out, when discussing RBS's 'threat' to move their registered office to England, that a registered office need not be much more than a plate on a wall.

Scary threat, eh!

Were they trying to make the whole thing sound interesting, or were they suggesting/hinting that people should vote no? I'm going with option 1 there. They failed.
Capital Requirements Directive IV requires credit institutions to have their office in the same member state as their registered office. Head office is interpreted as the mind and management of the company so more than just a few directors - the regulators would expect key functions such as risk management, compliance and internal audit to be based there.

So a lot more than just the "brass plate" on a wall that the Yes Campaign suggested.
Thanks for that, but my point was not about what would happen if or when when they moved their registered office, or about the Yes Campaign.

Eric Mc

122,010 posts

265 months

Sunday 21st September 2014
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It's not usuusal for threads on TV programmes or the media to diverge to the general topic being covered by the media.

I still assert that the underlying questions about how the UK is governed raised by the Scottish Independent debate will be discussed in the media for a long time to come - especially as long as it remains a topic being debated by the UK political parties themselves.

Halb

53,012 posts

183 months

Sunday 21st September 2014
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I agree, and a good thing too.

Had a load of it on the morning shows, and it wasn't all Scotland talk, much abut England and Wales.