blankster Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) The Bank of England is an institution that covers the whole of the UK, so should it be renamed the Bank of Britain, Bank of Great Britain or possibly the United Kingdom Bank. The bank of Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland were commercial banks, although they issue their own notes. RBS and HBOS are now largely owned by the British public, so they are no longer Scottish. Having a whole-UK institution known as the Bank of England is divisive, and it should be renamed. Edited July 23, 2009 by blankster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyOne Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Bank of Great Britain .... BOG b for short .... about right ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashConnoisseur Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) The Bank of England is an institution that covers the whole of the UK, so should it be renamed the Bank of Britain, Bank of Great Britain or possibly the United Kingdom Bank. To be inclusive it would have to be the Bank of the United Kindom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The pound sterling is also the currency of the UK's Crown dependencies (the Isle of Man and the Channel Isles) and the British Overseas Territories. Edited July 23, 2009 by CrashConnoisseur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krackersdave Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 The Bank of England is an institution that covers the whole of the UK, so should it be renamed the Bank of Britain, Bank of Great Britain or possibly the United Kingdom Bank. The bank of Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland were commercial banks, although they issue their own notes. RBS and HBOS are now largely owned by the British public, so they are no longer Scottish. Having a whole-UK institution known as the Bank of England is divisive, and it should be renamed. How about just Bank Of Britain.... Bob... Nice and friendly eh? I'd also disagree that HBOS and RBS are Scottish banks... there is no such thing as a Scottish Bank and never has been since oh say 1707.... Who issues the license for a bank to operate? Who controls the regulatory framework the banks conform to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blankster Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) The pound sterling is also the currency of the UK's Crown dependencies (the Isle of Man and the Channel Isles) and the British Overseas Territories. Yes, but is it the same pound sterling? I thought the IoM and the Channel Islands had their own exchequers and technically the currencies are not legal tender here and vice versa even though the exchange rate is 1:1.I agree that the to be fully inclusive, it would have to be the Bank of the United Kingdom. I'd also disagree that HBOS and RBS are Scottish banks... there is no such thing as a Scottish Bank and never has been since oh say 1707....RBS and BoS were Scottish commercial banks with headquarters in Scotland and operating mainly in Scotland until the big mergers of a few years ago. So I'd say they were Scottish. But they're not Scottish any more! Edited July 23, 2009 by blankster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contractor Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 No, we should keep it as the BoE and stop giving money to NI, Wales, and Scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krackersdave Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 No, we should keep it as the BoE and stop giving money to NI, Wales, and Scotland Fine - we'll stop sending down our oil and gas to heat your homes and power your factories, we'll stop sending down our electrical surplus from hydro and wind to light your homes. We'll stop piping down fresh water to alleviate your droughts caused by overpopulation. Oh and we'll stop send our sons and daughters down to die in your ******ing stupid wars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyOne Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 [snip]I agree that the to be fully inclusive, it would have to be the Bank of the United Kingdom. [snip] Wouldn't they risk becoming the BOTUK of all central banker jokes though ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 But it also covers NI. So it should be BOGBANI. Easy peasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvidFan Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Just rename it "Goldman Sachs Risk Division" - and have done with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allfiredup Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 If only it was as easy as in "Silver Bears" (Micheal Caine) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betterToDo Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Bank Of Private Interests That Has No Relation To England Or Great Britain Or The Interests Of The People In It BOPITHNRTEOGBOTTOTPIT thank god I dont work in marketing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Fine - we'll stop sending down our oil and gas to heat your homes and power your factories, we'll stop sending down our electrical surplus from hydro and wind to light your homes. We'll stop piping down fresh water to alleviate your droughts caused by overpopulation.Oh and we'll stop send our sons and daughters down to die in your ******ing stupid wars... Now that is interesting. Whose wars? The English don't have an identity any more. Its fine to be scottish, its fine to be welsh but if you dare state your Englishness you are branded a racist by the politically (or should it be economically) correct elite of London. Try flying the flag of St George! I don't believe that the wars belong to the English at all. I believe that they belong to the city state of London, where money and power are so interconnected that the whole idea of England has been sold down the river in the cause of corporate kowtowing to the international financial system. Fine. Same as it ever was. The New British Empire takes and then cedes what it doesn't own and doesn't even understand for its strategic advantage in matters of commerce - in the old days it was other people's countries, but in these shunken times there is not much left so now all that can be given away is the English identity (Welcome everyone, live as you want, and don't bother to integrate in anyway at all unless you really want to, because we have no values other than to make sure that where-ever you come from your leaders in politics and commerce like us, and in anycase, we want to keep you in your place as underpaid cleaners and carers, and just to make sure, where-ever you live the schools will be rubbish as well). In the play the characters are taken by: King John - Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Dave Cameron? King John's men - all those strategic people that infest London, along with allies in 'The City' The Sherrif of Nottingham - Any mayor in any borough The Sherrif's men - all of those strategic people that infest the borough's Robin Hood - dead, there is no Robin Maid Marion (the role model for all sweet feisty girls) - Jordan, AKA Katie Price Little John - newly arisen as the interfaith leaders against ursury (oh dear, integration - need a quick arrow) The peasants - the rest of us (both indigenous and immigrant) Richard the Lionheart - a myth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Bear Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 How about Monopoly bank of Scotland Because the imaginary money they produce will become worthless and it is controlled by a Scotsman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ayatollah Buggeri Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 The constitutional position is messy, isn't it? The BoE sets the interest rate for Sterling and the UK government controls UK-wide fiscal policy (which also has a direct bearing on the value of the currency), but a number of other banks can autonomously print Sterling notes, i.e. those in Scotland, NI, IoM, St. Helena, Falklands etc. If you were to have a central 'Bank of UK and dependencies', IMO you would need to clear that anomaly up, i.e. make that bank the one and only institution allowed to issue the currency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 The constitutional position is messy, isn't it? The BoE sets the interest rate for Sterling and the UK government controls UK-wide fiscal policy (which also has a direct bearing on the value of the currency), but a number of other banks can autonomously print Sterling notes, i.e. those in Scotland, NI, IoM, St. Helena, Falklands etc.If you were to have a central 'Bank of UK and dependencies', IMO you would need to clear that anomaly up, i.e. make that bank the one and only institution allowed to issue the currency. I thought the BoE was owned by a private Dutch company? That would make it even messier in terms of British soveriegnty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athe Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Bank of Great Britain ....BOG b for short .... about right ..... BOGB - Buy one going bankrupt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 You''ll get nowhere arguing over country names and affiliations. Just name it for its historic location: Gropecunt Bank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_austrian Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 The word "bank" is in itself misleading since it suggests a store of something, just as the IMF "fund" is misleading as it has no money, only promises from different Governments. A better name would be "debt machine" or "slave-token factory". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsino Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Nah, keep it as the Bank of England. It will be soon, after all. We'll write off the debts of the Scottish banks as a goodbye-and-good-riddance present to the Scots who can then go and form an economic union with Iceland. The Scots have been whinging for so long that the English and Welsh are now only too eager to call their bluff. Go on then. **** off. Take what's left of your oil too; you'll be fighting amongst yourselves over it before the ink's dry on the treaty of independence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indirectapproach Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Who cares what it's called so long as it does its job? For the last few years, has it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athe Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Who cares what it's called so long as it does its job?For the last few years, has it? Yes it seems to have hoovered all of the money out of our pockets and into the rothchilds trough quite effectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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