Bradley & Bingley shareholders have started a petition on the Number 10 website calling for full compensation for their lost shares and, gratifyingly, making many of the same points that this column has been making ever since the shock nationalisation.
The petition reads:
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ensure investors in Bradford & Bingley receive a fair price for their shares.
Bradford & Bingley was a going concern and could have continued trading or have been bought by another company. In nationalising the company and taking the shares into Treasury ownership, the Government have effectively stolen from the shareholders of the company. Recompense is due and the Government must make a fair and reasonable payment for the shares it has compulsorily acquired.
I urge every B&B victim who has even the slightest interest in getting their money back to sign the petition now.
You can find the petition at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Bradford-Bingley/ or just click here .
Jon McKnight
Author of Sort The Bastards!
