Shareholders bet on capitalism and lost. Should they be compensated? If you bet on a horse and it loses, you don't get your money back. 馃
Sky News Business @SkyNewsBiz
14 Sep 2017
Northern Rock shareholders 'must be compensated' trib.al/MMrtavK

Sep 14, 2017 路 1:16 AM UTC
Replying to @livebeef
There should be/is no expectation of getting your money back on any purchase/investment, which are all assets.
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They have not owned part of the company for nearly a decade. Rightly or wrongly, it was nationalised to save it and protect customers money.
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The former shareholders case has been tested in the UK and European courts and rejected.