bail out

So it's a double-whammy of bail outs. Don't forget that last time round, according to the National Audit Office, we gave pounds 1.2 trillion of loans and guarantees to British banks, of which pounds 500 billion is still outstanding.

European and IMF officials agreed on Sunday to help bail out Ireland with loans to tackle its banking and budget crisis, stabilize financial markets and prevent loss of confidence in other euro zone members, notably Portugal and Spain.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny said the Government was hammering ordinary workers to bail out Anglo.

But as the unprecedented economic crisis deepens, there will be growing demands for the taxpayer to bail out all sorts of other companies.

In quid pro quo fashion, Bush the younger found rich family friends or those seeking political access who were eager to find him a berth in that lily-white bastion for Vietnam draft avoiders, the National Guard, subsidize his baseball team, bail out his failing oil businesses, and drop fat checks into his political coffers.