...and a hard place

I have no money with Northern Rock, but if I did, would I be there queuing with the rest of them to get it out? I really don't know. My head says no, it's perfectly safe, but my heart says...? It is perhaps ironic that the "don't panic" statements by the Bank of England, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Prime Minister, far from making me feel more secure, would have quite the opposite effect - think of the number of times we have been assured by those in power that there was no cause for concern, only for future events to prove that they were not only wrong, but knew they were wrong when they made those statements. So yes, chances are that I'd probably be in the queue!