Velléités de nationalisation en Grande-Bretagne:
The UK government is out of practice when it comes to nationalisation. For the past 20 years, the trend has been to sell off, rather than acquire assets.
The government is drawing up plans to nationalise Northern Rock, the stricken UK bank which yesterday announced the immediate departure of chief executive Adam Applegarth, as uncertainty surrounding its future mounted.
Nationalisation is looking like an increasingly realistic proposition for the bank, as the number of its potential buyers has diminished.
"There are people looking at this in great detail," admitted one government official yesterday. "But in practice, something like this hasn't really happened before, so precedent is no guide."
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