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    1. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 3 Aug 2015

      UK government raises £2.1bn by selling #RBS shareshttp://bbc.in/1ICB9VN 

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      BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 3 Aug 2015

      Sale of #RBS shares represents £1bn loss for UK taxpayers http://bbc.in/1IlOkLC 

      11:15 PM - 3 Aug 2015
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        1. BobDak‏ @BigBobDak 3 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking @BBCScotlandNews Let's get this right.... So it's OK to lose £1b selling shares but it's not OK to pay our public services?????

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        1. Mr Ethical‏Verified account @nw_nicholas 4 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          That's better “@BBCBreaking: Sale of #RBS shares represents £1bn loss for UK taxpayers http://bbc.in/1IlOkLC ”

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        2. TK‏ @MsTKIndeed 3 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking @BBCNews And a huge profit for the rich who could afford to buy them. Disgusting! Austerity? No wonder! @charlottechurch

          1 reply 6 retweets 6 likes
        3. Chris‏ @rigga_mortis 3 Aug 2015
          Replying to @MsTKIndeed

          @MsTKIndeed where did "the rich" make a "huge" profit? If share value goes down then loss.

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        4. jay thomson‏ @jaythomson2011 4 Aug 2015
          Replying to @rigga_mortis

          @rigga_mortis @MsTKIndeed rbs are doing better now than they have in years.with forcasts looking good. and now they sell.

          0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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        2. kathleen hammett‏ @kathleenhammet1 3 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking Selling it off cheap to all his mates and then he'll give them massive tax breaks. In it all together are we? Like fuck we r

          1 reply 6 retweets 10 likes
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        1. jay thomson‏ @jaythomson2011 4 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking what happened to the idea of offering these to the public first.

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        2. Jimmy McLean‏ @jgmclean2708 3 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking in addition to the bailout money... Just as well nobody is homeless or starving in Britain.

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        1. Paul Bishop: Staring at an empty barren open sea‏ @PaulPJB 3 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking @BBCNews Be interesting to see how many shares, Rothschild's. Gideons advisor on sale & advised on quick sale, buys.

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        2. Joelle Nebbe-Mornod‏ @iphigenie 4 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          Makes you wonder why RT @thomaspower: RT @BBCBreaking: Sale of #RBS shares represents £1bn loss for UK taxpayershttp://bbc.in/1IlOkLC 

          1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
        3. Thomas Power‏ @thomaspower 4 Aug 2015
          Replying to @iphigenie

          @iphigenie @BBCBreaking they're trying to get the paper moving with a bargain offer

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Joelle Nebbe-Mornod‏ @iphigenie 5 Aug 2015
          Replying to @thomaspower

          there's a pattern of underselling assets @thomaspower @BBCBreaking whether it is services, land, shares. You'd think they want the deficit

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        5. Thomas Power‏ @thomaspower 5 Aug 2015
          Replying to @iphigenie

          @iphigenie @BBCBreaking well it does help power but no I don't I think the market can only absorb large equity chunks over time ...

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        6. Joelle Nebbe-Mornod‏ @iphigenie 5 Aug 2015
          Replying to @thomaspower

          exactly should be done slow not at a loss @thomaspower @BBCBreaking like east coast rail, something starts to turn a profit its given away?

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. Brenda‏ @marsh1507 4 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking this is shocking they said they would offer the public first now look the only ones that gain is the tory mob gangsters

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        1. Alan‏ @AlanAlanh07 3 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking This is nothing short of a scandal.

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        1. Jim Gallagher‏ @jimgall47 3 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking Osborne as Tory chancellor keeps losing billions and making fortunes for party donors etc . There must be a law to stop this .

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        1. Darren White‏ @mlawhite 3 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking I didn't think that the bail out was to make a profit, it was to save a failing bank. Bank is now smaller and worth less.

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