Did you get as far as this bit?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalisation_of_Northern_Rock#Eventual_return_to_the_private_sector
It was sold to Virgin for a song, after we taxpayers plumped it up nicely (Or promised to, by way of borrowing money to give it and increasing our national debt)
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MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:12,
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Was it nationalised?
Yes it was.
As were Kaupthing, Glitnir, and Landsbanki. Of those the first two have had their assets returned to private ownership and the third is undergoing that process.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:59,
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