Northern Reck saga continues

'There's nowt as queer as folk' - A quaint expression that didn't seem so quaint as savers queued ou...

'There's nowt as queer as folk' - A quaint expression that didn't seem so quaint as savers queued outside branches on the Northern Rock. Or, as one BBC newsreader said by accident last week, Northern Reck. As I watched a long line of what looked like quite intelligent people standing in the streets at godforsaken hours of the day, it just proved how irrational everyone is. Such panic has not been seen since Primark opened a shop in London's Oxford Street and the rumours spread like wildfire among the shoppers of the UK that it was to be the cheapest one of all. Indeed, we have not seen s...