ALISTAIR Darling and Gordon Brown had their hands full in “saving the economy from the banks” when RBS ran out of cash in October, 2008 but it has never been credibly explained why the directors and senior executives were allowed to keep their massive pensions and bonuses. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16961858.letters-more-than-fred-goodwin-was-to-blame-when-rbs-ran-out-of-cash-in-2008/