Brown and Darling's Bank Rescue Package

I would like to ask some questions this evening. Where is the government getting the money from? I know they will issue bonds - which to my understanding is basically the government borrowing from the markets, but where is the money on the financial markets? Hasn't it mostly dried up?

Why wasn't there a debate in parliament? Isn't is the job of our elected representatives to hold the executive to account? Do we now just give the executive carte blanche to do anything it pleases or is the matter of £400 billion such small beer these days, parliament doesn't matter anymore?

Interest rates in the UK are now at 4.5%, which is still higher than the US and the Eurozone. Does any economist think that a 0.5% cut will make any real difference?

Today I have been screwed with my trousers on. I was first screwed by Alan Greenspan and the Clinton administration who felt that money supply was of no importance. I have been screwed by bankers who loaned money with no realistic expectation of it being paid back. I have been screwed by Gordon Brown who aided and abetted the bankers. No more boom and bust! Those words sound very hollow, don't they? But today I was screwed along with every other taxpayer to the tune of £500 billion and I also know what this is going to mean for the next few years; much higher taxes. And finally, as the government has stipulated money has to be available for small businesses and mortgages, what's the chance of me getting a loan for another purpose? Bugger all!