Lord Myners passes the buck on Sir Fred Goodwin's RBS payout

By Simon Duke for MailOnline
Updated: 22:56 BST, 17 March 2009

Taxpayers will 結局最後にはーなる shouldering losses on over £150billion of overseas 資産s acquired during Sir Fred Goodwin's 悲惨な 統治する at 王室の Bank of Scotland.

The 明言する／公表する-controlled 貸す人 has placed £325billion of its riskiest 貸付金s into the 政府's 資産 保護 計画／陰謀 - an 保険 政策 for 有毒な 資産s.

But the 財務省 yesterday 明らかにする／漏らすd that over half of the insured 資産s are tied to foreign 貸付金s, leaving British taxpayers at the mercy of the 経済的な 危機 gripping the US and Asia.

The 規模 of the 可能性のある losses throws into sharp 救済 the cost of the voracious empire building 追求するd by the 不名誉d Goodwin.

The 熱狂的興奮状態 over his £16.6million 年金 マリファナ 増大するd last night after it 現れるd that the former 銀行業者 has pocketed a 税金-解放する／自由な 前進する of nearly £3million against his 退職 マリファナ.

Under a secret 条項 in his 契約, Sir Fred Goodwin was 許すd to （問題を）取り上げる to a ４半期/4分の1 of his マリファナ before hitting 退職 age.

But in a 高度に unusual step, RBS agreed to 支払う／賃金 any 税金 法案 incurred by Goodwin for 製図／抽選 his lump sum.

It means that the bank has been left with a 法案 of almost £1.2m - or 40 per cent of the £2.7million Goodwin has 孤立した.

詳細（に述べる）s of his staggering perks （機の）カム as City 大臣 Lord Myners was lambasted by MPs for his part in the ざっと目を通すd al.

John McFall, the 労働 chairman of the 財務省 Select 委員会, yesterday （刑事）被告 Myners of 'dropping the ball' when the 取引，協定 was struck last October.

The stricken bank agreed to 二塁打 Goodwin's 年金 on the very day it was 大打撃を与えるing out the 条件 of a £20billion taxpayer bailout.

Myners 試みる／企てるd to deflect the 非難する for the 'outrageous' 年金 の上に the previous board and even 株主s in RBS, where the taxpayer 火刑／賭ける is 推定する／予想するd to rise to 95 per cent.

Myners told MPs: 'It is 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の that no institutional 投資家 raised questions about Sir Fred's 年金.'

Chairman Sir Tom McKillop and （頭が）ひょいと動く Scott, who 長，率いるd the remuneration 委員会, had 'bent over backwards' to give Goodwin a generous 支払う／賃金- off, によれば Myners.

Instead of 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing Goodwin, he was 許すd to walk out the door as a 'good leaver', which する権利を与えるd him to 製図／抽選 his 十分な 年金 at the age of 50.

This 軍隊d RBS to 二塁打 the size of his 年金 マリファナ to nearly £17million.

But Myners 認める that he had not asked Scott or McKillop how much Goodwin's 年金 would be 価値（がある）.