First can I thank MPs Linda Riorden and Chris McCafferty, and all the other political parties for their hard work in supporting the local HBOS workforce and small shareholders during this financial debacle.

However, it still looks like all the best seats on the lifeboats have been taken, while the workforce, their families and local small shareholders are still stuck on board the Titanic.

Will we ever get answers as to why the Financial Services Authority, the "dog that didn't bark" did not stop short selling until after we were thrust into the arms of LLoyds/TSB by our executive body and government?

If the FBI are investigating what happened within the finance industry in the USA will we see some regulatory body over here do the same?

Now that the government has finally woken up and done something dramatic to save the financial industry from meltdown, will the institutional shareholders support the workforce and turn down the takeover of HBOS by Lloyds/TSB and save jobs and our high streets from a deluge of empty buildings?

Here, in Halifax General Insurance, based at Copley, we are second to none and very proud of our efforts.

When natural and unnatural disasters occur we have always been the first on the scene helping members of the public in dire straits.

Your continued support to save every job possible is vital and can Linda and Christine please continue to badger the Chancellor and Prime Minister to look again at this takeover. Is it really the best offer for the workforce and the small shareholders?

Remember the majority of HBOS workforce are also small shareholders!

Chris O'Connor, customer service advisor, employee at HBOS, Copley