On Sat, 12 May 2012 17:21:20 +0100, PeterC
wrote:

On Sat, 12 May 2012 17:10:07 +0100, harryagain wrote:

I wonder how safe your money is in Santander these days?

AIUI Santander in UK is (financially) separate from Santander in Spain.

The UK Santander is covered for about GBP85,000 per person for most types
of accounts by the UK authorities.