Technically they aren't borrowing are they, but even so I think they will find that 2% is a very small price to pay for not having politicians on the Board and as majority shareholders. The global ambitions of any bank that has taken Gordon's money are going to be severely ****ed so Barclays are actually in a very good positiopn - all politicians care about is looking good for themselves here in the UK, in general terms they know bugger all about running banks or anything else for that matter.