I want to know the answer to the following question:
When was Northern Rock taken into public hands?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Calls by Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesman Vince Cable to nationalise the institution were initially ignored; in February 2008, however, the British government (having failed to find a private sector buyer) relented, and the bank was taken into public hands.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes