Tom McKillop had a satisfied grin on his face in your latest photo which I presume was after he knew the results. On this basis I don't think he will fall on his sword .
We live in a world where failure is now rewarded.

V Cooper, Somerset, UK

Average profit of £5 Billion over two years, not bad for doing little more than pressing a few buttons.

Jim, Consett, UK

As someone with scottish ancestry it gives no pleasure to say the scottish mafia has done immense damage to the economy and clearly protects its own e.g. Brown/Darling or McKillop/Goodwin. It's about time they paid the price for failure - we have.

Janet, London,

So Sir Tom Mckillop is going to resign is he this is typical of a captain deserting a sinking ship if you can't take the blame get out before you're kicked out for making a mess of everything

Barry Stone, Pinner, United Kingdom

To get fired at RBS? Be a junior member of staff.

Richard, Cambridge,

"So just what do you have to do to get fired around here?"

Tell the truth?

Tell the media about the elite controlling the banks and how the whole credit crunch and oncoming recession was engineered by them and there cronies around the globe.

Andrew, Hartlepool, England, UK

And who shall we give credit to the 60% share price drop?

Andrew Brodie, London, UK

We're an RBS customer. We're leaving. Why?

Because in two years I don't think they have managed any single admin task correctly. We've got quite a stack of apology letters, but a working bank account?

That we do not have.

It might be hard to get fired at RBS, but RBS can certain get fired.

Katie, Cambridge, Cambs

The more conservative parts of the media were forecasting a £1.2 billion loss. It does make you wonder how RBS managed to scrape together adjustments of +£500 million at the last moment. Somebody should get a good bonus for finding them.

Frank Upton, Solihull,

Can someone please tell me who actually approves these huge bonuses and pay-offs and golden handshakes? These obscene amounts of money have to "belong" to somebody - so presumably it's the shareholders?

Ruth, Edinburgh,

On the day RBS are posting the highest loss in history this Advert, appearing immediately below the Times Online article, seems particularly apt.

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DONALD LEGGET, WEYBRIDGE, UK

Scott, subprime was never rated AAA

bob, an actual banker, London ,

£1.7billion??? The actual figure has been confirmed as less than £700 million. By the end of 08 back in profit and back to normal in 09. How would you like your humble pie served Mr Waller? Hot or cold??

Andy, Alderley Edge,

But whoever resigns at the top over anything nowadays ? Most of the High Street Bank Chairmen/CEO's should fall on their swords. What about the First Sea Lord over the Iranian kidnap fiasco ? What about the NoW Editor who has given slimeballs a privacy Act ? What about Prescott over Tracey ? Etc,etc

Mike, Leatherhead, England

The boards of these banks must have been aware of the scale of business being undertaken in the sub prime sector. You would have thought someone would have had the wit to know that sub prime institutions do not have AAA customers, therefore there was no basis for sub prime debt to ever be rated AAA.

Scott, Bangkok, Thailand