protests against capatilism in the city

[zakelwe]

By the way

I work in one of the taller Canary Wharf structures and I drive to work Which is probably more than Bingo did to get to Bishopsgate.

Regards

Andy

Edited by zakelwe on Thursday 26th February 12:09

[zakelwe]

dictys said:

You put your money there!It seems you didn't invested in some diligence and put your money in the wrong place. I doubt you would be moaning if your investments had made lots of money rather than lost.

What are you talking about, have you checked your pension recently? Have you checked the amount of government subsidy that is going on that has to be paid by someone, ie the public, sooner or later one way or another.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7911722.stm

That's another £200b of potential loss to be covered by the British public.

Regards

Andy

[Bing o]

zakelwe said:

Bing o said:

Andy

Oh, what a surprise, another little troll with no car in his profile. Come down to Bishopsgate my friend and we'll see how big you are then.

I work in one of the taller Canary Wharf structures and I drive to work Which is probably more than you did to get to Bishopsgate.

Regards

Andy

Well done on the excellent comeback.

[zakelwe]

Bing o said:

Well done on the excellent comeback.

I used to hate the riff raff too, but I am too busy hating my bosses more now ..

Good luck.

Andy

[OJ]

I say we pre-emptively respond by setting fire to some council estates and benefits offices

[munky]

zakelwe said:

By the way

I work in one of the taller Canary Wharf structures and I drive to work Which is probably more than Bingo did to get to Bishopsgate.

Regards

Andy

Mirror Group newspapers? Even the olympic committee or whatever Seb Coe's bunch are called - aren't they in 1 canada square (at least they were)

I'm glad you said potential loss in your other post though, as there's every chance the money is recouped or a profit made if these so called toxic assets are held to maturity rather than dumped at firesale value.

[turbobloke]

Protests in the City against capitalism. Is it half-term in Toytown Trotschool?

[theaxe]

coyft said:

Sir Fred Goodwin, RBS former chief executive, having been one of those responsible for the biggest UK corporate loss is already drawing a pension of £650,000 a year, despite only being 50. While the taxpayer guarantees £300 billion of their toxic assets. If that's capitalism then it is certainly worth protesting about.

Capitalism is about free markets operating within government regulations set up to avoid fraud, collect taxes and to protect the markets themselves. In short the government sets the rules and businesses play the game.

We should be protesting against poor regulation...

[Thudd]

Will they be throwing sandals?

[cottonfoo]

Thudd said:

Will they be throwing sandals?

Punches I think:

"squiz; you have no idea what's planned for your 'rugby playing city types', this time the proper firm are coming.

- Brian Jones, London"

[turbobloke]

cottonfoo said:

Thudd said:

Will they be throwing sandals?

Punches I think:

"squiz; you have no idea what's planned for your 'rugby playing city types', this time the proper firm are coming.

- Brian Jones, London"

Most of the dogs on string look too malnourished to bite anything.

Most of the owners look worse than the dogs.

They need a good meal, lots of soap, and a job in capitalism naturally.

[MikeyT]

Ha, I have to laugh, one guy on here sticks his head above the parapet to actually put the opposing point of view (even though he works in Canary Wharf) and all the usual suspects treat him as the devil. This is an internet forum for discussion. Except this is PH (going downhill by the day) and just means gunning for and being rude to people who have an opposing point of view - shame.

[Mattt]

MikeyT said:

Ha, I have to laugh, one guy on here sticks his head above the parapet to actually put the opposing point of view (even though he works in Canary Wharf) and all the usual suspects treat him as the devil. This is an internet forum for discussion. Except this is PH (going downhill by the day) and just means gunning for and being rude to people who have an opposing point of view - shame.

It wasn't opposing, it was an attack on the posters.

[Fittster]

fido said:

zakelwe said:

I'd rather have 1000 of them protesting 3 days a year then a load of people commenting on this thread who have screwed my finances for the next 20 years by blowing it all by doing their jobs very badly indeed.

To be fair, i don't think Gordon Brown or his chums in the FSA comment on this thread, but you're completely right to be angry with them.

The idea that the current situation is solely the fault of politicians is pushing it.

[Maxf]

coyft said:

If that's capitalism then it is certainly worth protesting about.

I don;t know what you do for a living, but I would imaging from your garage (nice selection BTW) that you probably wouldnt have all of that metal if it wasn't for capitalism.

[Bing o]

MikeyT said:

Ha, I have to laugh, one guy on here sticks his head above the parapet to actually put the opposing point of view (even though he works in Canary Wharf) and all the usual suspects treat him as the devil. This is an internet forum for discussion. Except this is PH (going downhill by the day) and just means gunning for and being rude to people who have an opposing point of view - shame.

So this is an opposing point of view is it?

"Stop posting silly remarks and start working hard in an honourable way and earn our respect again you dipsts."

[Don]

Protesting against Capitalism is like objecting to "air". Since it is what keeps us all alive it's somewhat idiotic.

Protesting against bad regulation, poor to incompetent and highly risky business practices with deposits and share captial and, worse, the rewarding of incompetence with bonuses? Perfectly reasonable IMO.

Not all banks will have done that lot. And who should be protesting is the shareholders - not a bunch of crusties who didn't have any deposits/shares anyway.

[turbobloke]

Don said:

Protesting against Capitalism is like objecting to "air". Since it is what keeps us all alive it's somewhat idiotic.

Protesting against bad regulation, poor to incompetent and highly risky business practices with deposits and share captial and, worse, the rewarding of incompetence with bonuses? Perfectly reasonable IMO.

Not all banks will have done that lot. And who should be protesting is the shareholders - not a bunch of crusties who didn't have any deposits/shares anyway.

It's news to me if anti-capitalist protesters have suddenly morphed into a collective with significant business experience on which to base their anti-corporatist hatred who will also be expounding via poster papers a series of high flying political science ideas deriving from their education at Oxford or the LSE. Or, they might just be the same bunch of unemployable soap dodgers who catch a small dose of bravery in a big crowd, as usual.

[fido]

Fittster said:

fido said:

zakelwe said:

I'd rather have 1000 of them protesting 3 days a year then a load of people commenting on this thread who have screwed my finances for the next 20 years by blowing it all by doing their jobs very badly indeed.

To be fair, i don't think Gordon Brown or his chums in the FSA comment on this thread, but you're completely right to be angry with them.

The idea that the current situation is solely the fault of politicians is pushing it.

Agree, and it's about as silly as blaming on in a few individuals at the top of the banking sector however one might disagree with their bonus payments. The FSA/BoE are supposed to regulate banking, so who else is there to blame? Oh that's unless they were leaned on politically to relax risk controls .. funny how it all leads back to one person?

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-236...

[AlexKP]

Somewhatfoolish said:

I abhor violence in all its forms but I am looking forward to being violent on that day if given the oppo...

That would be Somewhatfoolish.