The City takes a kicking (from the G20 leaders)

[BOR]

Bing / Podie,

what does it matter if I'm Brown, Cameron or the white Obama ? My only vested interest is the same as billions of other people - keeping my job, a roof over my head and a pot to piss in when I retire.

You can assume as much "vested interest" as you like, it doesn't change a single thing.

[Cookie172]

BOR said:

Bing / Podie,

what does it matter if I'm Brown, Cameron or the white Obama ? My only vested interest is the same as billions of other people - keeping my job, a roof over my head and a pot to piss in when I retire.

You can assume as much "vested interest" as you like, it doesn't change a single thing.

It does, for reasons Podie has already explained.

Are you in politics?

[BOR]

Would you vote for me ?

[smilerbaker]

BOR said:

Bing / Podie,

what does it matter if I'm Brown, Cameron or the white Obama ? My only vested interest is the same as billions of other people - keeping my job, a roof over my head and a pot to piss in when I retire.

You can assume as much "vested interest" as you like, it doesn't change a single thing.

Sorry, but your an idiot who has ingested all the BS spouted by the gov and the press and have not got enough of a brain to do a little research for yourself and get the proper facts.

Take a little look as to who it was who made the banks lend to sub-prime customers in the first place.

Your pot to piss in when you retire eh? it wasn't the banks who screwed up your pension, it was good old gordon years before.

You are a sad reflection of everything that is wrong in / with the uk at the moment, you believe EVERYTHING the press and Gov tell you to believe without the intelligence to question it.

[scotal]

BOR said:

Would you vote for me ?

not on current showing. However you seem to be no worse that the current bunch, I'll give you that.

[10 Pence Short]

BOR said:

Would you vote for me ?

I live my life by a select collection of important rules. Not voting for spackers is one of them.

So I guess that means 'no'.

[BigJonMcQuimm]

smilerbaker said:

BOR said:

Bing / Podie,

what does it matter if I'm Brown, Cameron or the white Obama ? My only vested interest is the same as billions of other people - keeping my job, a roof over my head and a pot to piss in when I retire.

You can assume as much "vested interest" as you like, it doesn't change a single thing.

Sorry, but your an idiot who has ingested all the BS spouted by the gov and the press and have not got enough of a brain to do a little research for yourself and get the proper facts.

Take a little look as to who it was who made the banks lend to sub-prime customers in the first place.

Your pot to piss in when you retire eh? it wasn't the banks who screwed up your pension, it was good old gordon years before.

You are a sad reflection of everything that is wrong in / with the uk at the moment, you believe EVERYTHING the press and Gov tell you to believe without the intelligence to question it.

[smilerbaker]

Podie said:

BOR said:

Podie, let's not focus on the messenger, what's important is the message. There are millions of BORs out there.

Sorry, this is contextually relevant.

It'd be like me saying "bankers deserve their bonuses" and me being a banker.

oh oh oh Can I tell them who you work for???? can I, can I, please

[900T-R]

smilerbaker said:

Take a little look as to who it was who made the banks lend to sub-prime customers in the first place.

Which was the trigger for the downfall of the monetary system, not the cause.

[Bing o]

Gents, I shall be popping outside to look at the climate change protestors outside RBS - I feel like I'm due a protest after working from the golf course the last two days...

[krallicious]

This would make for a fantastic live debate. All we need is a lovely day, ice creams and speakers' corner. Anyone free this Sunday?

[escargot]

Bing o said:

Gents, I shall be popping outside to look at the climate change protestors outside RBS - I feel like I'm due a protest after working from the golf course the last two days...

Don't forget to taunt them with a fistful of tenners.

Edited by escargot on Friday 3rd April 13:07

[ShadownINja]

Nothing to punish those who get up to their eyeballs in debt, though? That'd be an election suicide, of course.

[10 Pence Short]

ShadownINja said:

Nothing to punish those who get up to their eyeballs in debt, though? That'd be an election suicide, of course.

In between filling in expense forms, voting 'no' to transparency in Government and accepting above inflation pay rises, the Government don't have time to look at real policy!

[Bing o]

escargot said:

Bing o said:

Gents, I shall be popping outside to look at the climate change protestors outside RBS - I feel like I'm due a protest after working from the golf course the last two days...

Don't forget to taunt them with a fistful of tenners.

Edited by escargot on Friday 3rd April 13:07

Well, that was cracking - got chatting to one of the protestors - they'd chosen RBS because they invest the most in energy companies. She starts banging on about how, we as the taxpayer own 70% of RBS yet we don't get a say at the AGM.

Fair enough I said, what do you do?

"Oh, we're students"

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[ukwill]

BigJonMcQuimm said:

smilerbaker said:

BOR said:

Bing / Podie,

what does it matter if I'm Brown, Cameron or the white Obama ? My only vested interest is the same as billions of other people - keeping my job, a roof over my head and a pot to piss in when I retire.

You can assume as much "vested interest" as you like, it doesn't change a single thing.

Sorry, but your an idiot who has ingested all the BS spouted by the gov and the press and have not got enough of a brain to do a little research for yourself and get the proper facts.

Take a little look as to who it was who made the banks lend to sub-prime customers in the first place.

Your pot to piss in when you retire eh? it wasn't the banks who screwed up your pension, it was good old gordon years before.

You are a sad reflection of everything that is wrong in / with the uk at the moment, you believe EVERYTHING the press and Gov tell you to believe without the intelligence to question it.

+1

[ShadownINja]

10 Pence Short said:

ShadownINja said:

Nothing to punish those who get up to their eyeballs in debt, though? That'd be an election suicide, of course.

In between filling in expense forms, voting 'no' to transparency in Government and accepting above inflation pay rises, the Government don't have time to look at real policy!

It's all going rather Obarmy, isn't it.

[Bing o]

Shamelessly stolen from the It's very bad thread:

Bailed-out banks eye toxic asset buys

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/358e479a-1fbf-11de-a1df-...

Yeah, those politicians sure know what they are doing don't they??

[Mclovin]

isnt it about time brown had a kicking for fueling this crisis that would have otherwise been just a normal recession in the economic cycle -

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/f...

the man seems to be immune from critism, appears on tv regularly and never questioned by a journalist for his imcompetence...

[elster]

BOR said:

Podie, let's not focus on the messenger, what's important is the message. There are millions of BORs out there.

I pray to god that isn't true. The world is fked if that is true.

Will the government also be banning salesman from getting commission? As surely that is exactly the same as a bankers bonus.

The best thing that could of been done is not to of bailed the banks out. Let them go under. Then the country wouldn't be bankrupt over a business that has failed.