Banking Crisis - Page 2

Mancie · 13-09-2011, 10:05

It took 18 years and untold hardship for the last tory government to get a grip on the economy of this country..in those 18 years they destroyed the manufaturing , they destroyed our mines .. we still import coal from eastern europe..they sold everything we had..not for economic reasons but for idealist reasons and we will suffer forever.

Margaret Pilkington · 13-09-2011, 11:03

A bit like Gordon Brown and the gold reserves then.....and he knew of the banking crisis a good 7 months before the doo-doo hit the fan and did nothing......what a good management strategy that was.

jaysay · 13-09-2011, 18:17

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

A bit like Gordon Brown and the gold reserves then.....and he knew of the banking crisis a good 7 months before the doo-doo hit the fan and did nothing......what a good management strategy that was.

Shouldn't call Gordon Margaret, after all he was a legend in his own lunchtime

Margaret Pilkington · 13-09-2011, 19:09

Really John???? isn't that a surprise?

jaysay · 14-09-2011, 09:24

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Really John???? isn't that a surprise?

Not to Gordon

cashman · 14-09-2011, 12:03

about time the penny dropped fer some!!! all the top politicos, what ever flag they fly under,are complete swine n will screw us all.

Margaret Pilkington · 14-09-2011, 12:16

Which is what I have been saying since.......well, the year dot.
They don't go into politics for the good of our health...they go into it because it is financially worthwhile......both while they are in office, and also afterwards.

jaysay · 14-09-2011, 17:56

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about time the penny dropped fer some!!! all the top politicos, what ever flag they fly under,are complete swine n will screw us all.

Ya but its a matter of being screwed with less pain

MargaretR · 14-09-2011, 18:16

I do not consent to be screwed - I do not vote - Hobson's choice is no choice at all.

If everybody withdrew from voting, none of them would have the authority to govern, so they would be compelled to reconsider their priorities - serve people, not the banking/elitists.

jaysay · 14-09-2011, 18:21

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

I do not consent to be screwed - I do not vote - Hobson's choice is no choice at all.

If everybody withdrew from voting, none of them would have the authority to govern, so they would be compelled to reconsider their priorities - serve people, not the banking/elitists.

You'd have loved it in Russia

MargaretR · 14-09-2011, 18:27

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You'd have loved it in Russia

I would prefer a commune in an isolated valley in the Himalayas, where decisions are based on consensus and are made to benefit the welfare of the community.

jaysay · 14-09-2011, 18:28

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I would prefer a commune in an isolated valley in the Himalayas, where decisions are based on consensus and are made to benefit the welfare of the community.

Feel Free

MargaretR · 14-09-2011, 18:30

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Feel Free

We have never been free.

jaysay · 14-09-2011, 18:36

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

We have never been free.

All depends whichever way you look at things, compared withs some places we're very free indeed

Atarah · 14-09-2011, 18:37

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Err...because of an event that happened in Accrington in 1911 and which has been totally forgotten about. I was told about it a long time ago, but could find no reference to it. Until yesterday, that is, when I was following the Vickers conference (which involved no surprises) so I decided to see if I could find 'owt. Which I finally did.

Happy now, Atarah?

Well, 29 threads later, I am still confused as to why this is on History and Heritage, cos I certainly aint learnt owt!