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Hats off to (Tim) Smits

angry — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:57:50 +0000

Tim Smits. Not a name that many will know, but hopefully a few more do now. For those who didn’t hear, this brave Australian gentleman was moved to pass comment on the behaviour of a small gang of youths he saw harassing elderly women and pregnant young ladies on a bus in East London. For [...]

10 Classic Reads for Harsh Economic Times

angry — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:18:16 +0000

See ‘On A Lighter Note’ for 10 (well 11) suggestions for something to read on the lengthening autumn evenings when you can’t afford to go out.

Nearly 30 months later!

angry — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:43:39 +0000

Well that last post was put up nearly two and a half years ago, just as the MP expenses scandal broke. The sheer scale of that just stopped me in my tracks – everyday, for weeks, more and more MPs were exposed as greedy, self-centered and arrogant. Most have escaped any form of punishment, the [...]

MPs and their pocket filling ways

angry — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:57:09 +0000

Now we find out that we pay for MPs spouses to watch porn and children’s films. The whole MPs expenses issue is becoming a serious issue that extends way beyond the sums of money involved. Us ‘normal’ people have to pay for the travel to our work out of our pockets; if we work a [...]

The Rotten Fruits of Labour

angry — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:41:22 +0000

On September 11th 2001, Al Qaeda sort to bring turmoil to the western world and the economic system. Despite the massive loss of life and the permenent alteration of New York’s sky line, the effects were actually fairly minimal and short-lived. Little did any one realise that the seeds of a much bigger, more effective [...]

More Rewards for Failure

angry — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:02:35 +0000

Sir Fred Goodwin’s pension value keeps on climbing – “over £700,000 per annum for life” is the latest I’ve heard. Apparently, this may prove to be impossible to prevent due to his contract. Surely the harm done to the bank during his tenure of the hot seat breaches any sensible contract of employment. Any normal [...]

The Rewards of Failure

angry — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:15:54 +0000

As if we needed proof of the bare-faced arrogance and greed of the senior bankers behind the current financial crisis, Sir Fred Goodwin gives us more than we could have hoped for. Having sat at the helm of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as it ploughed merrily towards the rocks, this 50-year-old knight of [...]

The Morals of Charging the Taxpayer for a Spare Room

angry — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:55:36 +0000

How can you justify calling a spare room at your sister’s house your main residence, when you own a three bedroom house elsewhere and your husband and children live there full time. The house in question is in Ms Jacqui Smith’s constituency and I am absolutely certain that, should she lose her seat at the [...]

Quantitative (Un)Easing

angry — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:15:50 +0000

The increasing number of stories mentioning “Quantitative Easing” seems to indicate that this drastic measure by the Bank of England is imminent. Quantitative Easing basically involves the Bank of England (BoE) making more money available, essentially printing more notes! The “experts” say it’s more complicated than that and I’m sure it is. However, the net [...]

Some Financial Crisis Numbers

angry — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:43:31 +0000

There is talk of Britain’s National Debt reaching one trillion pounds. That is £1,000,000,000,000 or £16,667 for every man, woman and child in the UK. So in our house we owe nearly as much through the Government as we do on our mortgage! Thanks Gordon!

We are told that “light touch regulation” and large bonuses [...]