tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post6898504042252385407..comments2023-07-21T10:27:41.531+01:00Comments on Don't Watch This Space!: Hurray for the public sectorNed Luddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08050301729584268154noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-60231590631313643632009-10-07T17:58:04.727+01:002009-10-07T17:58:04.727+01:00We might not be better off with the Tories, but ma...We might not be better off with the Tories, but maybe it is simply time for regime change - a clean sweep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-26068429068003813572009-10-07T16:27:18.512+01:002009-10-07T16:27:18.512+01:00Does it really matter to ordinary folk who wins th...Does it really matter to ordinary folk who wins the next election?<br />Who exactly is going to be better off under the Tories?DonkeyJacketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-63127564821291884682009-10-07T16:24:42.316+01:002009-10-07T16:24:42.316+01:00I wonder how much of RBS money is being kept off-s...I wonder how much of RBS money is being kept off-shore and away from taxpayer, voter, commentator scrutiny<br />Who was it who said, no representation without taxation?<br />These people get taxed less and yet they are represented more.PWarbecknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-2323354552631144302009-10-07T12:26:42.818+01:002009-10-07T12:26:42.818+01:00The cost of interest on the current levels of publ...The cost of interest on the current levels of public debt overshadow the education budget.<br />Debt has to be cut.<br />And cutting from what has been a major tax revenue provider - ie the city - doesn't make sense.Spin Doctornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-25475676892033732572009-10-07T12:23:36.368+01:002009-10-07T12:23:36.368+01:00Let's hope Osborne's pay cut won't mea...Let's hope Osborne's pay cut won't mean he has less spending money on next year's summer holiday.Judge Dreddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-4827526591842957582009-10-07T12:18:02.540+01:002009-10-07T12:18:02.540+01:00They don't call them investment w***ers for no...They don't call them investment w***ers for nothingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-14194207705377058422009-10-07T12:17:35.319+01:002009-10-07T12:17:35.319+01:00Here we go:
Bankers - bailed out and no pay restra...Here we go:<br />Bankers - bailed out and no pay restraint<br />Taxpayer- screwed by bankers and facing pay restraint.<br />Something doesn't add up here.Roger Mortonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-84663644171336701632009-10-07T12:15:48.799+01:002009-10-07T12:15:48.799+01:00Most economists are saying that these proposals ar...Most economists are saying that these proposals are a drop in the ocean. This was a 'bookkeepers speech'. He said nothing about 'growth' which is ultimately the only thing that will get us out of this mess.SteveJamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-37830513031021478072009-10-07T12:14:12.422+01:002009-10-07T12:14:12.422+01:00'We're all in this together'... I love...'We're all in this together'... I love it. None of Osborne's proposal will make any difference to him and his front bench team and his mates in the outside world.<br />They have so much money that they can take a 'public sector' pay cut.<br />It is the middle class that they look like squeezing.<br />Plenty there for Labour to get its teeth intoMikeHillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-8608129535334036732009-10-07T12:09:04.596+01:002009-10-07T12:09:04.596+01:00I wonder if RBS will sell me some of their lovely ...I wonder if RBS will sell me some of their lovely credit derivativesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-6814609190682918422009-10-07T12:07:47.763+01:002009-10-07T12:07:47.763+01:00The best way to get that public money back for the...The best way to get that public money back for the tax-payer is to let the banks pull in huge amounts of cash again, as they did before the crashDrCrippennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-63983264711076352962009-10-07T12:06:11.607+01:002009-10-07T12:06:11.607+01:00But if you restrain their pay they'll leave RB...But if you restrain their pay they'll leave RBS and the bank will never recover its former gloryEdna Melchettnoreply@blogger.com