yay...David Cameron Saves Britain.

Originally Posted by punyXpress

Shouldn't that read Gordon Brown's

No, GB didn't directly benefit from dodgy practices; individual bankers did/do.
Of course, GB isn't without blame here but that's not the point I was making.
Or have I missed your point?

[punyXpress]

No - you got it in one!

[Bri w]

Originally Posted by Amadeus

No, GB didn't directly benefit from dodgy practices; individual bankers did/do.
Of course, GB isn't without blame here but that's not the point I was making.
Or have I missed your point?

Gordon Brown's raid on pension investments was a disgrace - and being a U-rated site I best not say what I think of him...

Indeed, it's funny how he was considered one of the great chancellors for many years but over time more and more has come out about him and now he's considered pretty well irrelevant.
(actually, I'm not sure that's true - it would absolve him of all blame which would clearly be wrong.)

FEVERED Tories are to have the purpose of the crucial Euro summit explained to them as slowly as it takes.

As cabinet ministers and backbenchers demanded David Cameron defend the UK from things they have just made up while at the same time warning Britain could become isolated in exactly the way they have always dreamed of, specialists have been brought in with picture books and a guitar.

Professor Henry Brubaker, from the Institute for Studies, said: "This. Summit. Is. About. Pre-vent-ing. A. Mass. Default. Which. Will. Ruin. Ab-so-lute-ly. Ev-ery-thing."

The professor then asked the angry Tories to turn to the next page where they will see a picture of the House of Commons on fire.

Leaning over Iain Duncan Smith, he added: "And. This. Summit. Is. Not. About. Making. It. Easier. For. British. Com-pan-ies. To. Sack. People. Or. Force. New. Taxes. On. The. City. Of. London.

"It. Is. About. Drawing. Up. Measures. To. Ensure. Sta-bil-ity. And. Fiscal. Disc-i-pline. In. The. Euro-zone.

"Now, everyone, repeat after me - Britain. Is. Not. In. The. Euro-zone."

His bottom lip trembling, London mayor Boris Johson said: "But... but... but if we don't make the summit about things that it's not about then we'll never be able to have nice things ever again."

But Professor Brubaker said: "It's okay Boris, we can have another summit about whatever you like just as soon as you've learned how to go to the toilet on your own."

He added: "Now, let's all sing a happy song about what will happen to British exports when the UK leaves the single market.

[Biker Biggles]

Did they have it all explained twice?
I know they are dim but------

oops, ooower post deleted.

[Bibio]

i think the people of the UK are struggling to realise that we don't actually own anything any more.

i know of 2 banks we still own, BOE and RBS

i know of one power company we still own, Scottish Hydro

i know of 1 water company we still own, Scottish water

so where does that leave us if the owners of the rest of the banks, power and utility companies decide to pull the plug?

personally i think Cameron is doing the wrong thing. you either join a club or not. i'm sick of hearing ''in Britain's best interests'' what Britain!!!

[dizzyblonde]

But you can't have a club within a club, its just not cricket

[timwilky]

OK, I have to admit I do not know what the purpose of this summit was about. I know from the press that it was supposed to be about setting the financial rules and governance to enable a stable euro land. Bit of shutting stable doors after the horse has bolted.

So, were these rules going to be applied to the UK that is not part of euroland? or were they to be applied as we are led to believe to eec members and therefore rules designed to "protect" the euro would be applied to non euro countries?

I think it a bit rich that an organisation that has wrecked their own currency though their own financial incompetence, should then seek to apply taxes on Britain to stabilise somebody elses currency.