tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4658347591166361648.post3536747352275961341..comments2024-03-29T09:38:44.925+00:00Comments on LOBBYDOG: BROWN: Bankers need to ask themselves soul-searching questionsLobbydoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17622778941416233125noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4658347591166361648.post-55323750822100873552009-02-10T08:53:00.000+00:002009-02-10T08:53:00.000+00:00Ex - I would like to say "undoubtedly". Though I c...Ex - I would like to say "undoubtedly". Though I couldn't tell you what the response was to your specific question.<BR/>However, a hail of questions was thrown at officials when the said announcement was made with responses along the lines of "We've thought about it and it's the right course of action."<BR/>After the initial burst of interest in such announcements issues of politics often obsucre the greater questions here.Lobbydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17622778941416233125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4658347591166361648.post-51628061206422666112009-02-10T02:25:00.000+00:002009-02-10T02:25:00.000+00:00Dear Mr Lobbydog,A billion here or there on bonuse...Dear Mr Lobbydog,<BR/><BR/>A billion here or there on bonuses is small change in the overall scheme of things. I recognise, of course, the political significance of the issue to Brown. <BR/><BR/>But of far, far greater significance to the taxpayer is the recent announcement of a doubling, to £400 billion, in the size of the government's insurance scheme for toxic bank assets.<BR/><BR/>Very little of what we have been told about this either makes sense or rings true and, if the Treasury get this wrong, potential losses to the taxpayer of £200 billion would not be out of the question.<BR/><BR/>Was Brown questioned about this by our esteemed lobby?an ex-apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967821802512064291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4658347591166361648.post-968004808685951292009-02-09T13:23:00.000+00:002009-02-09T13:23:00.000+00:00Why would anyone anywhere listen to the Government...Why would anyone anywhere listen to the Government when all its members are screwing the nation for every last penny they can squeeze out of us in every conceivable way possible. They make every member of the prison community look very petty indeed.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06522842976459302535noreply@blogger.com