tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post5201176858748424493..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: A Few Facts About Gordon Brownsubrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-54508146041961884142010-05-02T21:06:11.810+01:002010-05-02T21:06:11.810+01:00Hello Bunni. Oh I do hope we're rid of him bu...Hello Bunni. Oh I do hope we're rid of him but let's not count our chickens before they're hatched. There are so many fiddles going on in postal voting Bunni that the reality of the situation won't be until the early hours of Friday.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-33539334518239913332010-05-02T21:04:44.081+01:002010-05-02T21:04:44.081+01:00Yes I would agree they did RA. But then, when has...Yes I would agree they did RA. But then, when has Westminster ever behaved in any other manner? They've always put greed ahead of need.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-69045051653496471242010-05-02T20:02:06.612+01:002010-05-02T20:02:06.612+01:00Hi Subrosa. Brown is such a horrible crook.
I am ...Hi Subrosa. Brown is such a horrible crook.<br />I am so happy that you can be rid of him on Thursday. I hope you can reverse all these horrible policies and undo some of the damage of the last 13 years under Labour.Amusing Bunnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385840951446381247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-24811878996310558072010-05-02T17:40:03.687+01:002010-05-02T17:40:03.687+01:00Fair enough Rosa, most did jump on to the band wag...Fair enough Rosa, most did jump on to the band wagon.<br /><br />But there's a world of difference between the rich feeding their greed and the poor feeding their need.<br /><br />Your doubt and mine are understandable and probably valid, but in the pragmatic world of politics Westminster called the tune and danced to the dirty deed.Crinkly & Ragged Arsed Philosophershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230294511455500220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-87969744410351152112010-05-02T15:34:26.490+01:002010-05-02T15:34:26.490+01:00From then on money didn't fuel or encourage in...From then on money didn't fuel or encourage industry, it became - "The Industry."<br /><br />That's the crux of the whole mess. We behaved like it too and I doubt if an independent Scotland would have faired any better, although the problems may have been spotted sooner.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-57094373030719559892010-05-02T12:24:00.753+01:002010-05-02T12:24:00.753+01:00A good post, well presented.
Unfortunately if Sco...A good post, well presented.<br /><br />Unfortunately if Scotland accepts the blame can be laid at the door of Brown, it'll swallow placebos for effect without curing the cause.<br /><br />Thatcher adopted the dogs of capitalism with its shock troops of monetarism. Believing, as she did, it was the national equivalent of double entry accounting for a county town grocery business.<br /><br />She may have retained the banking regulators; but mainly for the purpose of maintaining some semblance of control over their retail function. I doubt if she was well informed on their casino banking ploys; concentrating on the value and stability of the pound in the money markets.<br /><br />From then on money didn't fuel or encourage industry, it became - "The Industry." From that point, fuelled by America, Westminster bleated the economics of chaos.<br /><br />Westminster, its Establishment and Unionist lackeys will love it if you limit blame to Brown. Do that and in their eyes even his demise will serve a useful purpose by taking the heat off the cultures who really deserve the roasting.<br /><br />Would an independent Scotland have made the same mistake? That is debatable, and we have to accept greed is universal. Yet if RBS and BoS were working from the smaller national base, its arguable they would have been less cavalier in their greed to become world players. <br /><br />However hypothesis isn't bothered by facts unless they can be used to advantage. In that sense it was Westminster and its systems that blew it big time and its Westminster we need to be rid of.Crinkly & Ragged Arsed Philosophershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230294511455500220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-82399797584637099822010-05-02T10:34:38.088+01:002010-05-02T10:34:38.088+01:00They should be allowed to run a country My Thought...They should be allowed to run a country My Thoughts. I mean, the background of many is trade unionism not accountancy. I never understand why anyone who doesn't have a degree in accountancy can be chancellor. Many will say they have senior civil servants to do the work, but surely any government minister must understand his brief in some depth.<br /><br />With this labour government there have been so many ministerial changes nobody can possibly know what they should have been doing.<br /><br />It's all a sham.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-48111273025079875942010-05-02T10:30:41.328+01:002010-05-02T10:30:41.328+01:00Thanks Fausty. I think it'll take a lot longe...Thanks Fausty. I think it'll take a lot longer than one term to get out of this mess. I just hope Dave's up front about how he's going to do it and not kid us.<br /><br />Certainly there will be civil service jobs which must go. Labour have been employing more and more government staff since the recession.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-22130724789131721052010-05-02T10:28:36.079+01:002010-05-02T10:28:36.079+01:00Forgot about that BS. Good of you to remind every...Forgot about that BS. Good of you to remind everyone.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-90840194006859449212010-05-02T10:27:57.772+01:002010-05-02T10:27:57.772+01:00Auch Lorenzo, I wouldn't waste good gold on th...Auch Lorenzo, I wouldn't waste good gold on the padlock. Gold plating would do surely.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-80299564036531431422010-05-02T08:40:50.749+01:002010-05-02T08:40:50.749+01:00Brilliant find Subrosa.
I'm so angry at what ...Brilliant find Subrosa.<br /><br />I'm so angry at what Brown, and Labour, have done to this country. <br /><br />I don't know how long it will take to get this once Great Country back on it's feet, but one thing is for sure, we must never let Brown, and Labour for that matter, forget the damage they have done to this country.<br /><br />I am so angry I feel like we must stalk them and constantly remind them of how we feel.My Thoughts My Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03602979196088570393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-88972538525975709772010-05-02T07:53:21.176+01:002010-05-02T07:53:21.176+01:00Good post, Subrosa!
And the C*NT still refers to ...Good post, Subrosa!<br /><br />And the C*NT still refers to the "global" financial crisis. Please will someone put us out of our misery and shoot him. Or at the very least, organise an investigation into his finances and find out what kickbacks he's had - or are in the pipeline.<br /><br />Will iDave fix these problems? I doubt it.<br /><br />McDoom is a political animal, wedded to winning, at all costs. (... at which he fails). He is unethical. He cares nothing for the "common man". <br /><br />Your point 5 is spot on.<br /><br />Point 6: LLOY languishes in the 60s, while other banks' share prices have soared. What was once an excellent bank is now a basket case. Well done, McDoom!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-84639932521994536832010-05-02T06:08:35.947+01:002010-05-02T06:08:35.947+01:00He's been running the Country the same way as ...He's been running the Country the same way as he ran his bank account, (the one with the bouncing cheques), when he was a student, SR. ;-)Barking Spiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968827142725464915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-22197383415037852382010-05-02T03:36:26.943+01:002010-05-02T03:36:26.943+01:00The only position I'd give Brownfinger is in a...The only position I'd give Brownfinger is in a padded cell with a ornamental solid gold padlock on the outside of a permanently welded shut door.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-25679415439465762302010-05-02T01:27:04.449+01:002010-05-02T01:27:04.449+01:00Incoming, I read earlier today that Brown should h...Incoming, I read earlier today that Brown should have published some of the papers about the gold, before the end of April. (Sorry I've forgotten the source although I remember it was in the news a few weeks ago).<br /><br />No sign of anything is there. Then of course, there's the business about bullion not being solid gold at all.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-21040123308575376542010-05-02T00:50:35.701+01:002010-05-02T00:50:35.701+01:00SR I'm sure that GB also changed the rules, qu...SR I'm sure that GB also changed the rules, quietly, on the holding of gold in your pension stash when the metal was cheap. He's Goldfinger all right.INCOMING!!!!!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/06597034666699426965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-79738982191751291002010-05-02T00:01:22.920+01:002010-05-02T00:01:22.920+01:00Eh kin hear Cameron gawn oan an' oan fur years...Eh kin hear Cameron gawn oan an' oan fur years aboot the mess he's been left Sophia. Startin 7 May richt enuff.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-75323645383119988282010-05-01T23:41:32.790+01:002010-05-01T23:41:32.790+01:00The scariest thing is the 3 pairties reaction tae ...The scariest thing is the 3 pairties reaction tae the FSI question.<br /><br />Answer - nuthin.<br /><br />They're no tellin' us whit they ken is comin' an' it's comin' roon the corner, May 7th likely.Sophia Panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089164117446635962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-57329759790726636482010-05-01T23:27:21.227+01:002010-05-01T23:27:21.227+01:00Joe, my concern is just how bad the books will be....Joe, my concern is just how bad the books will be. Somehow I think Brown has just been sailing along spending, spending, spending.<br /><br />The books could take years to straighten out.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-66458134268488909672010-05-01T23:26:03.612+01:002010-05-01T23:26:03.612+01:00Dinnae worry Sophia, as lang as yer up the stair a...Dinnae worry Sophia, as lang as yer up the stair an no oan the boatum ye'll be aw richt. I've heard they fowk dinnae 'dae stairs'.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-72796594907252668802010-05-01T23:22:16.112+01:002010-05-01T23:22:16.112+01:00The moral is: Gt Britain can't afford to have ...The moral is: Gt Britain can't afford to have Gordon in any position of economic influence.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-68284520768229756482010-05-01T23:13:54.930+01:002010-05-01T23:13:54.930+01:00Ah'll jist say fer the record ah'm no sugg...Ah'll jist say fer the record ah'm no suggestin' he IS the antichrist, an wis jist curious.<br /><br />(Ah'm no wantin' squads o' wee fat Labour pairty officials comin' tae ma door an' haranguin' me through ma letterbox. Ah'm in a respectable stair.)Sophia Panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089164117446635962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-20141609256205010342010-05-01T23:07:05.487+01:002010-05-01T23:07:05.487+01:00No a wurd Sophie. I dinnae think he's in tae ...No a wurd Sophie. I dinnae think he's in tae religion. :)subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-36210861889263497552010-05-01T22:58:15.602+01:002010-05-01T22:58:15.602+01:00Did yer pal say anythin' aboot him bein' t...Did yer pal say anythin' aboot him bein' the antichrist?Sophia Panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089164117446635962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-85045161832269057792010-05-01T22:57:13.779+01:002010-05-01T22:57:13.779+01:00Evenin Sophia. Aye yer no wrang there. He's ...Evenin Sophia. Aye yer no wrang there. He's oan the road oot an no afore time. Mind, its gan tae be hard goin' fur years tae undae aw the mess he's din.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.com