tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post3909580208290002499..comments2024-03-28T09:55:42.123+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Barclays Protium: Banksters@WorkCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-23675045305398862262011-06-08T17:33:04.471+01:002011-06-08T17:33:04.471+01:00Not enough people understand what 'fraud' ...Not enough people understand what 'fraud' is either, I feel an explanatory post coming on tonight!Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-8464586372907758582011-06-08T15:41:25.196+01:002011-06-08T15:41:25.196+01:00One's former liberal ideas are being replaced ...One's former liberal ideas are being replaced by some old fashioned ones. A hundred lashes at the wheel for starters.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-4957872965694511772011-06-08T12:50:18.019+01:002011-06-08T12:50:18.019+01:00Over 50% of MPs in the last parliament had to pay ...Over 50% of MPs in the last parliament had to pay back "over claims". Very few have been prosecuted. With 'regulators' like that no wonder we have corruption elsewhere.<br /><br />Whether it is leftwing apparatchiks and quangocrats or rightwing 'bankers' (ie bank directors), they all seem to get away with vast amounts of dosh whilst fiddling the system and refusing to accept responsibility. Only the little people get hammered.Budgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-5065767155088305042011-06-08T12:24:27.124+01:002011-06-08T12:24:27.124+01:00"Yes and regulated by what?"
Just the T...<i>"Yes and regulated by what?"</i><br /><br />Just the Theft Act 1968 and the Fraud Act 2006 would be a good start.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-87625726926304488652011-06-08T12:04:06.547+01:002011-06-08T12:04:06.547+01:00Bankers=crooks ok
But Politicians+Bureaucrats=mas...Bankers=crooks ok<br /><br />But Politicians+Bureaucrats=mass-murdering crooks--very not ok.<br /><br />Scum regulated by worse scum? <br /><br />Let banking be unregulated and free from state interference and govt(taxpayer) "support". If they bungle, the bank collapses not the "system. If they cheat the bank may collapse but there will be lots of victims looking for revenge.Mr Ecksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-57257292406730039902011-06-08T11:06:28.723+01:002011-06-08T11:06:28.723+01:00a dramatic proof that people - be they bankers, tr...a dramatic proof that people - be they bankers, trade unions or parliamentarians - will behave atrociously if not regulated properly<br /><br />Yes and regulated by what? A set of appointees, a government committee, a charity or a code of ethics?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-682606078925848902011-06-08T09:06:58.399+01:002011-06-08T09:06:58.399+01:00The Ryan Giggs of the City!The Ryan Giggs of the City!Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-41738849647697031462011-06-08T05:53:06.175+01:002011-06-08T05:53:06.175+01:00because they are presided over by a financial geni...because they are presided over by a financial genius ?Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-51513769911950789252011-06-07T22:41:00.491+01:002011-06-07T22:41:00.491+01:00Sounds like a classic case of poor governance. Ho...Sounds like a classic case of poor governance. How did Barclays get into such a position?Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.com