tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post3278186410320334498..comments2023-11-02T15:48:50.381+00:00Comments on UK Bubble UK Economy: Barclays caught manipulating interest ratesAlice Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-61649848976524217582012-06-29T11:41:04.844+01:002012-06-29T11:41:04.844+01:00Contrast the palty £100 I get if the bank gets it ...Contrast the palty £100 I get if the bank gets it wrong to the thousands I have to pay them if I get it wrong. <br /><br />With the system bent in their favour like this how can any banker fail ?<br /><br />That they HAVE failed - despite adding systematic fiddling to those outrageous and legal advantages already available - shows what a bunch of overpaid wankers they really are.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-20009154234197704192012-06-29T11:33:33.082+01:002012-06-29T11:33:33.082+01:00The 1970s abuses and excesses which brought us to ...The 1970s abuses and excesses which brought us to the brink were by unionists and their members paid a grave price. It has to be said that all those individuals aspired to was double-glazing, central heating and a holiday in the sun every year.<br /><br />The banking sector bend the public over (as they did me on my credit card and on my police pension) <br /><br />The bankers help to bring the country to the point of bankruptcy - they celebrate in hot tubs of Bollinger.<br /><br />The excesses are of a far higher order than the unions ever involved themselves in. <br /><br />So what are the Tories going to do about it ?<br /><br />Is this a class issue ?<br /><br />That is my question.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-82098865498164168002012-06-29T11:27:26.972+01:002012-06-29T11:27:26.972+01:00My point is, Alice - the establishment (especially...My point is, Alice - the establishment (especially the regulatory and political one) are cowed by the banking industry.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-90546759204193681072012-06-29T11:03:13.358+01:002012-06-29T11:03:13.358+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mortgage Newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02505208192981267634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-29807194189174272672012-06-29T04:29:25.296+01:002012-06-29T04:29:25.296+01:00A sorry tale Kevin, but you were dealing with Barc...A sorry tale Kevin, but you were dealing with Barclays.Alice Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-6552612591470293002012-06-28T19:54:07.566+01:002012-06-28T19:54:07.566+01:00I know that Barclaycard are not the same company. ...I know that Barclaycard are not the same company. <br /><br />I'm going to rant anyway. <br /><br />I was subject to a credit card fraud over a year ago. When Barclaycard thought it was me at fault for failing to pay my bill their charges racked up at hundreds of pounds a time. <br /><br />The charges reached thousands.<br /><br />When they realised it was their fault the redress was £100 goodwill - this despite the fact that I'd missed out on a good mortgage offer, very nearly ended up with bailiffs on my door and was unable to sort out other credit card bills. <br /><br />I felt that he redress was inadequate and reported the facts to the Financial Ombudsman's Service. <br /><br />They found in favour of Barclaycard. <br /><br />The £100 didn't even cover my postage and telephone bills - let alone three subject access requests, excessive interest rates and a lot of stress. <br /><br />In the 1970s it was the miners and ship builders who were the bogey men - I don't recall any of them being rich, they were simply after a fair deal.<br /><br />The banking sector's greed and dishonesty is in another league altogether - and it has brought the western economies to the brink like no other. <br /><br />What are the Tories going to do about it ?Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-56360058836394699302012-06-28T19:51:17.309+01:002012-06-28T19:51:17.309+01:00The only way Diamond and his cohorts will go to j...The only way Diamond and his cohorts will go to jail is if they refuse to pay council tax .<br />Isn't Tony Blair on the board of that other nest of vipers <br />J P Morgan . Nice to be able to call in favours.Kitznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-32260820225111807662012-06-28T19:31:15.875+01:002012-06-28T19:31:15.875+01:00Just seen Angela Knight of the BBA on Channel 4 ne...Just seen Angela Knight of the BBA on Channel 4 news. As usual - and being well-versed in trying to defend the indefensible - an unctuous, "not us, gov", holier-than-thou performance of a woman squirming in denial. No wonder the banks are in big trouble - again. If the only way to see the back of Angela is for the banks to fail and share and bondholders to lose, then bring it on!<br /><br />And the mighty, big Bob appears to have gone into hiding. Pathetic. <br />They should both resign and hang on to the shred of dignity such resignations would bring.Stevie b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11427759744381570329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-37491547747027314052012-06-28T15:46:08.683+01:002012-06-28T15:46:08.683+01:00Look this isn't just a question of him resigni...Look this isn't just a question of him resigning. This investigation turns up what is clearly fraudulent activity, the rigging of markets to gain money, which by definition must come from someone else's pocket. He (and all the others involved) must be put on trial. Only when the filthy stables now known as our high street banks are cleared out will be have a hope of building something back upernienoreply@blogger.com