Remember those bankers who took us into the worst worldwide recession in decades by putting their own desire to make pots of cash over the need for financial stability? Well, they’re keen on David Cameron’s Conservatives winning the election. Wonder why?
I guess the Lib Dem proposals to put the interests of ordinary people above those of wealthy bankers were never going to go down well with them.
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That’s right (pun intended).
And Tories’ unlikely (?) supporters are… EU bureaucrats and the dominating conservative Christian-Democcratic family.epitomised by EU president Van Rompuy, who has just declared to the Spanish daily Ell Pais that “unpopular measures” were needed to save Europe. For those who have a good grasp of Spanish (these include Nick Clegg), read onhttp://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/peligro/Europa/populismo/elpepuint/20100409elpepiint_4/Tes.
Which measures for which Europe? Which taxes for which Britain? And don’t say that you want to tax bankers, you’re just a “populist”!
The UK Tory – EU Conservative holy but hidden alliance wants to do something that reminds me the words (sorry for some UK savers) of Iceland’s President: “Ordinary people… are asked to shoulder through their taxes a burden that was created by irresponsible greedy bankers.”
In my opinion though, all MPs, including from the Liberals are hangstrung attacking “greedy” bankers because of the expenses scandal. Most people regard all MPs from all parties are sinners here. That includes the Lib Dems and people view one lot of people worse than Bankers – MPs. This video of Lib Dem Bob Russell is becoming quite a cult now and it’s about his expenses which many view as a worse betrayal than greedy bankers (because let’s face it. to be a banker you really have to be greedy in the first place, but not so with MPs). Enjoy the video
Burble Loss:
That’s what populism is all about. Of course MP’s excesses should be condemned, but how small they are compared to the great banking disaster of these last years and the impact on the whole economy…
Latest drivel from Cameron. He says savings can be made by not filling posts that fall vacant in the public sector. What always happens when public sector bodies take that route is they end up hiring agency and contract staff at much greater cost. Is there anything Cameron won’t say to get votes?
So wealthy bankers and businessmen are saying they support the Tories. Is there a phrase to describe this? Something means approximately the opposite of ‘turkeys voting for Christmas’
Painfully Liberal – its best to paraphrase Mandy Rice Davies: “They would do that, wouldn’t they?”
Or there’s always the old line about “Dog bites man” not being news.
On http://www.ft.com today: Two Citigroup analysts “on the political parties’ lack of fiscal credibility.”
Got that? Bankers talking about credibility!