Forget Rip-off Britain, now it's SELL-OFF Britain...
19 October 2006, 03:37 PM
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Can't see what the fuss is about. Haven't we got one of the most open economies in the world? Inward investment is, correct me if I'm wrong, quite a good thing. Markets that are effectively closed to foreign investment are limited competitively.
19 October 2006, 03:48 PM
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It's like the days of Empire, but in reverse. Ahh well, what goes around...
Seriously though every company's job is to screw as much money and profit out of you as possible [ohh and then add this government
]. Whether the guys at the top driving an Enzo/Bentley is Spanish, Dutch or Icelandic [for they too are doing very well] isnt the biggest deal for me...
D
Seriously though every company's job is to screw as much money and profit out of you as possible [ohh and then add this government
]. Whether the guys at the top driving an Enzo/Bentley is Spanish, Dutch or Icelandic [for they too are doing very well] isnt the biggest deal for me...D
19 October 2006, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by f1_fan
LOL - so you judge my political bias based on one post - a mindreader you are not that is for sure. 
This particular problem being discussed in this thread was very much the doing of Thatcher's government, but it is has been reinforced (sadly) by the current incumbents
Sadly I cannot lay claim to support either major party as they are both short termists out for their own political gain at the expense of the electorate and have been that way for the last 25 years at least.
Who's better - hard to say really, but once you have aligned yourself to one or other you end up supporting them implicitly as is witnessed by many on here when in actual fact none of them are any good for the country.
Ho hum!
This particular problem being discussed in this thread was very much the doing of Thatcher's government, but it is has been reinforced (sadly) by the current incumbents
Sadly I cannot lay claim to support either major party as they are both short termists out for their own political gain at the expense of the electorate and have been that way for the last 25 years at least.
Who's better - hard to say really, but once you have aligned yourself to one or other you end up supporting them implicitly as is witnessed by many on here when in actual fact none of them are any good for the country.
Ho hum!
I hate everything Labour stand for, so I want to see them out and the only realistic chance of that is if the Tories win. I'm sure they would be just as bad though if/when they do get in power though.
We need a new "common sense" party.
19 October 2006, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Dream Weaver
I couldn't agree more, but there is no alternative.
I hate everything Labour stand for, so I want to see them out and the only realistic chance of that is if the Tories win. I'm sure they would be just as bad though if/when they do get in power though.
We need a new "common sense" party.
I hate everything Labour stand for, so I want to see them out and the only realistic chance of that is if the Tories win. I'm sure they would be just as bad though if/when they do get in power though.
We need a new "common sense" party.
19 October 2006, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by f1_fan
Spoken like one of Thatcher's 'children' 
Look at the bigger picture and see just how well off you are in the long term and even if you still are 'up on the deal' see just how many others aren't.
This place is freaking unbelievable at times.
Look at the bigger picture and see just how well off you are in the long term and even if you still are 'up on the deal' see just how many others aren't.
This place is freaking unbelievable at times.
And yes I did look at the bigger picture all those years ago which is why I have got what I have today.
As for people who aren't that well off , well there will always be those who can't see further than the end of their nose like yourself
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19 October 2006, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Chip
Yep, for a working man I am quite wll off thank you
And yes I did look at the bigger picture all those years ago which is why I have got what I have today.
As for people who aren't that well off , well there will always be those who can't see further than the end of their nose like yourself
Chip
And yes I did look at the bigger picture all those years ago which is why I have got what I have today.
As for people who aren't that well off , well there will always be those who can't see further than the end of their nose like yourself
Chip
As for me, well you know nothing about me so please don't pretend that you do.
19 October 2006, 10:04 PM
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No not bragging, just backing up my original post. Jealous are we???
And do you really think I give a toss about what you have or havent got or what I do or don't know about you. Well I don't.
And stuck in the 80s, why would I want to be there then.
Chip
And do you really think I give a toss about what you have or havent got or what I do or don't know about you. Well I don't.
And stuck in the 80s, why would I want to be there then.
Chip
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20 October 2006, 02:21 PM
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Maybe the answer is to vote for UKIP in order to get Biily's rather queer incompetents out and to persuade the Conservatives that it is time they started looking at the real world and thinking about what this country really needs!
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20 October 2006, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Scooby-Doo
RWE owned Thames Water which is indeed German. Powergen is owned by Eon that is German, TVR is owned by a Russian,Chelsea, Man utd........the list is endless
The company I work for is owned by E.on they bought us out about 2 years ago. Everybody I have spoken to at work agrees that E.on is the best thing that has happened to our company for the last 30 years. They have totally turned the company round and now we're building the company up rather that selling off parts of it and making people redundant. We couldn’t make a go of it when we were British or American owned but the Germans seem to make it look easy.
20 October 2006, 06:20 PM
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The UK is the largest free market, non-protectionist economy in the world - so get used to it. Notwithstanding the fact that most of this corporate activity is underwritten/advised by UK M&A firms who actively encourage these corporate takeovers most of these mergers/takeovers are massively overvalued at present, BAA being a classic example. Ferrovial will catch a cold whilst they struggle to integrate the business.
In a few years they will all change hands (UK benefits - profit plus balance of trade - inward investment etc) but of course that will all be ignored because those nasty foreigners have 'taken over' whilst completely ignoring all those UK PLCs which own foreign companies such as BP/Vodafone/Shell/Tesco/Sainsbury's etc etc.
Try some less blinkered thinking...
In a few years they will all change hands (UK benefits - profit plus balance of trade - inward investment etc) but of course that will all be ignored because those nasty foreigners have 'taken over' whilst completely ignoring all those UK PLCs which own foreign companies such as BP/Vodafone/Shell/Tesco/Sainsbury's etc etc.
Try some less blinkered thinking...
21 October 2006, 02:32 AM
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Its Capitalism and the free market my old beans,everything up for sale if the price is right,and we're all quick to take the nice profit when it comes are way,this is the global system we all live in.Tough.
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