Royal Mail - as I said at the time the government were just 'buyng votes'
01 April 2014, 11:32 AM
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Royal Mail - as I said at the time the government were just 'buyng votes'
As usual I got criticised at the time, but it seems the National Audit Office agree with me.
Royal Mail sale price 'too cautious', says spending watchdog
Still Thatcher did it over and over again so why should Cameron be any different 
Royal Mail sale price 'too cautious', says spending watchdog
The National Audit Office said too much emphasis was put on completing the sale within this Parliament, at the expense of achieving better value for money.
01 April 2014, 11:35 AM
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As usual I got criticised at the time, but it seems the National Audit Office agree with me.
Royal Mail sale price 'too cautious', says spending watchdog
Still Thatcher did it over and over again so why should Cameron be any different
Royal Mail sale price 'too cautious', says spending watchdog
Still Thatcher did it over and over again so why should Cameron be any different
01 April 2014, 12:24 PM
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And ME!
I bought ..... but I have held - there is a 6% Dividend coming my way soon
The Taxpayer was shafted - but hindsight is a wonderful thing ... the Taxpayer still owns 30% so has also benefited from the increase.
I bought ..... but I have held - there is a 6% Dividend coming my way soon
The Taxpayer was shafted - but hindsight is a wonderful thing ... the Taxpayer still owns 30% so has also benefited from the increase.
01 April 2014, 12:31 PM
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02 April 2014, 06:13 PM
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As usual I got criticised at the time, but it seems the National Audit Office agree with me.
Royal Mail sale price 'too cautious', says spending watchdog
Still Thatcher did it over and over again so why should Cameron be any different
Royal Mail sale price 'too cautious', says spending watchdog
Still Thatcher did it over and over again so why should Cameron be any different
Did you not buy any yourself then ?
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02 April 2014, 06:40 PM
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I don't have to ..... but I am heavily invested in Insurance Companies ..... I need other OAP's to be forced to buy Annuities so that the Companies I am invested in make lots of money and I get good divi's and capital growth.
Now, they will be buying property to let and treading on my toes there too!
Now, they will be buying property to let and treading on my toes there too!
02 April 2014, 07:05 PM
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The irony being the same people who complain about the government not maximising it's profit on the sale of Royal Mail tend to be the same ones who moan about utilities companies making large profits (and that's not just on here).
11 July 2014, 01:26 PM
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No matter what they did there would have been a smear campaign, they took the information they had at the time and went with it.
You can't sell a company based on potential growth, but maybe they should have sold smaller amounts over a extended period.
You can't sell a company based on potential growth, but maybe they should have sold smaller amounts over a extended period.
11 July 2014, 01:44 PM
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why do i think that had they let the bidding proccess role over to another government it would have been even worse?
usual political rubbish and mud throwing, shoudl have done this or that or the other. We moan gov never gets anything done, then when it does people moan they have done it wrong.
usual political rubbish and mud throwing, shoudl have done this or that or the other. We moan gov never gets anything done, then when it does people moan they have done it wrong.
11 July 2014, 03:01 PM
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As usual I got criticised at the time, but it seems the National Audit Office agree with me.
Royal Mail sale price 'too cautious', says spending watchdog
Still Thatcher did it over and over again so why should Cameron be any different
Royal Mail sale price 'too cautious', says spending watchdog
Still Thatcher did it over and over again so why should Cameron be any different
11 July 2014, 03:24 PM
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All MP's and parliament are a joke.
11 July 2014, 05:23 PM
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Technically we did buy them all (again) as the Mp's would have used our money to buy them, I mean if they can get away with having paintings done of each other at our cost why not buy shares.
11 July 2014, 10:28 PM
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You are seriously telling me that when Joe Bloggs goes to polling booth and sees the Tory MP's name there he won't think 'they are the nice party that made me a quick £1K on those Royal Mail shares, I think Ill vote for them'?
Well Professor David Parker, the government's official historian who researched and wrote a book on the 80s privatisations under the last Tory government thinks that is exactly what happens as he said on the radio today and he also said Cameron & co. had learnt little from the 80s floatations,
I am more inclined to take on board his views than yours given the relative levels of qualification of those views.
11 July 2014, 10:46 PM
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Oh for goodness sake Martin, you won't have a bad word said against them will you?
You are seriously telling me that when Joe Bloggs goes to polling booth and sees the Tory MP's name there he won't think 'they are the nice party that made me a quick £1K on those Royal Mail shares, I think Ill vote for them'?
Well Professor David Parker, the government's official historian who researched and wrote a book on the 80s privatisations under the last Tory government thinks that is exactly what happens as he said on the radio today and he also said Cameron & co. had learnt little from the 80s floatations,
I am more inclined to take on board his views than yours given the relative levels of qualification of those views.
You are seriously telling me that when Joe Bloggs goes to polling booth and sees the Tory MP's name there he won't think 'they are the nice party that made me a quick £1K on those Royal Mail shares, I think Ill vote for them'?
Well Professor David Parker, the government's official historian who researched and wrote a book on the 80s privatisations under the last Tory government thinks that is exactly what happens as he said on the radio today and he also said Cameron & co. had learnt little from the 80s floatations,
I am more inclined to take on board his views than yours given the relative levels of qualification of those views.
If they had price it too high the sale would of flopped and you'd of been on here wallowing in self righteousness about that. Grumbling from the sidelines in a no-lose scenario isn't it?
Ultimatley you don't give a flying *** about anything but moaning and whining about the world. You have no answers, no solutions, nothing positive to saying about anything or anyone. It's not the world that broken, it's you.
Why don't you go and see a shrink, I'm sure you'd be good business for them
12 July 2014, 12:35 AM
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It's not a question of 'having a bad word said', the reality is you won't say a good word.
If they had price it too high the sale would of flopped and you'd of been on here wallowing in self righteousness about that. Grumbling from the sidelines in a no-lose scenario isn't it?
If they had price it too high the sale would of flopped and you'd of been on here wallowing in self righteousness about that. Grumbling from the sidelines in a no-lose scenario isn't it?
Ultimatley you don't give a flying *** about anything but moaning and whining about the world. You have no answers, no solutions, nothing positive to saying about anything or anyone. It's not the world that broken, it's you.
Why don't you go and see a shrink, I'm sure you'd be good business for them
Why don't you go and see a shrink, I'm sure you'd be good business for them
The biggest laugh about your patronising little rant is you are the one who never offers an answer instead just trotting out your usual 'no it isn't' and 'you're wrong' retorts!The UK is basically finished with a corrupt media, self serving lying politicians and a broken judicial system and accepting little sheep like you are a big part of the reason why!
Finally let's not forget that the taxpayer has been short changed by up to 1 billion pounds .... yet you, like your beloved politicians, seem untroubled by this instead berating those of us who are. Think how much good that would have done for whatever overseas aid drum it is you are banging this week!
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12 July 2014, 08:46 AM
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On the other hand if the shares were placed at a higher value, then would joe public, knowing he's not going to make a quick buck have bought into it? I doubt it.
I did, did you F1?
I did, did you F1?