If you could suspend democracy for one day....

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:50 pm

...what would you do to that banker with the pension plan courtesy of The Magic Faraway Tree ?

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:00 pm

I'm afraid I had to vote let him keep it.

If that's what it said in his Contract, then ths issue isn't with the banker, it's with the people who agreed his contract. A Contract is a Contract and should be legally binding.

I would like, though, the opportunity to discuss my next Contract with the same negotiating team.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:14 pm

I think you have to let him keep it unless you can reach a voluntary agreement with him to reduce the amount. Public pressure/anger may make him more tractable.

a1 · Post by a1 » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:25 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:...what would you do to that banker with the pension plan courtesy of The Magic Faraway Tree ?

wonder how much arthur scargill's pension is worth ?

bet that one was matched by the g'ment / taxpayer

:/

..plus if boiling folk is a free pass, surely you'd start with sutcliffe types first ?

would probably 'save' the taxpayer more money too in the long run doing that.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:39 pm

a1 wrote:
Lord Kangana wrote:...what would you do to that banker with the pension plan courtesy of The Magic Faraway Tree ?
wonder how much arthur scargill's pension is worth ?

bet that one was matched by the g'ment / taxpayer

:/

..plus if boiling folk is a free pass, surely you'd start with sutcliffe types first ?

I suspect LK might want to start with "certain premiership managers"

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:42 pm

None of the above...

give him the rest of his days on a state pension... let him 'adjust'...

Punishment to fit the crime... This bunch have destroyed thousands of lives, and thousands more to come... let them live like them...

I know - just call me a bleeding heart liberal...

Ebi · Post by **Ebi** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:50 pm

Take everybody of false benefits. Concentration camps for Chavs and Burn Down Old Trafford.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:57 pm

William the White wrote:None of the above...

give him the rest of his days on a state pension... let him 'adjust'...

Punishment to fit the crime... This bunch have destroyed thousands of lives, and thousands more to come... let them live like them...

I know - just call me a bleeding heart liberal...

Don't mistake me WTW, I'm only giving him his pension, because Contractually it's obliged. I would certainly looking at all other areas to see if he was in breach of his contract - I suspect if that was the case, there would already be prosecutions in the process of being lined up. Through the crash, we're hearing some people having to own up to being "bent" generally, many of the banks have taken a legal gamble which has gone belly up - but nevertheless was within the law.

So I'm all for punishments fitting crimes, but a pre-requisite is that a crime has indeed been committed...

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:58 pm

None of this sensible 'contract' shiiite. This is a democracy-less day. Kill the bastard, and every other fecker earning ludicrous amounts of money for ballsing it all up. Option 3, you know it makes sense.

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:59 pm

Love the fact that a question about suspending democracy includes a poll allowing us to vote for our favourite outcome. Pure genius.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:00 pm

CrazyHorse wrote:Love the fact that a question about suspending democracy includes a poll allowing us to vote for our favourite outcome. Pure genius.

Good spot that man.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:00 pm

CrazyHorse wrote:Love the fact that a question about suspending democracy includes a poll allowing us to vote for our favourite outcome. Pure genius.

great call Hoss.

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:28 am

It's like those countries where they have elections, but with one candidate.

All I'll say is that as an RBS customer, maybe Sir Fred could pay my loan off?

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:37 am

ratbert wrote:It's like those countries where they have elections, but with one candidate.

All I'll say is that as an RBS customer, maybe Sir Fred could pay my loan off?

He might struggle with some of mine and that paltry pension

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:19 am

Ebi wrote:Take everybody of false benefits. Concentration camps for Chavs and Burn Down Old Trafford.

The government don't exactly want people to be claiming false benefits ya know!

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:06 pm

Worthy and the Devil's Kitchen have got it nailed.... http://devilskitchen.me.uk/2009/02/iain ... nd-by.html

Iain Dale provides yet more evidence that he's losing the plot....

fatshaft · Post by **fatshaft** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:25 pm

Worthy4England wrote:I'm afraid I had to vote let him keep it.

If that's what it said in his Contract, then ths issue isn't with the banker, it's with the people who agreed his contract. A Contract is a Contract and should be legally binding.

I would like, though, the opportunity to discuss my next Contract with the same negotiating team.

Another one for what he said.

a1 · Post by a1 » Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:44 pm

just tell him his pension has 'gone' .

"we invested it in a load of bank shares and the returns werent great. the £8m you paid in got 'lost' and now means youre weekly pension is £7.50p "

happens to some..

warthog · Post by **warthog** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:47 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Worthy and the Devil's Kitchen have got it nailed.... http://devilskitchen.me.uk/2009/02/iain ... nd-by.html

Iain Dale provides yet more evidence that he's losing the plot....

This is the Iain Dale who has a West Ham blog.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:34 pm

Hey-up, Prescott's spoke.

I've just read that apparently the most laughable politician ever (TM) reckons that Sir Fred shouldn't receive the pension to which he holds legal entitlement and should persue his claim through the courts at further expense to the tax-payer instead.

Has the fat prick ever once managed to pass comment on anything without making a complete and utter cock-end of himself?