I normally consider myself quite lucky to live in Kent. It is a very pleasant place with some lovely countryside, excellent produce, nice (and some not so nice) towns, and it is only a short hop out of this mess of a country. Admittedly France is your main option, but beggars can't be choosers.
How interesting to learn that Kent County Council are on the verge of waving goodbye to £50m that was invested in an Icelandic bank. Indeed there's a double whammy here, Canterbury City Council, the body responsible for running my city could also come out light, to the tune of £1m.
Let us set aside the fact that indicators have not been good regarding the Icelandic banks for a little while now. Let us set aside the fact that having lost millions of pounds of taxpayers' money that the local authorities are now crying to the government about this and want the same protection afforded to individual savers. Actually, no, let us not set that aside. You've lost £50m and then go and ask the government for more taxpayers' cash to cover the shortfall? Are you crazy?
I mean, really, you must be stark raving, batshit, howling at the moon, madder than a bag of cut snakes, mental. I'm a civil servant, although central rather than local government, if I were to cash up my wages and then chuck them in the back of a passing rubbish truck, would I expect the government to cough up again? No, of course not, because I'd been rather stupid and should had known better.
But anyhow, £50m, that's fifty fucking million quid, gone, more than likely. Gordie thinks that Iceland have acted illegally (I'm inclined to agree with him, but that's more to do with awful bloody adverts, THAT woman and awful rubbery frozen prawns) I'm not sure of the details. But even if they have, what are we going to do? Sue them? They're bloody broke, that's the whole point.
Hang on a second. . .
What the bloody hell was all that cash doing in saving accounts and investments anyway? I don't pay my taxes to have it hoarded away. I don't pay my taxes at all, I have large amounts of cash regularly and forcibly removed from me, in some cases it is intercepted before it even reaches my bank account. I resent having this money taken from me and spent on equality, diversity, climate change and 5-a-day advisors (£42,000 pa + car + pension, 37.5 hours per week) but at least it isn't taken off me and put in a bloody savings account.
Oh wait, it is!
So you're stealing my money for investment purposes? That isn't governance, its being a mugger with red braces and a really nasty, shiny suit.
You utter, utter, utter bastards. I hope all your children have small penises. . . especially the girls.
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Charities have been at it too, apparently.
All the money they say they're using to give to the poor or to disease research was apparently in Icelandic banks, earning interest for someone.
That's the last they'll get from me.
Ahhh yes, charities. My other half was an admin officer for a charity for a while. Trustees all hand-wringing soft touches and senior management all bitter private sector failures creaming as much of a pay packet as they dare to appropriate whilst taking the high ground over their private sector mates by saying 'of course, I do charity work, you see, very rewarding.'
Yeah, we don't know the bloody half of it, mate.
I fucked the bastards off a long time ago. . .
Pity ZaNuLabour didn't have their money in Icelandic banks.
Great post BTW.
I agree with your take on charities. Though I have to admit I do cough up for the British Legion.
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