A Banking 'Leveson' ePetition

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

fellow boredees may care to sign this petition

[Bryn]

Done.

[scottycelt]

Little point in yet another call for a useless and expensive Public Inquiry about things which have probably come as little surprise to Joseph and Josephine Public.

Bank reform inevitably will be near the top of the agenda for any UK Government in the next few years, as it already is in Europe and the USA.

Public Inquiries rarely tell us anything we didn't know before and, if Leveson is anything to go by, are little more than an entertaining media circus.

[eighthobstruction]

Thanks Dark One....

[Flosshilde]

Bank reform inevitably will be near the top of the agenda for any UK Government in the next few years,

Any government? Such charming naivety.

[scottycelt]

Any government? Such charming naivety.

Yes, any government .... both the Coalition (or the Tories) and Labour are already committed to banking reform and it is clear that the status quo is not an option, especially with similar moves on banking reform taking place abroad.

I fail to find anything particularly 'charming' or 'naive' about simply acknowledging the reality with which politicians all over the world are now faced.

Any naivety (whether charming or otherwise) is surely confined to those who apparently believe a UK Government has any real power to halt such an inevitable worldwide process.

[JanH]

fellow boredees may care to sign this petition

Done, thanks for that.
JanH

[Flosshilde]

Scotty - do you really think that a conservative government would actually do anything to upset their friends & donors?

[Serial_Apologist]

Scotty - do you really think that a conservative government would actually do anything to upset their friends & donors?

Perhaps a good dose of Catholic guilt would do the trick...

[scottycelt]

Scotty - do you really think that a conservative government would actually do anything to upset their friends & donors?

Hey, Floss, some of us can remember that snarling old left-wing class-warrior, Babs Castle, introducing her failed 1969 White Paper 'In Place of Strife' in order to curtail the power of the Trades' Unions. Those proposed laws were actually significantly tougher than any brought in later by the Thatcher Government.

As the banks don't actually own the Tory Party just think how much easier it will be for the Boy David and Boy George to attempt to finally sort them out.?

As with the union leaders in those days, times have now changed for the bankers, and both the Tories and Labour are committed to reforming the industry.

That's precisely why we don't need a time-wasting Public Inquiry ... we all know what needs to be done (separating investment from retail, getting rid of the outrageous bonus culture, etc etc), so let the politicians take the necessary professional advice and then just let them get on and do it!

Incidentally, I don't believe 'unacceptable management practices' in companies are merely confined to the banks but ,sadly, are rather common throughout UK industry, but that's maybe a discussion for another day ...

[ahinton]

Done. Someone mentioned earlier today that my MP is an ex-Barclays man and I pointed out that he did not work in any area where the current misdemeanours were being planned or carried out and he's not been with them for quite some years in any case; he also happens to sit on the Treasury Select Committee and will, I'm sure, have strong views on this.

[amateur51]

Yes, any government .... both the Coalition (or the Tories) and Labour are already committed to banking reform and it is clear that the status quo is not an option, especially with similar moves on banking reform taking place abroad.

I fail to find anything particularly 'charming' or 'naive' about simply acknowledging the reality with which politicians all over the world are now faced.

Any naivety (whether charming or otherwise) is surely confined to those who apparently believe a UK Government has any real power to halt such an inevitable worldwide process.

I'm sure the Vatican Bank is pretty solid on all this 'progress' oops sorry, 'process', eh scotty?

[scottycelt]

Perhaps a good dose of Catholic guilt would do the trick...

Yeah ...

I'm sure the Vatican Bank is pretty solid on all this 'progress' oops sorry, 'process', eh scotty?

Yeah Yeah ...

Read all that sort of stuff in BNP pamphlets, but are you two old 20th Century leftist f***s going to sign Calum's e-petition or not ... ?

[amateur51]

Yeah ...



Yeah Yeah ...

Read all that sort of stuff in BNP pamphlets, but are you two old 20th Century leftist f***s going to sign Calum's e-petition or not ... ?

Of course scotty, I hold the democratic voice in even higher regard than you do, apparently

[JohnSkelton]

Bank reform inevitably will be near the top of the agenda for any UK Government in the next few years, as it already is in Europe and the USA.

http://hypocritereader.com/17/the-near-impossibility-of-financial-reform

The heightened rhetoric is not to my taste, but it makes for quite interesting reading.