Gordon Brown the liar

peterg1965

Pobby wrote: »

Yes. It`s a worry, who to vote for.

Vote anybody, just not Labour....please!

1984ReturnsForReal_2

peterg1965 wrote: »

Vote anybody, just not Labour....please!

& you think the Cons would be better... :rotfl:

Kohoutek

If you want an example of the kind of man Brown is, here's a good one:

From the FT:

London’s hedge fund and private equity industry won a last-minute reprieve from contentious new European regulations on Tuesday, after Gordon Brown pleaded that the issue be shelved until after the general election.

The personal intervention by the prime minister staved off certain defeat for Britain at a finance ministers’ meeting in Brussels, where France leads a powerful coalition that is calling for tough regulation of the sector.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73f3149c-30ea-11df-b057-00144feabdc0.html

From the website of Unite:

We recognise the importance of a robust relationship with the Labour Party as we continue working together to tackle low pay and exploitation, unfairness in the workplace, inequality and to improve people’s lives especially as we tackle the global recession....We encourage all members of Unite to play their part by also being members of the Labour Party....Unite believes Labour in government offers the best chance for you and all trade unionists to develop the better, fairer society we all want to see

Private Equity: barons get billions and workers get paycuts and layoffs

More and more employers around the world are getting bought up and sold off by a new kind of firm that takes pride in its lack of transparency, ability to rack up debt, and skill at exploiting the tax code. Private equity firms, or leveraged buyout firms, use investment money from university endowments, wealthy individuals, and pension funds to buy public companies and take them private, taking them off the stock market and away from public scrutiny.

Private equity firms can produce up to a 40 percent return on deals. They buy companies with the expressed purpose of selling them again; making as much profit they can on the purchase and the sale—and extracting value while they own them. This can mean selling off assets or laying off workers. The buyout firms focus on making money over a short time from the companies they buy. This often leads to decisions that are bad for workers, communities, and even consumers.

http://www.unitetheunion.com/resources/political_department/unite_and_the_labour_party.aspx
http://www.unitetheunion.com/campaigns/private_equity.aspx

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Kohoutek wrote: »

If you want an example of the kind of man Brown is, here's a good one:

From the FT:



http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73f3149c-30ea-11df-b057-00144feabdc0.html

From the website of Unite:



http://www.unitetheunion.com/resources/political_department/unite_and_the_labour_party.aspx
http://www.unitetheunion.com/campaigns/private_equity.aspx

I don't get your point..

treliac

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

& you think the Cons would be better... :rotfl:

I'd have to give them the chance. We need change - desperately - and nothing can be as bad and dishonest and corrupt and prepared to slay anyone or anything in his way..... as Brown.

Kohoutek

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

I don't get your point..

The point is it's difficult for an honest man to be in bed with trade unions and the private equity industry at the same time, given their interests are antithetical.

Private equity makes money by buying companies, making then more 'efficient' by firing people and making pay cuts, then taking the company public again at a profit.

Unite directly fund the Labour Party and some of their personnel are special advisors to Brown. Labour is supposed to be the party that represents the working classes, not a particularly unpleasant and greedy section of the financial industry.

Running_Horse

Brown isn't a liar.

The really worrying thing is he believes what he says.

Brown is deluded.

Pobby

Running_Horse wrote: »

Brown isn't a liar.

The really worrying thing is he believes what he says.

Brown is deluded.

That seems to be the case. Frightening. So was Stalin and Hitler.

iltisman

My favourite was "I am going to simplify the income tax system by scrapping the 10% tax rate" = I am doubling the rate for you poor scum.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

iltisman wrote: »

My favourite was "I am going to simplify the income tax system by scrapping the 10% tax rate" = I am doubling the rate for you poor scum.

Ummmmmmmmm

Big mistake that one..