Gordon Brown - Head of the IMF???

bendix

Never trust what you read in the Telegraph. Bloody Tory rag.

Etc etc.

It's £270k basic plus various allowances. Don't ask me how I know.

ninky_2

bendix wrote: »

Never trust what you read in the Telegraph. Bloody Tory rag.

Etc etc.

It's £270k basic plus various allowances. Don't ask me how I know.

daily mail?

ILW

Free packets of seeds with the DM at the moment.

ninky_2

ILW wrote: »

Free packets of seeds with the DM at the moment.

not if you read it online. no sensible person buys it.

ILW

You can't sit in a greasy spoon reading the paper online, it's just not right.

ninky_2

ILW wrote: »

You can't sit in a greasy spoon reading the paper online, it's just not right.

like i said. no sensible person buys it.

lynzpower

Really2 wrote: »

Yes, so i would perhaps judge him on his pre election qualities? But are you saying you see Gordon brown as a better candidate?

No more boom and bust?
Failed to see a bust on the horizon but worst still we were in terrible shape going in to a recession.
Only know plan to get out of recession was to carry on increasing the deficit by increasing spending.
Sold the gold at a low and never replaced it? (could of been useful in a recession)

I didnt say gordon brown was a better candidate. If Vince had stuck to his principles he could have done very well for himself in the long term. Im afraid now he just looks weak.

Youll also notice that government is selling off its property assets at fire-sale prices. Could we have hung on to out listed buildings a little longer and made more out of it? Who knows, but its entirely possible isnt it?

ILW

What assets have been sold so far?

lynzpower

ILW wrote: »

What assets have been sold so far?

Investment experts said the “Big Council Sell Off” was an ideal opportunity for shrewd buyers to snap up a historic building at a bargain price.

Docaster Council put Conisbrough Priory up for auction at a guide price of £275,000, while the Rotherham swimming baths went up for £150,000.

Lluesty Hospital in North Wales sold at auction for “£275,000 in February. The classical building, which is set around a court yard and complete with a parapet, was bought by property developers who plan to build 70 houses in its 7.4 acre grounds.
One auction house based in Yorkshire and London said 14 councils had listed 100 of their properties for its most recent sale.
Even central Government is trying to reduce its estate, with sales totalling £115 million in the past nine months - including historic buildings such as the former Land Registry headquarters in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.
Property experts warned that some of the public buildings could be too large and dilapidated for an amateur developer, but others were considered more manageable.
Southwark Council sold off a split-level three bedroom flat in East Dulwich, south London, for £240,000 in February. The average price for a house in the area is £366,000.
For those looking to invest in a holiday property, a cottage next to the Tate in the seaside town of St Ives, Cornwall, is on sale for £150,000.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertynews/8425711/Historic-houses-for-sale-at-bargain-prices-by-desperate-town-halls.html

Really2

lynzpower wrote: »

Youll also notice that government is selling off its property assets at fire-sale prices. Could we have hung on to out listed buildings a little longer and made more out of it? Who knows, but its entirely possible isnt it?

But we have a massive debt problem (overseen by GB 2002-2007, I will give them the recession) so we have little choice to sell assets to maintain service and a credit rating.

Gordon Brown sold off the Gold in 1999 -2002 we were running a budget surplus then.

So sold assets when he did not need to, if we had it still we could sell it instead of other assets.