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  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    TruckerT wrote: »
    Are you suggesting that the banks currently feel any 'duty of care' towards pensioners?

    TruckerT

    They feel a duty of care to their shareholders.
  • TruckerT
    TruckerT Posts: 1,714 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    They feel a duty of care to their shareholders.

    Pension funds are amongst the greatest victims of recent events, and I would expect pensioners to be as eager for change as any other group

    TruckerT
    According to Clapton, I am a totally ignorant idiot.
  • TruckerT
    TruckerT Posts: 1,714 Forumite
    When Mervyn King confirmed on the BBC 10 o'clock news just now that it was unlikely that much of the £75billion would find its way to small businesses, Stephanie Flanders challenged him to 'think outside of the box'

    But he insisted that the best thing is to continue to trust the banks which already operate within our economic system

    I would really like to believe that his tongue was in his cheek, but it wasn't at all obvious

    TruckerT
    According to Clapton, I am a totally ignorant idiot.
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