tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157974268055329029.post1135813295042030392..comments2023-03-27T04:10:33.857+00:00Comments on Between the Lines: And, for My Next Prediction …between-the-lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15523250378946750149noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157974268055329029.post-39418540218417833562012-11-28T09:42:12.077+00:002012-11-28T09:42:12.077+00:00Oh I know that feeling well. And that feeling.
As...Oh I know that feeling well. And that feeling.<br /><br />As for Ms Pettifor's most recent prediction, only time will tell, but it appears that Mrs Governor is some kind of a champagne eco-warrior:<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9704385/New-Bank-of-England-Governor-Mark-Carneys-wife-an-eco-warrior-who-says-banks-are-rotten.html<br /><br />And someone called Bob B, who regularly has plenty of interest to say at Liberal Conspiracy, opines:<br /> <br />29. Bob B <br /> <br />"The illuminating aspect in today’s news about the choice of Mark Carney to be the new Governor of the Bank of England on Sir Mervyn King’s retirement next July is that Carney is not an advocate of the “light touch regulation” school of central banking.<br /><br />As Governor of the Bank of Canada he practised proactive, interventionist central banking with regulation of financial markets to keep toxic assets out of the national banking system and rein back high risk lending and borrowing. He is so respected by other central bankers that he was made chairman of the Basel-based Financial Stability Board, an international body that monitors and makes recommendations about the global financial system.<br /><br />Deregulators can only weep and gnash their teeth – Carney evidently doesn’t believe that bankers are best left to do what they believe to be the profitable thing to do.<br />Recap: in an interview on the BBC Today programme on 4 November 2011, Bob Diamond – late CEO of Barclays Bank – said that the Banks must accept responsibility for what went wrong. In the interview – which I listened to – he repeatedly said that banks must work towards a situation where banks could fail without taxpayer support and without causing systemic instability.<br /><br />So much for the notion that unemployment is the fault of the unemployed."<br /><br />http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/11/26/tory-mp-wants-unemployment-benefits-to-become-a-repayable-loan/#comment-425274between-the-lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523250378946750149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157974268055329029.post-855691780017150972012-11-27T10:57:53.438+00:002012-11-27T10:57:53.438+00:00Well spotted...oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Goldman...Well spotted...oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Goldman Sachs in charge of the economy. Wow. How absolutely terrifying.Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157974268055329029.post-43994244613728828742012-11-26T23:59:21.291+00:002012-11-26T23:59:21.291+00:00... after which she would say "can you hear m...... after which she would say "can you hear me?"weggishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651722712995395981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157974268055329029.post-68447778281789413052012-11-26T23:54:59.385+00:002012-11-26T23:54:59.385+00:00OK - Back in the days when I watched TV, when ther...OK - Back in the days when I watched TV, when there was something worth watching, there was "The Fast show" with Arabella Weir who you may remember for "does my bum look big in this?" but who also played the "invisible woman" who tries to converse with a group of men but is completely ignored, only for a man in that group to repeat what she said and receive congratulations from the others for such a good idea.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Showweggishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651722712995395981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157974268055329029.post-30993653730332932562012-11-26T22:02:32.885+00:002012-11-26T22:02:32.885+00:00Who knows what it will morph into? I remember when...Who knows what it will morph into? I remember when all the madness was going on I could not believe it. And then it kept going on, and on, and on for so long that I thought I was the one who had gone mad, and was missing out on seeing some knew economic wisdom that the borrowers/apartment buyers had cottoned on to! <br /><br />My wallet is now suffering, having to bail-out these gobshites, but at least I have the comfort of knowing my sanity was not in question.<br /><br />Small comfort, I know!The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157974268055329029.post-57712696961252012512012-11-26T21:56:38.859+00:002012-11-26T21:56:38.859+00:00Blimey Mr W, that was quick.
Sadly either you are...Blimey Mr W, that was quick.<br /><br />Sadly either you are outdoing yourself in crypticness (crypticity?) or I am outdoing myself in obtuseness.<br /><br />Why not explain? between-the-lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523250378946750149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157974268055329029.post-18827792417527289342012-11-26T20:17:26.027+00:002012-11-26T20:17:26.027+00:00The clue is in the name - "Ann" Pettifor...The clue is in the name - "Ann" Pettifor.<br /><br />"Can you hear me?"weggishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651722712995395981noreply@blogger.com