Comments on: The Bank gets gloomy but doesn’t apologise http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:47:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Simon http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17369 Simon Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:12:28 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17369 Cliff, I asked the DVLA how much they spent on the robotic voice advert that threatened to crush your car and ended with the charming catchphrase "We know where you live". It was Cliff,

I asked the DVLA how much they spent on the robotic voice advert that threatened to crush your car and ended with the charming catchphrase “We know where you live”. It was

]]> By: mikestallard http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17358 mikestallard Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:17:53 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17358 We all know that the Chancellor is a lawyer who is totally, utterly out of his depth in the City. We all know that the PM is completely hopeless at dealing with people and that his media face is appalling. We all know, too, that Labour is full of unreconstructed TU people and jobsworths in natty Italian suits/dresses. (The Frank Fields type went under ages ago.) The We all know that the Chancellor is a lawyer who is totally, utterly out of his depth in the City. We all know that the PM is completely hopeless at dealing with people and that his media face is appalling. We all know, too, that Labour is full of unreconstructed TU people and jobsworths in natty Italian suits/dresses. (The Frank Fields type went under ages ago.)
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]]> By: Cliff http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17355 Cliff Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:26:29 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17355 Simon, I thought it was just me....I was watching TV the other night and on channel five I think it was, during every ad break there was a government or one of government's quangos or agencies giving me a message....most came down to the same thing namely, "We are watching you and if you don't do as we say we'll have you." I was threatened with a fine, imprisonment, loss of car and having it crushed, a court appearance, being responsible for depriving my children of clean air and a list of other things. What made it worse is that in effect, these messages from Nanny are piped into my home....it is very 1984. I have also noticed that the psychologists are getting involved in the contents of the aforementioned ads....We are having childrens voices telling us to be eco friendly...I am of the generation where kids do not dictate to adults, kids do as adults tell them, so if anything, these adverts are even less likely to make me do what Nanny wants. I do not want to sit in my home and be threatened by Nanny neither do I wish to be emotionally blackmailed by her. John, do you know how much government and it's quangos spend each year on TV and radio advertising to threaten the people that pay their salaries? Replyt: No, but too much. That's another spending cut that will be popular. Simon,
I thought it was just me….I was watching TV the other night and on channel five I think it was, during every ad break there was a government or one of government’s quangos or agencies giving me a message….most came down to the same thing namely, “We are watching you and if you don’t do as we say we’ll have you.” I was threatened with a fine, imprisonment, loss of car and having it crushed, a court appearance, being responsible for depriving my children of clean air and a list of other things.
What made it worse is that in effect, these messages from Nanny are piped into my home….it is very 1984.

I have also noticed that the psychologists are getting involved in the contents of the aforementioned ads….We are having childrens voices telling us to be eco friendly…I am of the generation where kids do not dictate to adults, kids do as adults tell them, so if anything, these adverts are even less likely to make me do what Nanny wants. I do not want to sit in my home and be threatened by Nanny neither do I wish to be emotionally blackmailed by her.

John, do you know how much government and it’s quangos spend each year on TV and radio advertising to threaten the people that pay their salaries?

Replyt: No, but too much. That’s another spending cut that will be popular.

]]> By: Stuart Fairney http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17349 Stuart Fairney Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:54:45 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17349 Is it just me, or does anyone else find the adverts for the "people's post office" really North Korean? Reply: What bugs me is we are having to pay good taxes to subsidise this punk socialism Is it just me, or does anyone else find the adverts for the “people’s post office” really North Korean?

Reply: What bugs me is we are having to pay good taxes to subsidise this punk socialism

]]> By: Simon http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17336 Simon Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:19:46 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17336 Have you noticed the amount of government advertising on the radio? They must be keeping half the commercial radio stations in the country afloat. I have found recently that it has increased to such a level as to become irritating and I find myself turning the radio off ever more frequently. We seem to be bombarded with orders to get our tax returns in, don't use mobile phones, eat 5 portions of vegetables, get low energy lightbulbs, emissions zone warnings, benefits hotlines, tax our cars. It is unpleasant, opressive and intrusive. No doubt the various departments involved are spending a small fortune on producing these ghastly adverts. The sooner they are stopped the better. Reply: I agree - they are always threatening us through these ghastly ads if we don't comply. Have you noticed the amount of government advertising on the radio? They must be keeping half the commercial radio stations in the country afloat. I have found recently that it has increased to such a level as to become irritating and I find myself turning the radio off ever more frequently. We seem to be bombarded with orders to get our tax returns in, don’t use mobile phones, eat 5 portions of vegetables, get low energy lightbulbs, emissions zone warnings, benefits hotlines, tax our cars. It is unpleasant, opressive and intrusive. No doubt the various departments involved are spending a small fortune on producing these ghastly adverts. The sooner they are stopped the better.

Reply: I agree - they are always threatening us through these ghastly ads if we don’t comply.

]]> By: Chuck Unsworth http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17328 Chuck Unsworth Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:47:03 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17328 Yes but all these Quangos are sinecures for the pals of Brown and his cohorts. Whilst that continues there'll be no change. Appointments in all cases are politically based and biased. And that applies to a plethora of public organisations - such as NHS trusts etc. Add to that the exponential growth of these empires and you can see that there are a large number of people who would regard it as in their best interests to continue this rip-off of tax- and rate-payers. It never ceases to amaze me when I pick up the local rag and run my eye over the appointments section. Page after page of jobs for various Quangos, and local and regional authorities. What productive work are all these people doing? How much wealth are they actually generating? They are all a net loss and most are a dead loss. Yes but all these Quangos are sinecures for the pals of Brown and his cohorts. Whilst that continues there’ll be no change. Appointments in all cases are politically based and biased. And that applies to a plethora of public organisations - such as NHS trusts etc.

Add to that the exponential growth of these empires and you can see that there are a large number of people who would regard it as in their best interests to continue this rip-off of tax- and rate-payers. It never ceases to amaze me when I pick up the local rag and run my eye over the appointments section. Page after page of jobs for various Quangos, and local and regional authorities. What productive work are all these people doing? How much wealth are they actually generating? They are all a net loss and most are a dead loss.

]]> By: Richard http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17321 Richard Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:26:58 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17321 The economic mess we are in now has surely been created by Gordon Brown's economic policies? Conditions seem reminiscent of the 1970's Labour policies under Harold Wilson where sharply higher oil prices led to a massive increase in inflation. This time around I suggest that the number of employees in the public sector is proportionately higher, hence the drain on the Exchequor and therefore limited room for manoeuvre to get public finances under control. Gordon Brown, aka Mr. Bean is utterly at a loss for solutions. He and Blair are responsible for where we are today although Blair had the good political sense to get out just before things started to go horribly pear-shaped. The economic mess we are in now has surely been created by Gordon Brown’s economic policies? Conditions seem reminiscent of the 1970’s Labour policies under Harold Wilson where sharply higher oil prices led to a massive increase in inflation.
This time around I suggest that the number of employees in the public sector is proportionately higher, hence the drain on the Exchequor and therefore limited room for manoeuvre to get public finances under control.
Gordon Brown, aka Mr. Bean is utterly at a loss for solutions. He and Blair are responsible for where we are today although Blair had the good political sense to get out just before things started to go horribly pear-shaped.

]]> By: Matthew Reynolds http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17316 Matthew Reynolds Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:49:28 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/02/14/the-bank-gets-gloomy-but-doesnt-apologise/#comment-17316 You are dead right John ! QUANGO's need cutting down to size so that taxes can be cut to energise the economy . You are dead right John ! QUANGO’s need cutting down to size so that taxes can be cut to energise the economy .

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