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Not at all, what percentage of people booked for parking on Blackburn rd are white?
At least 95%.
It would be racist to book anyone else!

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Well there's less smoke in Bermuda and they have a better Civil Rights record...

Interestingly for a company that has received a $5 Million investment they have yet to make a Android App. hummm not very internet savvy

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Never been one for tradition Wizz ;)
Hen's teeth you'll be wanting me to wipe my feet when I come into the Railway next. :rolleyes:

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That would be strange, most of us wipe them on the way out.
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Boom Boom............:)

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Not at all, but prompted by you I did. Now we know where he got the money to buy Accy on the cheap. I thought Barclays paid better bonuses than HSBC though.:D

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I've read your febrile and foul mouthed rant on the alternative thread and would ask a chap such as yourself with a broad range of opinions in the forums ranging from the dubious to the odious.


"What would you put in place of our current parliamentary system?"

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Our system aint bad, its the way its carried out, by M.P.s of all persuasion thats in question, But meself i would start off wi honest people.;)

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i did have a long winded post with what were probabbly some half decent ideas but its late and iv cracked a few cans so i will simply say ..

its not the system thats the big issue its the crooks playing it so if anything all that is needed is a good old fashioned kull :)

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lets face it things are pretty bad in wesminster..

you cant go on holiday to america if you have a criminal record but you can go to court,be found guilty of lying and still hold a position in westminster.Get caught sleeping with prositutes and rent boys which many MPs donts eem to realise is illigal and still effect the way the country is run and make decsions on things like law.


criminal record should mean not able to stand for any level of politics or if already in politics and proven to have broken the law then said person expelled from politics

no need for second homes either iv got a great idea for that lol

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The fact that Less and Cashman's "credits" represents only the last 6 months makes it even worse. Lol, if all those posts were made in just the last 6 months then the situation for you is worse that I thought. Might want to think "why do so few people like what I have to say" and you can start by looking at the language and vitriol that you throw. As you can tell it doesn't matter to me what you think, but I'm sure it chases others away.

Research my Linkedin profile if you like Marge, you won't find anything adverse, and I've never been hiding so your "breaking news" is not news at all.

What you'll see is that I spent 12 years working for the Bank of England, left after it became the FSA, setup the compliance function at Standard Life bank in Edinburgh, spent 6 years as Head of Compliance at the Bank of Bermuda (taken over HSBC while I was there) and left 6 years ago to start my own businesses.

What you clearly don't understand is what the Head of Compliance does in a bank. That's rooting out crime, money launderers, theives and scum both internal and external who are trying to steal or launder cash through a bank. I prosecuted and imprisoned loads of criminals everything from Norad money to the IRA through to Miami drug runners. You'll note that when HSBC was done for Money Laundering offences in the USA, HSBC's Bermuda operation was entirely clean. USA authorities must have hated that because if they could have pinned something on Bermuda they would have.

To the pilot's point about an Android app, we would actually launch a product first and then release the Android app in much the same way that Boeing would build a 787 plane and test it before delivering to customers.......ah, sorry bad example please replace Boeing with Airbus.

In your communal attempts to attack what either I or my firm is doing it might be best if you learn about it first here A new name for a new concept: the TravelShark pivot | Tnooz

Now, where were we? Ah yes, MPs should be paid more not less.

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Shall I call you Grum (since you call me Marge)?
You have this way of denigrating women named Margaret which indicates total lack of respect, - typical of the self obsessed psycho method of attempting to gain advantage.

Whether or not your past occupation was legal you are trying to say you acted 'morally' to stop money laundering etc.

I consider that stance to be on a par with considering Fred the Shred for a sainthood.
There ain''t no saints in banking - just the P. R. jobs like yours to give the impression of morality, where there is none.

Bankers, past or present, are now recognised as the 'lepers' in our society.
You gained financially from actively participating in a corrupt system - and you expect me to respect you for that! - really?

I notice that you have mentioned your 'charitable works' and some are featured on video on your website.
The concept of 'Charidee' (Savile) has also been tainted by recent revelations. The 'easing of conscience' effect is now revealed for what it is - sham.

You were a banker - learn to forgive yourself for it - the public aren't likely to.

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Come on, it`s not that difficult, the post count is from when he joined the forum, 35,000 in 8 years = 4300 per year. The likes are from when the Like button was introduced 6 months ago currently 861 = 1,722/year. Makes approx 1 like to every 2.5 posts.

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I call you Marge because you don't like it. While you desperately seek some something negative towards me I shall treat you with a similar level of respect. Treat others as you expect to be treated yourself.

I have no regrets in relation to my former profession. Your sweeping statements show a level of ignorance about it that is staggering, but undoubtedly will be popular on this forum. Hardly representative of reality though.

I neither want, seek, nor expect to receive your respect.

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Margaret, please and I'm sure you really didn't mean to say the above but please don't tar all the hundreds of thousands of "bankers" who do a good honest job in what is an invaluable role in society. With out banks the world would be still in the stone age. I work with many truly exceptional people who really care from the front counter operations that most people see as their interface to the banking industry to the people behind the scenes needed to make such huge complex machines work.

The UK is blessed as a nation and far more prosperous than we would be if it was not for the financial industry and the UKs significant position in that market.

IN respect of the original argument, would I do the MP role for 75K? no thanks.. its not a 9-5 job in any way, you are responsible for the running of an organisation that financially is larger than any corporation(I can think of, have to also deal with armed threats to our security, have housing and social policys that are fair to all, decide on aspects so varied and important it will make your head spin yet we expect someone like Graham J who is an ordinary bloke with ( and with all respect) no specialist business r or pertinent skills to do this role? IMHO whilst sounding morally wonderful the idea that we place no actual test of ability on MPs to do the role they perform is ludicrous. no other job in the world works purely on you get it if you are popular....