OT:Rover shocker.

Why in the name of Christ is MY money going to be used to sort out a PRIVATE
business FFS?

I cannot believe this, if my business happened to go the same way, would
this help my workers in the same way??

Truly shocking.

On or around Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:35:37 +0100, "/\\/ / & E"
<nigel.ince****[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Why in the name of Christ is MY money going to be used to sort out a PRIVATE
>business FFS?
>
>I cannot believe this, if my business happened to go the same way, would
>this help my workers in the same way??
>
>Truly shocking.

there's an election coming up - politicos will promise the world and
everything in it, tomorrow, provided you re-elect us.

can't believe how many people manage to be fooled by this.

--
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"The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:35:37 +0100, "/\\/ / & E"
<nigel.ince****[email protected]> wrote:

>Why in the name of Christ is MY money going to be used to sort out a PRIVATE
>business FFS?
>
>I cannot believe this, if my business happened to go the same way, would
>this help my workers in the same way??
>
>Truly shocking.
>

It's hardly a first. UK and European money is routinely pumped into
areas of high unemployment to boost skills and seed new economic
development. I live in a European Objective 1 area which has received
>£700 million in recent times for various projects.

Of course, many would argue that lots of the money is spent on
beaureacracy and I wouldn't argue with that. I think lots of it is
also wasted on projects which don't deliver real value, but some of it
does deliver and makes a difference. Lots of new businesses have
sprung up or been supported by these ventures - I'm a director of two
of them!

The alternative is to keep people on the dole, don't train them, don't
give them new opportunities. And to lose lots of votes....


--

Tim Hobbs

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'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

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"/\/ / & E" <nigel.ince****[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Why in the name of Christ is MY money going to be used to sort out a
> PRIVATE business FFS?
>
> I cannot believe this, if my business happened to go the same way, would
> this help my workers in the same way??
>
> Truly shocking.

So as we're paying for them, does that mean i can trundle down to the local
dealership and take my car home?

Si

SiK wrote:

> So as we're paying for them, does that mean i can trundle down to the local
> dealership and take my car home?

Nope - the money we're paying is largely to pay a weeks wages, so we
should all demand a rover worker comes round and spends some time
working on our vehicles for us (after all, it's not like they're busy
building rover cars now...)

Paul

--
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repton at repton dot org
http://www.repton.org/

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:10:12 +0100, Paul Everett
<[email protected]> wrote:

>SiK wrote:
>
>> So as we're paying for them, does that mean i can trundle down to the local
>> dealership and take my car home?
>
>Nope - the money we're paying is largely to pay a weeks wages, so we
>should all demand a rover worker comes round and spends some time
>working on our vehicles for us (after all, it's not like they're busy
>building rover cars now...)
>
They don't build very good cars to start with, so I wouldn't trust a
production line monkey to do any work on any vehicle of mine.

They could come and do the garden instead.

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So /\/ / & E was, like

> Why in the name of Christ is MY money going to be used to sort out a
> PRIVATE business FFS?
>
> I cannot believe this, if my business happened to go the same way,
> would this help my workers in the same way??
>
> Truly shocking.

Better to spend money on cushioning the blow to the poor sods made
unemployed, and help with retraining etc, than to pump unlimited cash into
propping up a failing business that's going nowhere. Labour 1970s vs Labour
2005 - it's an improvement. Slightly.

As others have said, the imminent election is not unconnected with the
Govt's generosity here.


--

Rich

Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 17:15:03 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>So /\/ / & E was, like
>
>> Why in the name of Christ is MY money going to be used to sort out a
>> PRIVATE business FFS?
>>
>> I cannot believe this, if my business happened to go the same way,
>> would this help my workers in the same way??
>>
>> Truly shocking.
>
>Better to spend money on cushioning the blow to the poor sods made
>unemployed, and help with retraining etc, than to pump unlimited cash into
>propping up a failing business that's going nowhere. Labour 1970s vs Labour
>2005 - it's an improvement. Slightly.
>
>As others have said, the imminent election is not unconnected with the
>Govt's generosity here.

I don't think they are doing very much that wouldn't be done anyway,
they are just making rather more song and dance about it.
--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk
Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com
Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com