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Archive of posts filed under the Soapbox category.

RBS bonuses.

The general public of this country currently own 84% of The Royal Bank of Scotland.
The bank has just announced a loss of £3.6 billion which is far less than the £24 billion lost in 2008. Having said that, bad debt has increased from the 2008 figure of £7.4 billion to today’s figure of £13.9 billion [...]

Telephone etiquette.

Call me old fashioned but is it not rude to ring someone up, whom you do not personally know, and ask for them by name without first introducing yourself?
I’ve had two calls today from companies who did the above. In fact it is common practice these days for any non personal [...]

A threat to quit? Allow me to show you the door.

RBS board to quit if chancellor vetoes bonuses.
Having read the above blog and all the related news posts in reference to this I only have the following to say.
Allow me to show them the way out while I give them a gentle reminder* of how much these tossers owe the tax payers of this country. [...]

NHS.

I don’t often see eye to eye with John Prescott but on this issue of our NHS I do.

Britain’s former Deputy Prime Minister tells America – “Ignore Hannan. Britain’s proud of the NHS!”
I notice on the news coverage from the US on this issue that all the people queueing up to have a pop are [...]