Re: Clegg's apology - death throes of a doomed party leader? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:37 pm  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19660345 Just seen this on the news. Good job its for charity cos I don't think it'll be number one this week

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19660345 Just seen this on the news. Good job its for charity cos I don't think it'll be number one this week

Re: Clegg's apology - death throes of a doomed party leader? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:48 pm  

It's still a whole bloody week before the next Question Time but at least it should be worth a watch, given the panel:

Panellists include Harriet Harman, Danny Alexander, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Steve Coogan.

I wonder if Rees-Mogg will manage the whole show without his nanny. I loved his whine about others mentioning his nanny: "why do you always bring up the fact that I had a nanny? If I'd had a valet no one would bat an eyelid". These fookers aren't out of touch at all are they?

[Durham Giant]

Re: Clegg's apology - death throes of a doomed party leader? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:26 pm  

Here is the link for Vince Cables interview http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 9_09_2012/ hilarious

Here is the link for Vince Cables interview http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 9_09_2012/ hilarious

Re: Clegg's apology - death throes of a doomed party leader? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:50 pm  

The implosion of this coalition government may be spectacular.

Re: Clegg's apology - death throes of a doomed party leader? : Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:07 am  

The insincere weasel getting interviewed on Andrew Marr shortly.
I hope he get's a hard time.

Re: Clegg's apology - death throes of a doomed party leader? : Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:35 am  

WIZEB wrote:

The insincere weasel getting interviewed on Andrew Marr shortly.
I hope he get's a hard time.

Since when has wingnut given any politician a hard time? Marr's sucked enough political cock to put a handrail around the British coastline

Re: Clegg's apology - death throes of a doomed party leader? : Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:52 am  

cod'ead wrote:

Since when has wingnut given any politician a hard time? Marr's sucked enough political cock to put a handrail around the British coastline

Fair point.

Clegg is going to let parents and grandparents use their pension pots as security for their offspring to get mortgages and to get their feet on the property ladder.

Re: Clegg's apology - death throes of a doomed party leader? : Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:40 am  

WIZEB wrote:

Fair point.

Clegg is going to let parents and grandparents use their pension pots as security for their offspring to get mortgages and to get their feet on the property ladder.

I'd do that if it obtained a mortgage for either of mine, my pension pot is fooked as a pension pot now but its still more than is required for either of them to use as security, I've rolled over and accepted that those who control the money supply have shagged me senseless over the past forty years and so all thats left now is for me to pass on what I can to my offspring.

I'm not thinking of going anytime soon you understand though...

Re: Clegg's apology - death throes of a doomed party leader? : Sun Sep 23, 2012 3:50 pm  

McLaren_Field wrote: I'd do that if it obtained a mortgage for either of mine, my pension pot is fooked as a pension pot now but its still more than is required for either of them to use as security, I've rolled over and accepted that those who control the money supply have shagged me senseless over the past forty years and so all thats left now is for me to pass on what I can to my offspring. I'm not thinking of going anytime soon you understand though... You got 80 grand minimum in your pot then McF? Sounds a load of baloney to me and not getting anywhere near the root/heart of the problem. The Lib-Dems ''admitted the scheme is still at the early stages of development'. Mmmm! http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check/2012/sep/23/nick-clegg-pension-property

McLaren_Field wrote: I'd do that if it obtained a mortgage for either of mine, my pension pot is fooked as a pension pot now but its still more than is required for either of them to use as security, I've rolled over and accepted that those who control the money supply have shagged me senseless over the past forty years and so all thats left now is for me to pass on what I can to my offspring. I'm not thinking of going anytime soon you understand though... You got 80 grand minimum in your pot then McF? Sounds a load of baloney to me and not getting anywhere near the root/heart of the problem. The Lib-Dems ''admitted the scheme is still at the early stages of development'. Mmmm! http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check/2012/sep/23/nick-clegg-pension-property

Re: Clegg's apology - death throes of a doomed party leader? : Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:27 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

You got 80 grand minimum in your pot then McF?

Quoted from that article...

Firstly, to clarify, the limit on guarantees will be dictated by how much an individual can take out of their pension pot as a lump sum cash payment when they retire. This is usually about 25% - which is where that figure came from - but it will depend on an individual's scheme.

- There is not formally a minimum on pension pots to take part in the scheme, but the party suggests that home buyers would need at least £10,000 for a deposit. Based on the limits on cash payments, that would suggest they would need at least £40,000 in the pot to take part.

- Taking this "indicative" £40,000 figure, the party's research suggests about a quarter of a million people currently have £40,000 or more in their private pension pots.

I could cover that amount and bearing in mind that I don't, can't retire until I'm well past 65 (if we want to keep this house its going to be 70 as a minimum) then standing as guarantor for £10k against a property for the next ten years is probably safer than trusting NatWest to run the fookin thing efficiently, the jury is out on whether Aviva (who have bought NWB pension business) can do a better job.

Before I heard of this suggestion I was seriously thinking of taking out a further advance on the mortgage next year to give to the eldest as a deposit, her and her boyfriend have "professional" qualifications and jobs but are years and years away from saving anything like a deposit amount - when I was her age my dad lent me £500 which was all I needed to secure a mortgage on my first flat