It's been an indoor sort of day here, with the heavens opening up just as I was delivering my girlfriend's table and the rain then following my grandson and I homeward.
Whilst my grandson was watching children's television I caught an ad for a Christmas savings firm. Which in turn reminded of another Christmas savings firm that went bust a few years ago, Farepak.
I was amazed to see that things are still unfolding in the Farepak saga, although not to benefit of those poor customers whose Christmases were ruined five years ago, with the administrators having now wracked up costs and fees that are more than any monies the victims can expect to receive.
I bet the BDO Christmas office bash was still a lively affair this year!
I seem to remember at the time there was a lot of sympathy from the then government, but very little help from the man in charge at the Treasury. Which contrasts sharply with his later actions during the time he was prime minister, when first his beloved Scottish banks, followed closely by the rest of the bunch south of the border were going breasts up; then he couldn't throw enough of our money at them!
I wonder if the three Ghosts of Christmas will be venturing north of the border this Yuletide, or is the Buffty frae Kirkcaldy passed redemption?
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Hi Billy Bones, still with you in the troubled season.
Meanwhile, a question re Farepack.
We both know that Bruno was one of the most incompetent ever.
Idiom here is 'he couldnae run a menodge' (as in menage/credit union).
Do they use that idiom down your way?
Perhaps, Fat Bigot could tell us if that usage would have any weight in Court down Sarf.
Only way to describe it for me 'he couldn't run a fecking menodge'
Osborne is not much better, must be said.
I'm afraid it's the boring "piss-up in a brewery" around here Young Merkin.
Re our family's troubled season, thank you for your concern and kind words.
I wish your and yours' all the best for Christmas and the coming New Year.
I was quite surprised at the time since Farepak customers were squarely in Labour's demographic.
Perhaps that was the problem; they were thought to be certain to keep voting NL, unless something extraordinary happened as it did to Mrs Duffy.
My suspicion is that NL didn't understand that this was an unsecured deposit taking outfit either.
Bull's eye WoaR!
Which is why I am still so disgusted by nuLabor's treatment of them. With a bit of off the record/behind closed doors dealing between nuLabor and the Opposition I'm sure we could have seen an "offical" rescue plan launched.
These were people who upon first principles a Labour Party should have been protecting.
Instead nuLabor just showed the contempt it had for it's core voters.
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