keyboarder Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 but how do they manage to put all the stationary or slow moving vehicles in front of the highways agency cameras good trick that ! Maybe it's a repeat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 It means you should immediately move your pension to Australia, where you'll now be able to retire rich - aged 18. ..and with the pension income tax free ...mind you if you have a decent private pension then there is none of this UK style 'I'll have a state pension too' business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Macquarie, which has bought the Steam Packet in October 2005 had in December 2006 sold 90 per cent of its shares in the to three Australian pension funds When MacQ bought Steam Packet, it was more a purchase of the user agreement, which was identified as a money making opportunity. At the time, they said they were buying for long term investment. Long term investment appears to have been 14 months. What did the pension funds (managed by MacQ) pay for the 90% of the shares that they were persuaded to buy? Bet MacQ made a profit, despite having paid silly money. MacQ's shares are now suspended. If the company goes under (apart from being down under) what will happen to all of its shipping companies, airports, motorways, ....and all of the pension funds it manages? Time for the Steam Packet to be nationalised? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 (edited) Time for the Steam Packet to be nationalised? Oh Christ no, the government and civil service's capacity to fuck things up is almost limitless. Private ownership is fine as long as the User Agreement gives the government enough levers against the operator. Admittedly they can fuck that up too, but they're bound to get it right by accident occasionally Edited May 1, 2009 by Tugger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Only a fool would sell a Goose that lays golden eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 MacQ's shares are now suspended. If the company goes under (apart from being down under) what will happen to all of its shipping companies, airports, motorways, ....and all of the pension funds it manages? Time for the Steam Packet to be nationalised? Don't panic Captain Mainwaring - Macquarie shares were only temporarily suspended ahead of their annual profit announcement. They made less than previous years - just under A$1 billion profit. Thank goodness RBS doesn't own the IOMSPC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Ooh, look! Another Macquarie big earner looking to be bailed out by a taxpayer. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Just one more victim of the Vampire Kangaroo asset stripper. Red claw capitalism at its worst. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-3532903/Thames-Water-sale-Vampire-Kangaroo-investor-loaded-utility-firm-11-4bn-loans-dodge-tax-seeks-sell-stake.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 There were some bits of privatisation that were absolutely right. The government had no business building cars for example. Even British Steel despite it being a disgrace since. But there are some things, like fucking water, that absolutely should forever have remained under state control. Makes me cross even thinking about it. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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