5000 bankers given the boot

[Bluebird]

5000 bankers, probably average salary £50k ?

So thats 250m in salaries that Gordo won't get any tax from...

[Bob Dalek]

As for the 1,000 people working in High Wycombe - they should think themselves lucky they're not working in that dump anymore...

Indeed. It's the foulest turd of a town in all creation, and I am comparing it to Salford, too.

[bogeyman]

probably average salary £50k ?

<cough>and the rest</cough>

[sappatz]

Lehman

how many IT contractors and consultants were employed at Lehman UK ?

[Cyberman]

5000 bankers, probably average salary £50k ?

So thats 250m in salaries that Gordo won't get any tax from...

Exactly.... he already has a 24.4 Billion deficit in the past 3 months. He needs to cut some of those superfluous public sector jobs, but it won't happen because they are his core voters. He will just add it to the national debt and drive us into an even deeper mess.

[The Lone Gunman]

<cough>and the rest</cough>

Yes but they get the rest of the half mill in tax free bonuses.

[Moscow Mule]

On the plus side (if my former colleague is to be believed) there will be a fair bit of totty in Digress etc tonight, looking for a shoulder to cry on, eh? Nudge wink...

[HairyArsedBloke]

Those that laugh at these poor people will come to regret it in due course as what goes around comes around. Unemployment in the UK is now due to reach epidemic proportions IMO. That is no laughing matter and will affect everybody.

Yup, this what happen after the crash in '87. Loads of people were dancing in the streets at the thought of all those City types getting stuffed. Not too long afterwards the whole economy slid down the pan and unemployment shot up.

[bogeyman]

On the plus side (if my former colleague is to be believed) there will be a fair bit of totty in Digress etc tonight, looking for a shoulder to cry on, eh? Nudge wink...

Totty in Digress?

What? You mean they can't stick to the point?

[bogeyman]

Yup, this what happen after the crash in '87. Loads of people were dancing in the streets at the thought of all those City types getting stuffed. Not too long afterwards the whole economy slid down the pan and unemployment shot up.

I was made redundant from the City in 1987. Best thing that ever happened to me. The payoff set me up. I wonder what these poor sods are getting in the way of golden parachutes.