Reply to: Tesco, New labour, NHS & BBC

[realityhack]

If you think Tesco's real business is the grocery market you've been misled.

I hear they're TLG's best client.

[NoddY]

If you think Tesco's real business is the grocery market you've been misled.

[Spartacus]

Yup - & it will all be the racist whitey's fault

You racist!!

[Troll]

Personally I do not think there is any doubt.
In my experience all the African nations are tribal. Elections are not based on what is the best for the county but which leader represents the majority or most popular tribe. Most of the Africans I have met in the less well educated areas have little or no interest in anything more than their own little patch.
Eventualy there will be a backlash against the rich white folks.

Once again I expect screams of racist, but they will have no basis in fact.

Yup - & it will all be the racist whitey's fault

[The Lone Gunman]

Opinion is divided on this point. They are hosting the World Cup (football) in 2010 and that will be a make/break moment.

Personally I do not think there is any doubt.
In my experience all the African nations are tribal. Elections are not based on what is the best for the county but which leader represents the majority or most popular tribe. Most of the Africans I have met in the less well educated areas have little or no interest in anything more than their own little patch.
Eventualy there will be a backlash against the rich white folks.

Once again I expect screams of racist, but they will have no basis in fact.

[DodgyAgent]

I do hate agreeing with an agent - but he is spot on here

stick with it you may start to enjoy it one day

[Back In Business]

Isn't SA due to go the way of Zim in a few years time?

(edit - that's South Africa, not Sally-Ann)

Opinion is divided on this point. They are hosting the World Cup (football) in 2010 and that will be a make/break moment.

[BrilloPad]

I do hate agreeing with an agent - but he is spot on here

[sasguru]

within the next 20 years I believe that power in this country will be divided between these four institutions:

1. The govt will have overall power to legislate and enforce obedience as well have total financial control using:

2. The BBC, which will become the ministry of truth to generate propoganda that will give support to the governement as well as provide all education needs for the country.

The

3. NHS will drive business and be responsible for employment, by virtue of being the UK's only internal consumer of B2B goods and services (doling out contracts to Crap Gemini, EDS and accidenture)

4. With Tesco responsible for selling food and consumer goods to the B 2 C market, controlling the farmers and producers of food and other consumer goods and services. Tesco will also be the UK's distributor and supplier of energy and sole exporter of goods and services.

By then I will have shares in all 4 and a be Party member to boot. One has to adapt to the circumstances.

SG in "O'Brien" mode.

[wendigo100]

Isn't SA due to go the way of Zim in a few years time?

(edit - that's South Africa, not Sally-Ann)

[Back In Business]

hout bay.... i love it there....

Good choice. A friend of mine has a boat docked at Hout Bay Yacht Club, normally used to go crayfish fishing from there those were the days.

[kramer]

hout bay.... i love it there.... but i might be persuaded to go to knysna (spelling?)

[Back In Business]

i will be early retired in Cape town by then with a beach side house and a classic mercedes...

Have you picked and exact spot or just the general area? I never thought of Cape Town as a retirement destination - further up the east coast is better.

[hyperD]

2. The BBC, which will become the ministry of truth to generate propoganda that will give support to the governement as well as provide all education needs for the country.

You mean BSkyBC, the spawn of the Murdoch empire?

[Spartacus]

You've got it wrong DA. That report published this morning says the big four supermarkets are not using their buying power to push down prices with suppliers.



I have to say, if I were a shareholder I'd be pretty dismayed.

[For the hard of thinking: yes, I know the report said they could find no "evidence" of this, i.e. Tesco told it's suppliers not to squeal or their contracts would be cancelled]