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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by minsky1 View Post
    Things can only get better ....... as Tony once said.
    Things did get better. For him.

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  • minsky1
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    Things can only get better ....... as Tony once said.

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by expat View Post
    Will anyone draw the obvious conclusion?
    I wouldn't "Labour" that point...

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  • expat
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    Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
    so really it's just like late 1979, 1989-90 and 1992 again?
    Will anyone draw the obvious conclusion?

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  • VectraMan
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    Don't worry, Scotland will bail us out.

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  • Peoplesoft bloke
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    The deposits won't disappear, you'll probably be given an IOU by the British Government. The mortgages will be sold to a shark who will impose 15% interest rates.
    so really it's just like late 1979, 1989-90 and 1992 again?

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  • BlasterBates
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    The deposits won't disappear, you'll probably be given an IOU by the British Government. The mortgages will be sold to a shark who will impose 15% interest rates.

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  • Bagpuss
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    Originally posted by DS23 View Post
    what happens to our mortgages if it all goes down the toilet?
    The banks insurance company pays the administrators and then chases you for the debt

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  • HairyArsedBloke
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    Originally posted by rootsnall View Post
    Cancelled, surely, in DPs words 'it's only fair' !
    No, you'll still owe the government the money, but they will have taken your house from you too.

    Edit: Damn you expat, got there first!

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  • FSM with Cheddar
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    I was in the air cadets when I was 13, so I think than makes me higher ranking than you civvies in a time of martial law.

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  • expat
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    Originally posted by DS23 View Post
    what happens to our mortgages if it all goes down the toilet?
    You keep the mortgage but your house is nationalised.

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  • rootsnall
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    Originally posted by DS23 View Post
    what happens to our mortgages if it all goes down the toilet?
    Cancelled, surely, in DPs words 'it's only fair' !

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  • DS23
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    what happens to our mortgages if it all goes down the toilet?
    Last edited by DS23; 7 October 2008, 10:06. Reason: (death)

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