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Previously on "Whose fault was it?"

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    You voted din't you?

    Want someone to blame? Stand in front of the mirror.
    No I didn't vote you thicko.

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  • DodgyAgent
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    You voted din't you?

    Want someone to blame? Stand in front of the mirror.
    Even if he did not vote for Blair?

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    Nothing to do with me.
    You voted din't you?

    Want someone to blame? Stand in front of the mirror.

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  • Doggy Styles
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    But who sewed the deregulation seed in Gordon Brown's tiny little mind? Could it have been the bankers?
    Regardless, it was his job to ensure they were regulated. Same with any sector.

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by Lockhouse View Post
    Glass Steagall was only repealed so that American banks could compete with The City because of the deregulation brought in by Gordon Brown. Therefore Gordon Brown is to blame for everything.
    But who sewed the deregulation seed in Gordon Brown's tiny little mind? Could it have been the bankers?

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  • Doggy Styles
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    Originally posted by Lockhouse View Post
    Glass Steagall was only repealed so that American banks could compete with The City because of the deregulation brought in by Gordon Brown.
    I never fully appreciated that.

    Economically and fiscally, Brown turned out to be a complete and utter ****, didn't he.

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  • TimberWolf
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    Speaking of which, are Brown or Blair set to get important jobs in the European parliament?

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by Lockhouse View Post
    Glass Steagall was only repealed so that American banks could compete with The City because of the deregulation brought in by Gordon Brown. Therefore Gordon Brown is to blame for everything.
    Seems as if Gordon may have single-handedly ruined the world, rather than saving it as he claims. He could be our secret weapon, can we not get him a high powered job in France or Germany?

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  • Lockhouse
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    Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post
    I'm with Brillo on this.

    Bill Clinton, forced the repeal of the Glass Steagal Act in 1999, after it had been in place for 66 years.

    Glass Steagall Act
    Glass Steagall was only repealed so that American banks could compete with The City because of the deregulation brought in by Gordon Brown. Therefore Gordon Brown is to blame for everything.

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Nothing to do with me.

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    Our current economic woes. Who is to blame?

    Multiple choice poll.

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  • DodgyAgent
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    I can't see the Thatcher option
    Quite, if it was'nt for her we would have been in the wonderful position of having had nothing to lose.

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  • Scrag Meister
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    I prefer it like this - all the above are responsible but one is forced to make a number one choice.

    There are some others missed though - like Bill Clinton. He allowed retail and investment banks to be combined and forced banks to lend to people who could not afford it.
    I'm with Brillo on this.

    Bill Clinton, forced the repeal of the Glass Steagal Act in 1999, after it had been in place for 66 years.

    Glass Steagall Act

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  • Churchill
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    Where's the "Every Indian and Chinese family wanting cars and the subsequent increase in demand for raw materials that requires is really ******* things up" option?

    Just asking, like...

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  • NickFitz
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    I can't see the Thatcher option

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