The number of piss takes of Mssr Snowden and Assange in TV dramas is most amusing. I found another one in the ABC AUS series Rake.
Nothing beats the mickey take of Russell Brand in The Good Wife. I literally rolled on the sofa with laughter - that it was done by the actor who plays the infamous wife killer Colin Sweeney just made it even funnier. He did it brilliantly. Dylan Baker is such a fantastic baddie actor. He's always so smart and charming and reptilian all at the same time.
I would think this applies to many pensioners who have paid off their mortgage and have savings. I know it is a real bugbear of my parents. Same under Labour I guess
Fraser Nelson (@FraserNelson) 18/03/2015 09:49 How have savers have fared under Osborne? £1,000 deposited in an Cash ISA seven years ago is worth just £916 now. pic.twitter.com/9FQ1mEHh0S
Those same pensioners would have been (rightly) more than compensated for such a loss by the triple lock on their pensions protecting them from the austerity the rest of public expenditure has gone through. If they've paid off their mortgage, they have also benefitted from continued house price rises improving their net worth. Given that, I would far prefer a few savers see modest returns (or even mild losses) over experiencing Eurozone-style deflation.
Good for you.
Let's see how ordinary pensioners feel about it, those that aren't financial whizzkids, don't want to move from their home,and can't justify paying financial advisors
They don't need to. Plenty of thoroughly boring high street financial institutions like building societies offer access to savings products linked to stock markets or the like. It's not difficult and people need to take some responsibility for their own lives and decisions.
Very forceful Dave
Nasty party are back... the ultimate wolves in gay green sheeps clothing
What's nasty about providing choice? If you have choice and reasonable information then people are best placed to judge what's best for their own circumstances - and the consequence of that is that they're responsible for those decisions. The alternative is the infantilisation of the population, implicit in the belief that they're not capable of looking after themselves and that bureaucrats should do it for them.
I would think this applies to many pensioners who have paid off their mortgage and have savings. I know it is a real bugbear of my parents. Same under Labour I guess
Fraser Nelson (@FraserNelson) 18/03/2015 09:49 How have savers have fared under Osborne? £1,000 deposited in an Cash ISA seven years ago is worth just £916 now. pic.twitter.com/9FQ1mEHh0S
Those same pensioners would have been (rightly) more than compensated for such a loss by the triple lock on their pensions protecting them from the austerity the rest of public expenditure has gone through. If they've paid off their mortgage, they have also benefitted from continued house price rises improving their net worth. Given that, I would far prefer a few savers see modest returns (or even mild losses) over experiencing Eurozone-style deflation.
Good for you.
Let's see how ordinary pensioners feel about it, those that aren't financial whizzkids, don't want to move from their home,and can't justify paying financial advisors
They don't need to. Plenty of thoroughly boring high street financial institutions like building societies offer access to savings products linked to stock markets or the like. It's not difficult and people need to take some responsibility for their own lives and decisions.
Very forceful Dave
Nasty party are back... the ultimate wolves in gay green sheeps clothing
What's nasty about providing choice? If you have choice and reasonable information then people are best placed to judge what's best for their own circumstances - and the consequence of that is that they're responsible for those decisions. The alternative is the infantilisation of the population, implicit in the belief that they're not capable of looking after themselves and that bureaucrats should do it for them.
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Nothing beats the mickey take of Russell Brand in The Good Wife. I literally rolled on the sofa with laughter - that it was done by the actor who plays the infamous wife killer Colin Sweeney just made it even funnier. He did it brilliantly.
Dylan Baker is such a fantastic baddie actor. He's always so smart and charming and reptilian all at the same time.