Saturday, April 25, 2009

Gordon Should Take His Own Debt Advice

DirectGov is a government run portal to government services. One of the pages on the site advises on debt issues. I wonder if the Prime Minister and Chancellor might take a gander at it today...

"If you're in debt and you are finding it hard to cope, it's important to deal with the problem straight away - the longer you ignore your debts, the worse the situation becomes."

"You may have little or nothing left to offer your non-priority creditors. You should still talk to them, explaining the situation; you may be able to tell them that you will pay them back at some point in the future - but don't make promises you can't keep."
Indeed.

All from DirectGov.
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12 comments:

  1. Michael HeaverApril 25, 2009 3:04 pm

    Bada bing...

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  2. Jon LishmanApril 25, 2009 3:07 pm

    Lol. Indeed.

    Hope your lot hammer Chelski today. (No particular reason ;)

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  3. AnonymousApril 25, 2009 3:19 pm

    Brown seems to tell everyone else one thing put practice another.

    It is like Gordon Brown's Moral Compass - Should be more like his Amoral Compass!

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  4. Martin SApril 25, 2009 3:26 pm

    Of course, Iain, there are tow classes of people who this advice doesn't apply to:

    People with access to printing presses to print more money.

    Any member of the public who tried this would be banged up for forgery.

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  5. PlatoApril 25, 2009 3:32 pm

    hhahahhhaaha

    Good spot.

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  6. Bernard CowleyApril 25, 2009 4:06 pm

    Gordon has done more financial damage to the United KIngdom than the aggregated efforts of all the kings of France, Spain and England, Napoleon Bonaparte, Kaiser Wilhelm, Adolf Hitler and Frankin Delano Roosevelt.

    The man is a cretinous moron and I hope Guido gets 10 million signatures on his petition.

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  7. PeteApril 25, 2009 5:28 pm

    OT
    Nadine's gone to law

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  8. LolaApril 25, 2009 5:47 pm

    The FSA have improving the publics financial capability eductation as part of their remit, he could ask them.....Oh yes, sorry. I forgot. They've f****d too.

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  9. GarethApril 25, 2009 6:28 pm

    Brown has been spending more than tax receipts since 2002.

    Not so much a tax and spend Labour Government as a tax, borrow and spend one.

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  10. UnknownApril 25, 2009 10:13 pm

    Time to cut up the credit cards Gordon!

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  11. Mark MApril 26, 2009 7:56 am

    There's also "http://www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk/" from the FSA.

    Yeah, because I'm going to take financial advice from the quango that missed our ballooning debt.

    Give me MoneySavingExpert every time

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  12. AnonymousApril 26, 2009 10:05 am

    Check this out from Willem Buiter's blog on the financial times. At the end he calls for Brown to resign and for a government of national unity !

    http://blogs.ft.com/maverecon/2009/04/darling-is-doing-his-best-to-clean-up-browns-mess/#more-1440

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