RE: ashamed...he bloody should be!21 Oct 2018 22:34
i think it's misleading to say it is to do with company itself
The state and taxpayer rescued the whole property sector at expense of green energy investment and future prosperity
MP's refused even paycuts to ease pain of austerity as did all elite
Crown estate repaired palaces
Building companies could then see that the bail out was obviously so poorly worded for the restitution of funds to the taxpayer . Big landlords, foreign potentates of questionable wealth origination, holders of building sites (previously of no worth during bank meltdown) woukd all be rescued by the taxpayer at huge expense and at a huge delay to tax payer energy security
Politicians showed the extent to which they pander to the landlords and the club (masons most of whom can't use tools adeptly) behind the scenes and basically how proud they seem to be of their handiwork which has already cost the taxpayer so dearly and could actually end up being very serious indeed.
The big landlords have no shame. Give back the money at 4% from 2008. Let us invest in green energy albeit 20 years late. Forget all this masonic nonsense that you think you're saving the country or something. It's pure psychological self deception worthy of medieval times.
In times past even in my memory a surplus held by a company would have gone into a pot to be distributed to the shareholders. I'd be more forgiving if extremely high standards of building had recently been attained- energy efficient, high ceilings, balconies, sufficient playgrounds etc but that's not even the case.
So the company or building companies and building supplies companies have let everybody down.
But they are also IMHO part of a greater organised fraud against society. Politicians could of course rectify this and it would mean seizing 50% minimum of the big landlords assets. They could buy back these assets at the valuation and 4%/year from 2008 and in the meantime these assets could be mortgaged to provide meaningful green energy investment (ie not insulation!!)