For Sale (that is The United Kingdom or parts thereof)

**The_Rattler** · 11-10-2009, 18:50

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Pol...ernment_Assets

I am not too sure these days, but has the UK got left that we own, or can keep for ourselves.

WTF is going through the mind of this Prime Minister, one minute he is the Sherriff of Nottingham and the other hes Robin Hood..

Whats his long term plan?

Is he that bitterly twisted hes going to wreck the country

**Semper_Flexibilis** · 11-10-2009, 18:54

"It does sound slightly like what he is doing is picking up the sofa and giving it a good old shake to see if there are any 50 pence coins lurking under the cushions, but nonetheless Â£3bn is not bad money."

Very much soâ€¦

The cupboard is bare and it's all 'Prudence' Browns fault.

**parapauk** · 11-10-2009, 18:59

Are we selling the important stuff, or just the crap we don't need like the water, gas, electricity and the railways?

**Ulster_Rifleman** · 11-10-2009, 19:01

Whatever it is, it's 16 billions worth (BBC R4 just now)

Edit to say he's going to 'sell' student loans which are in fact debts. Credit crunch Mk2, here we come>

**CQMS** · 11-10-2009, 19:01

His main effort is directed towards the next election, everything else is secondary. He will say or do anything in order to achieve his aim.

**The_Rattler** · 11-10-2009, 19:02

I think if the UK has no money whatever we have left of value will be sold of to some other country. Ok fair point, BUT these fuggers will then charge us thrice the price for the same product, make there money back in several minutes and we will be bleed further not only by internal incompetence but by some dodgy share holder, Maybe Libya or Iran is ready to buy some UK assets like the uranium processing from Urenco.

**jarrod248** · 11-10-2009, 19:04

It's amazing what money is laying around. So take for example the dartford crossing did we pay to build it? I imagine it's still a toll for using it. Wonder what will happen to the price of the toll?

**Semper_Flexibilis** · 11-10-2009, 19:05

Originally Posted by parapauk

Are we selling the important stuff, or just the crap we don't need like the water, gas, electricity and the railways?

So why didn't your paymasters renationalise them in the last 12 years if they are so important?

**theoriginalphantom** · 11-10-2009, 19:06

How much would 'we' get for the houses of parliament and/or the houses of commons?
What would they get turned into?

**Blogg** · 11-10-2009, 19:09

He may not have noticed that:

1. the people who would buy such stuff (or arrange the same) are the investment bankers, hedge funds and private equity types his governemnt has spent the last 12 months variously demonising

2. when you pre-announce vast asset sales (for short term effect) that tends to drop the price (see: Gold Sales)

3. many of the takers will Sovereign wealth funds from countries not big on civil rights etc. But they have money so who cares

4. this will not be seen as fiscal prudence but fiscal capitulation.

5. everybody knows who is responsible for this.

6. he is a cnut.

**The_Rattler** · 11-10-2009, 19:10

Its quite clear the vision of this current government was a borrowed one and would be buy now pay much much later

**parapauk** · 11-10-2009, 19:11

Originally Posted by Oil_Slick

Originally Posted by parapauk

Are we selling the important stuff, or just the crap we don't need like the water, gas, electricity and the railways?

So why didn't your paymasters renationalise them in the last 12 years if they are so important?

It's a bit hard trying to buy back assets at full market price that were sold of cheap when you are at the same time trying to rebuild everything that wasn't sold off. I can't think it could have been undone for less than Â£150bln.

**Semper_Flexibilis** · 11-10-2009, 19:12

Originally Posted by Blogg

He may not have noticed that:

1. the people who would buy such stuff (or arrange the same) are the investment bankers, hedge funds and private equity types his governemnt has spent the last 12 months variously demonising

2. when you pre-announce vast asset sales (for short term effect) that tends to drop the price (see: Gold Sales)

3. many of the takers will Sovereign wealth funds from countries not big on civil rights etc. But they have money so who cares

4. this will not be seen as fiscal prudence but fiscal capitulation.

5. everybody knows who is responsible for this.

6. he is a cnut.

Indded, and it's sends out a great message to the money markets that the Gov has to sell gilts intoâ€¦

GARAGE SALE!!! UK PLC IS BUST!!!!!!!

The next Giltss ale should be interesting.

**Semper_Flexibilis** · 11-10-2009, 19:13

Originally Posted by parapauk

Originally Posted by Oil_Slick

Originally Posted by parapauk

Are we selling the important stuff, or just the crap we don't need like the water, gas, electricity and the railways?

So why didn't your paymasters renationalise them in the last 12 years if they are so important?

It's a bit hard trying to buy back assets at full market price that were sold of cheap when you are at the same time trying to rebuild everything that wasn't sold off. I can't think it could have been undone for less than Â£150bln.

Â£150 Bn? Small change in Gordon the Saviour of the World's universeâ€¦

Remind us again how much money he's chucked down the Banking black hole this year.