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Click on The Appropriate SectionNOVEMBER 25th 2009
IS A LANDMARK DAY IN BANKING HISTORY. FOR THE BANKS HAVE BASICALLY WON
A BATTLE BUT IN THE PROCESS HAVE LOST THE WAR
Yes the OFT have lost their case
against the Banks on a technicality but in the 46 page summing up the
Supreme Court made it clear that the underlying reasons of the OFT
claim were right and that the banks have not just been overcharging but
by their own devious actions have been creating unauthorised overdrafts
so as to then take massive disproportionate charges. This we realised
some time ago especially where the banks have tried to take a charge of
up to £8 a day on overdrafts of a few pence. Their little game is
to allow an unauthorised overdraft of a few £'s so that they can
claim their large daily rate and then bounce any further payments. The
question is why did they allow the original unauthorised overdraft in
the first place. In most cases the customer didn't request the
overdraft- therefore the debt is the fault of the bank and the Customer
should NOT pay such charges.
To the OFT, the Supreme Court hinted that it might want to look at a different section of the law. Instead of regulation six, it should look to regulation five. By not allowing the customers to have a say in whether the bank should accept transactions that take them beyond their unauthorised overdraft limit, for example, the banks could be said to be in breach of this regulation. Therefore we shall take every case we are dealing with to the Courts under section 5, as we have been doing for some years now. We
specialize in challenging Banks
& Credit Card Companies in regards their charges on credit cards
and charges for bouncing cheques and
Direct Debits. We also act
for people who are being persued for debts & advise them how to
defend
against those debts and the charges that are being included in
them.
In most cases these charges are disproportionately high and it is
likely
that these Companies are conducting unfair terms under CONSUMER CONTRACT
REGULATIONS
1999 . Further in many cases they have been taking
insurance
premiums to cover debts if the creditor loses his/her job, but still
chase
the creditor when they may have collected an insurance payout.
We name & shame these financial institutions who are ripping off their customers and direct clients to the appropriate authorities to report them to. In recent months these actions have gathered pace & the banks are trying more unfair methods of fighting back like closing accounts. We can assist you by further naming & shaming the individuals in the banks playing such games. Remember they only got big by servicing the public & if they abuse the public then they can also meet the same people on the way down. We have had questions asked in Parliament and will continue to fight for the Consumer. We have now added a list of the leading CEOs in the UK for YOU to contact direct so avoiding call centres etc
UK Regulators
German Companies
Swedish Companies
Finnish Companies
Japanese Companies
US Companies
US Government
EU Bodies
World Leaders
UK Government Ministers e-mail addressesBANKS - helpful institutions which keep your money safe or ‘legitimate’ cartels that fleece you for every penny they can get? Who are we to say? Anyway, the banking industry is set to lose even more fans after it was revealed that the Halifax has been harassing one Alison Turner for unpaid overdraft charges she didn‘t owe.The mum of two from Plymouth received a total of 33 phone calls and letters from bank staff demanding she pay back the £775 in charges even though the bank had already agreed to wipe them out. However, like
thousands
of people all over the country, Turner decided to fight back, bringing
a
legal action against the Halifax under the PROTECTION FROM
HARASSMENT
ACT 1997 .She
won. And is expected to receive a cash payment after the bank agreed to
settle
out of court. Hurray for justice.
A bruised and sullen Halifax mumbled tersely, “We have no comment other than it's settled.” What, nothing about it being an isolated incident, computer problems, staff retraining etc. etc. ? As a firm of lawyers we receive these type of phone calls daily- sometimes even from India. The twits at the other end believe they are phoning the alleged debtors- instead we are monitoring all their calls and preparing to take extensive legal action against them. We will name & shame the people responsible and give everyone their home phone numbers for"A person guilty of an offence under this act is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both." These pests must be stopped and Shitstirrers of Wessex will lead the way. Email us with details of harassment you have suffered- Down in Plymouth two cases have made history. And believe us it is not just banks & credit card companiesbut unscrupulous landlords. We have been informed of one instance of a landlord trespassing into an OAP tenant's flat at 8.15pm on a Saturday night & so frightening his partner that she left and within a few days was no longer with us. These people should not be allowed to be landlords. We have been handed the most disgusting letter sent out from Bristol in regarding television licenses- this letter is absolute harassment in the name of an authority- watch this column as we have the perpetrators brought to justice. We will act on behalf of anyone who is suffering harassment., The law is on your side and the bullies will not get their pound of flesh. It seems that certain Debt Collectors do not take the hint that they are breaking the law . We have encountered by a company who call themselves by the mis-nomen of Credit Solutions Ltd of Capella Court, Brighton Road, Purley Surrey CR8 2PG . We represent a client in regards his financial affairs & they have decided to keep telephoning & SMSing our offices & harassing. Despite telling them by phone twenty times and 6 emails they continue to harass us. These have been recorded. We have passed on the details to the OFT , the CSA and the Somerset & Avon Police (ref: 78202/08). and suggest that other readers phone and inform them that they are HARRASSING under PROTECTION FROM HARASSMENT ACT 1997. This is a CRIMINAL Act which can lead to 6 months imprisonment and/or a level 5 fine. THEIR PHONE NUMBER IS 0800 783 5602 and their Managing Director is Will Pierce. We have his full home & work details & will publish them if this Harassment does not stop. Another Company that keeps ringing our offices are J B Debt Recovery of 176 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HG from a phone number 08002889838 asking for a client who passed away in 2003. They have been informed of this at least 9 times and have continued to keep harassing. Our phone numbers are forwarding numbers from an admirable company called www.yac.com. So whoever is using that 0709 number received these harassments - however we have now screened & blocked that number and other numbers of theirs: 0870 744 7855 & 0141 353 0088. You should contact your supplier and arrange that these numbers are blocked. Such companies will soon learn that they are wasting their time. We will leave the rest to our readers. If they are experiencing the same from these firms contact:
Andy Lowther ,Office of
Fair Trading
,1C/015 ,FREEPOST ,London, EC4B 4AH
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Are you fed up with unfair bank
charges,
salesmen, debt collectors, parking tickets, petty officials and
pesterers?
If so Shitstirrers are for you. We are a specialist service to deal with these characters with our dedicated team. Let us introduce them to you. Our great leader is Adolf Shitler.
He
stands for no nonsense and has decreed that all these pests be
destroyed.
For this purpose he has trained Arnie Turdinator.
They will eliminate the
pests
from your life. They are the ultimate weapons in the armoury.
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However
for the more delicate minded. The softly softly approach can be taken
by using Tom Turd who will write back to the Urine takers.
Stating
the law for harassment and the consequences of their actions.
Threatening
to report them to Big Dick the Bogfather.
Alternatively a stupid letter will be sent by Brown Dumbshit writing an incomprehensible letter, which wastes time and money. |
This letter writing system should
get
rid of 90% of the pests and costs just £10 a letter from
either
Sadham Shitstirrer or Mohammed Dumbshit.
Another course is taken by Gerardo Lazyshit who requests details and documents to be produced in triplicate on incomprehensible forms, which they send back to the perpetrators in Italian. Shitstirrers of Wessex is your way of dealing with the stupid bureaucracy in this world. It also deals with the irritants that destroy our peace of mind. So if you have a problem contact me, Mick The Ripper. At Shitstirrers
of Wessex,
16 High Street, Chard, Somerset TA20 1QB Fax : +44(0) 845 862 1954 Click here to contact us |
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CAPITAL ONE DISREGARD CONSUMER CONTRACT REGULATIONS 1999 AND HARASS CARD HOLDER FOR OVER £516 FOR A £185 DEBT.
We recommend
all
those being persued by Capital One write back & ask them to explain
their charges in relation to the CONSUMER CONTRACT
REGULATIONS
1999 . Maybe they
will
get a response.
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Remember The Avengers? We believe in
them
& are pleased to promote and publicize them as they take on the big
bullies.
People like Stephen Hone ( see below) |
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| Law student
wins
case against bank's 'rip-off' penalties By Richard Savill (Filed: 29/06/2005 Daily Telegraph)) A law
student
who sued Abbey National to recoup what he claimed were "profit-making"
penalty
charges has won a court order for compensation after the bank failed to
file
a defence.
Stephen Hone, 29, claimed that penalty charges of £32 for bounced direct debits were disproportionate to the administrative costs incurred by the bank. Mr Hone, a father of three, who is studying for a degree at Plymouth University, has claimed back six years' worth of penalty charges for bounced direct debits. He argued that, under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations, 1999, a consumer should not pay a disproportionately high sum in compensation for failing to meet an obligation. On a claim form against the bank entered at Plymouth County Court, Mr Hone wrote: "Your charges do not reflect any actual or real loss; instead, they appear to represent a lucrative profit-making scheme." He said that £32 was not a fair reflection of the amount it cost for a bank computer to generate an automatic letter and penalty charge and was instead a "money spinner". He submitted the claim but Abbey National failed to file a defence within the court deadline period. As a result, district judge Andrew Moon has made a court order requiring Abbey National to pay Mr Hone an amount of compensation to be decided, and costs. Mr Hone has claimed a figure of up to £2,000, including interest. Abbey National said it had not been able to defend the case because it had not been notified of the court date. After the case, Mr Hone said: "I work part-time in a video shop and I simply don't have the money to spare when I am charged extortionate penalties. "I felt I had to go to court to prove a point about the rip-off charges." |
HSBC principles and valuesThe HSBC Group is committed to five core business principles:
Our business principles are supported by loyal and committed employees who make lasting customer relationships and international teamwork easier to achieve. HSBC also operates according to certain key business values:
HSBC’s reputation is founded on adherence to these principles and values. All actions taken by a member of the HSBC Group or staff member on behalf of a Group company should conform with the principles and values. Additionally, we have codes of conduct for staff in all operations. |
HSBC DIRECT DEBITS THE SCANDAL OF THE BANKING SYSTEM We have a small account with
HSBC
Wessex. It is a rarely used account mainly in position to pay Direct
Debits.
However it has thrown up a problem at the very core of the Direct Debit system. For we have found that credit card and utility companies can take money from our account without any authorisation from ourselves. The Bank needs no signature whatsoever and fails to inform us prior to allowing monies to be taken. This is bad enough. But when we query these Direct Debits it amazing to find out that these Direct Debits are nothing to do with any accounts we hold. In fact they are to pay for someone else's Credit Cards and Telephone Accounts. We wrote to HSBC since the end of 2004 they appearrg to either not understand or not want to understand. Further like Mr Hone in the adjoining article they try and charge us for bouncing our genuine Direct Debits & those that are nothing to do with us. The only reason they are being bounced is that they have paid our monies to pay other people's Direct Debits. The BACS system claims repayment within 48 hours - not 6 months. Like Mr Hone we were disgusted and were prepared to take this case to Court and claim extensive damages. If you had failed to sign a cheque the cheque would not be honoured- So why do they accept a Direct debit without any authority from the Account holder? Further when enquiries are made by the Account Holder at the Bank failed to produce any evidence that the Direct Debits concerned had anything whatsoever to do with the Account Holder. These letters have been going back and forwards between ourselves and a Mrs.C.J.Ross-Jones of HSBC's Business Credit Services for over 6 months and now a David . L. Johnson a Customer Service Officer has proposed a long system on the bank's complaint handling procedure be implemented. Maybe he would like our billsd to be paid by Direct Debit out of his account Eventually after 6 months + we have our money returned. No compensation- Now the boot is on the other foot and they want charges of 28.2% + a daily charge amounting to £8+ because they paid a small bill of £20 & created an "unauthorized" overdraft. So from now on as they did not pay usi - WE WILL NOT PAY THEM. Let them sue & we will publish the letters & the pleadings to warn you all how to deal with them. |
Beware
there is a Wolf in Sheep's clothing emanating out of Fleet in
Hampshire.
The latest trick being perpetrated by a Debt collection Company
named CAPQUEST DEBT RECOVERY LIMITED is to make out that they are "The
Post Office" trying to deliver to unsuspecting people another of their
staff tried to
make out he was T-Mobile with an offer.The dossier in response to our
article
on Capquest is very full & we shall be handing it to the relevant
authorities.
Now for the second time the BCW Group plc are doing the same through
their Buchanan Clark + Wells in Stratford upon Avon, calling themselves
"The Telegramme
Company". Now as you will see below Cabot Financial (Europe) Ltd
are
trying the same ruse.REPORT THEM ALL UNTIL THEY ARE STRUCK OFF THIS IS
A
STING and an offence as they are pretending to be something they are
not. - if
this
is tried on you report them immediately to the local standards
authority in
Hampshire, Glagow and Warwickshire or
contact:
http://www.oft.gov.uk/Adviser/News/debt.htmAndy Lowther ,Office of
Fair Trading
,1C/015 ,FREEPOST ,London, EC4B 4AH
NAMED
& SHAMED - The Companies:
ACTION : GET Michael Daniels,
Joseph Arthur Dlutowski,
Paul Mcquilkin and Mark Andrew Brunault, The Directors of Capquest, ARRESTED
FOR HARRASSMENT
under PROTECTION FROM
HARASSMENT
ACT 1997. This is a
CRIMINAL Act which can lead to 6 months imprisonment and/or a level 5
fine.
We are also disgusted by a letter that CAPQUEST DEBT RECOVERY LIMITED are sending out entitled "Letter Before Action" which they are intimidating debtors with. The letter is published below as many readers have been touch with us about this harassment. In fact we are receiving so many complaints about these people which we are forwarding to the Office of Fair Trading. Anyone receiving one should either ignore it or respond by saying that they will go to court. In court one should get disclosure of the amount that Cap-Quest payed for the debt ( Usually a small % of the overall debt) and then offer that amount plus reasonable costs as proscribed by the CONSUMER CONTRACT REGULATIONS 1999 to be paid over a long period. The courts are usually sympathetic to the debtor. If you have received a letter like the one below it should be disclosed to the court. MAKE SURE THAT YOU GO TO COURT- AND ENSURE THAT THE JUDGEMENT IS IN YOUR FAVOUR. The contents of the letter below are usually only applicable if you do not go to court & defend. They also harass people on the telephone- be warned if you get a call and it shows 0207 663 6606 IT IS CAPQUEST SO IGNORE THEM. They have started to call us so we have re-directed all calls from that number straight to the authorities ![]()
HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE BULLIES
He is also a director of both Telogram Ltd, 193 Fleet Street,London EC4A 2AH and also FTC Contact Centres Ltd,Chapel House,High Street,Yiewsley,West Drayton,Middx,UB7 7BE. email:capquest@capquest.com We are
preparing a full dossier on Capquest to pass on to the authorities. If
you wish to be added, have comments or require assistance in dealing
with them please contact the Watchdog Team at the UK INFORMED INVESTOR.
CONTACT
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"Founded
in 1983 by a 23-year-old entrepreneur, BCW Group, the UK’s leading
corporate
debt collection and credit management company, has a culture of hard
work
yet avoids undue stress. Only 22% of staff say they are under so much
pressure
they cannot concentrate, the 11th-best score in our survey. A good
giggle
at work makes many staff feel good about their jobs: 85% say they have
a laugh
with their team-mates.
Since September 2002 staff numbers have increased by 46% and last year BCW Group was voted the fastest-growing organisation in the financial and business services sector in the UK’s Hot 100.The company, set up by* Paul Fraser, the managing director, has a head office in Glasgow and outposts in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and Dublin. Salaries are reviewed twice a year and 63% of staff believe they are paid fairly for their responsibilities. Regular bonuses have been abandoned in preference to raising pay across the board, and a collections adviser can expect to earn an average of £13,500. The company offers its employees an average of 50 hours’ skills training each year, according to job level, with assessments every six months to determine training needs. One-third of staff at BCW Group are entitled to performance-related pay, most recently between £1,000 and £2,000. Everyone working for the company is given life insurance and private healthcare, which includes their spouse; 20% have cover for their children as well. Services on site for UK workers include snacks, showers, legal advice, financial advice, clubs, immunisations and an optician. Small prizes are given for attendance based on a points system and good ideas are rewarded on a sliding scale from a bottle of champagne for the idea of the month, to a week in the company villa for the idea of the year. Free fruit is provided daily for all staff and there are chill-out areas where meals can be enjoyed in comfort.The hard-working but relaxed atmosphere rarely interferes with the employees’ home life; just 27% say work gets in the way of their family responsibilities and seven out of 10 say they are happy with the balance between work and home." WE ARE GLAD THEY DO SO
WELL BUT
AT WHOSE EXPENSE?
Staff at
Glasgow
based credit management specialist Buchanan Clark & Wells are
looking
out their passports after the company splashed out $250,000 on a luxury
villa
in Orlando, Florida, just minutes away from Disney World. And
the chance of a holiday of a lifetime has proved so popular among BCW's
100plus
employees that *managing director Paul Fraser is considering
buying
another villa next year. "We are always looking for
different ways of rewarding our staff for their hard work and this will
allow
them to travel to one of the world's premier holiday destinations at a
fraction of the normal cost", he said."We have only
just announced
this and already our staff have snapped up all bar seven weeks of this
year and over a quarter of next year has gone too
* The Buck Stops Here.... Paul
Fraser
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still
they come- abusing the law -Thinking they are a sting operation. There
is
a company called CABOT FINANCIAL (Europe) LTD, of PO Box 241, West
Malling,
Kent ME19 4NA. Tel: 0845 0700116 - their main operation it appears is
to buy
up outstanding debts from other banks and credit cards and then try
their
expertise in getting an agreement from the unsuspecting debtor. We have
tried
to negotiate with them but they won't go under 50p in £ ( Despite
the
fact they paid a fraction of that to purchase the debt). Our advice is
not
to negotiate with them ( They are not your friends) but go straight to
court
and get disclosure of how much they paid for your debt- then leave it
to
the judge to decide. Believe us you will come out far better. Remember
under
the CONSUMER CONTRACT
REGULATIONS
1999 they will have to prove that the amount of work done is commensurate with the difference between the purchase cost of the debt and the amount they are trying to collect. Now, of course, like the two companies mentioned above they are purporting to be The Message Service Ltd, Registered Offices at Glebe House, 2 Clifton Road, Rugby CV21 3PX. (Do not respond to messages from them). THIS IS A
STING
and an offence as they are pretending to be something they are not. - if this
is
tried on you report them immediately to the local standards authority
in Kent
and / or Warwickshire or contact:
http://www.oft.gov.uk/Adviser/News/debt.htmAndy Lowther ,Office of
Fair Trading
,1C/015 ,FREEPOST ,London, EC4B 4AH
Ally Soper was the hero
of UK Comics between 1880 and 1920 when it was GREAT Britain. We have
revitalised
him to be the custodian of our British Way of Life. He shows the anomolies of Politically Correct
Britain.NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT Do you know that you cannot claim on a credit Card Insurance on HBOS if you have to give up work to care for a Same-Sex partner ? POLITICALLY CORRECT If Islamic fundermentalists believe so much in Islamic law in Great Britain shouldn't they be judged and punished by that law for crimes commited in Great Britain ? A LOT OF BALLS Maybe it is best to send the Policeman, who confiscated a Cricket Ball at Baker Street Station on the grounds that it was a dangerous weapon, to Australia to confiscate the ball used by Shayne Warne. |
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This letter is a typical example of a Company acting as Debt Collectors masquerading as Bailiffs. They may well be Bailiffs but in this case they have no authority but to request an alleged debt. There has been no Court order given. We have written to : David Birkhead, Group Managing Director of Grosvenor Legal Services Limited, to explain his company's representation. We shall, of course, publish his response. Have you received such letters? They are: Grosvenor Legal Services Limited of 4 Rotherside Court, Rotherside Road, Eckington Business Park, Sheffield S21 4HL Licensed by the Data Protection Tegistrar No. X44081959- Licensed by the Office of Fair Trading No. 462645 ISO 9001 Registered firm. |
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FROM THE FAIR
INVESTMENT
WEBSITE
http://www.fairinvestment.co.uk/news-Debt-collectors-go-empty-handed-as-paying-off-debts-get-harder-8310224.html
Debt
collectors go empty-handed
20/04/2005as paying off debts get harder The Credit
Services
Association (CSA), which represents the UK debt collection industry,
has today
revealed a significant fall in the money they collected in the first
quarter
of 2005 - suggesting that people are finding it harder than ever to pay
off
their debts. CSA members have reported that turnover was down by as
much
as ten per cent (year-on-year and seasonally adjusted) in the first
part
of this year.
The news comes despite the fact that the UK debt mountain is higher than ever, with the amount of debt passed to CSA members to recover now exceeding £5 billion, comprising 20 million cases. "With instructions to collect permanently on the rise, you would expect the amount of monies collected to rise commensurately," said Scott Soutar, president of the CSA. "This is not happening. Despite encouraging and assisting the customer into finding solutions to financial problems, debt collectors are finding it increasingly difficult to collect, and consumers are finding it increasingly difficult to pay." According to CSA figures, more than six million households in the UK are now believed to be in debt, owing an average of 118 per cent of income - an increase of more than a quarter (28 per cent) on a decade ago. |
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POLITICAL CORRECTNESS HAS
BEEN
IGNORED BY MANY COMPANIES AS ILLUSTRATED ABOVE
The following was written on www.firstfoot.com There has been much outrage in the Scottish broadsheets recently about the membership policies of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers who hosted the British Open golf tournament at Muirfield golf course in East Lothian. Apparently, these terrific chaps have a far-sighted way of dealing with members who are other than male, white, anglo-saxon and rich. FirstFoot takes some liberties in the paraphrasing, but basically the rule reads: If ye dinnae huv a white willie an' a big fat wallet, then fuck aff, yer no getting in an' ye cannae play oan wurr golf course eether. Naw, dinnae send us any questions, jist fuck aff. FirstFoot applauds such progressive thinking in this age of increasing liberalisation. However, we would suggest that the following rules should also apply:
FirstFoot would like to see a new
Bill
in the Scottish Parliament making all Honourable Company of Edinburgh
Golfers
golf courses public parks. The Bill would also allow for the running of
free
busses from all Scottish urban housing estates.
Cannabis
cafes
would be allowed and help centres for gay one-legged lesbians would be
opened. Political correctness was
devised by ignorant people who do not understand Adjectives. For an
adjective is a descriptive word which illuminates a noun. Therefore
such adjectives as coloured, fat, thin, Scottish, Irish, Jewish,
Catholic etc etc are virtually legislated against. However in their
place swear words have become everyday occurance. If this is progress
then let's be retrograde. We were pleased to visit a toy shop the other
day and see the return of the Golly.
The
earliest Golliwog (or Golliwogg as he was originally called) is the
hero in books of verse written by Bertha Upton in the 1890s, and
illustrated by her daughter Florence. The mother and daughter worked
together on twelve illustrated books, all featuring the gallant little
character and his adventures travelling to such exotic destinations as
Africa and the North Pole, accompanied by his friends, the Dutch
Dolls.Though
the original Golliwog character was a kindly fellow always lending a
hand to those in trouble, later authors portrayed him very differently.
Over the years he became a rascal, was often up to no good, and even
portrayed as a mean spirited character. In 1910, Golly became a mascot for Robertson's jam, and millions of Golly pins--the Cracker Jack prizes of the British Commonwealth--were collected, traded, and hoarded by jam-addled Brits everywhere. [They still are. This snap is just a fraction of the collection at gollycorner.co.uk.] Robertson's only retired Golly in 2001. ![]() Consequently his reputation slid and because of his poor reputation and dark colour, he began to be considered "politically incorrect". The "politically correct" reference is now "Golly". During the past few years, possibly because of the centennial of the creation of the Golliwog, he has again become popular, this time not with children so much as adult collectors and Golly artists.And yet the marmalade-n-pin thing has to have created a lot of non-racially tinged associations of childhood nostalgia, too. Let's hope he will soon return to our jam jars as a much loved and revered member of Britain's multinational community.......![]() What is your opinion? Then the
following
were not politically correct. Churchill smoked cigars, Wilson smoked a
pipe,
Walter Rayleigh introduced tobacco (wacky-baccy) and Tommy Cooper wore
a
fez.
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