tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post2609779221075398932..comments2024-03-29T12:58:06.213+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: A cut too far : Coalition Government ‘turns its back' on UK consumers as BBC reports Consumer Focus & OFT to be scrappedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-80451101774295188352010-10-13T16:46:12.011+01:002010-10-13T16:46:12.011+01:00Cant you save it for us Peter ?
Dont you know any...Cant you save it for us Peter ? <br />Dont you know anyone who could donate to it or raise some money to keep the Scottish end going ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-30003573482066937942010-10-13T00:37:41.870+01:002010-10-13T00:37:41.870+01:00I used to be in the taxpayers alliance then realis...I used to be in the taxpayers alliance then realised what its really all about Its about time the papers had a real look inside them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-14422686142769934912010-10-12T15:46:54.177+01:002010-10-12T15:46:54.177+01:00Good posting as always Peter however I'm sure ...Good posting as always Peter however I'm sure this has already been decided and Consumer Focus are now history.Same old Tory policies of dividing the population between rich and poor and the poor having no rights yet have to pay for the rich to continue being rich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-16905688206369460702010-10-11T21:35:38.672+01:002010-10-11T21:35:38.672+01:00I'm sure the Law Society and all their crooked...I'm sure the Law Society and all their crooked pals will be rubbing their hands at this one.Bloody stupid to scrap a consumer body when things are getting even worse!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-15552013861185133992010-10-11T16:44:59.656+01:002010-10-11T16:44:59.656+01:00I agree.Will write into msp who happens to be Alex...I agree.Will write into msp who happens to be Alex Salmond!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-34016394399034354542010-10-11T15:40:35.331+01:002010-10-11T15:40:35.331+01:00Thanks for your comments & emails on this arti...Thanks for your comments & emails on this article.<br /><br />I would encourage everyone wishing to support retention of consumer protection in this country to write into Business Secretary Vince Cable on this issue.<br /><br />Losing the experience & speciality work of Consumer Focus and especially Consumer Focus Scotland during these challenging financial times will damage consumer protection & consumer interests considerably.<br /><br />I would also suggest readers in Scotland contact their local MPs and MSPs and get them to join in support of keeping Consumer Focus intact.<br /><br />Its in all our interests to ensure consumers - all of us have consumer champions, especially at a time when the lobbying power of the professions & industry to swing legislation in their favour has never been greater ...<br /><br />Protect yourselves, protect consumers, please support the retention of Consumer Focus & Consumer Focus Scotland.Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-51940654003863657362010-10-11T15:12:46.681+01:002010-10-11T15:12:46.681+01:00I find it very worrying that CAB could, or indeed ...I find it very worrying that CAB could, or indeed should, be allowed to take over Consumer Focus' remit.<br /><br />Only recently we were given an insight into the very poor judgement of Senior CAB officials in Scotland. They appointed a Mr. Howard McKenzie to the post of Chief Executive - he had no previous experience in this area -only to see him forceably removed from that position within a week by Lord Mandelson at the Dept of Business.<br /><br />McKenzie suddenly quit his previous post as Principal of Jewel & Esk Valley College when a £20 million pound shortfall was discovered. For more see ;<br /><br />http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Goodbye-Mr-McKenzie--excollege.6196108.jpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-34190676170637613902010-10-11T14:48:57.330+01:002010-10-11T14:48:57.330+01:00makes no sense to do this
i will write into cable...makes no sense to do this<br /><br />i will write into cable for you<br /><br />good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-89661949919579051582010-10-11T12:52:58.767+01:002010-10-11T12:52:58.767+01:00Daft decision if it happens because as you rightly...Daft decision if it happens because as you rightly point out we will need a lot more consumer protection during a recession caused by those ****** rip-off bankers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-59164909990555069182010-10-10T18:10:15.609+01:002010-10-10T18:10:15.609+01:00£6m-a-year doesnt seem much for what I've read...£6m-a-year doesnt seem much for what I've read Consumer Focus actually do although the Mr Sinclair who I see is all over the Conservative Party makes it sound like its burning up mega millions.<br /><br />I take your point it will leave Scots in the lurch on a lot of consumer stuff.If it does go can you do anything to keep going the kind of stuff they were doing ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-62480836580999404512010-10-10T17:08:37.214+01:002010-10-10T17:08:37.214+01:00I dont like the thought of the Law Society having ...I dont like the thought of the Law Society having it all their own way and as you say Citizens Advice at least up here in Aberdeen are crap to put it bluntly so cant rely on them to do any of this stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-5290726785430138452010-10-10T16:40:26.563+01:002010-10-10T16:40:26.563+01:00Its your own damn fault because you are just too g...Its your own damn fault because you are just too good on the legal side of things!<br />Anyway thanks for the plug I will get my mates to write in just in case that twit from the TA gets on my back too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-9566889370911551002010-10-10T16:08:27.068+01:002010-10-10T16:08:27.068+01:00Should we be surprised the Tories and their LibDem...Should we be surprised the Tories and their LibDem poodles are cutting consumer bodies after being ordered to by their own fanboys ?<br /><br />Next thing you know there will be another POLL TAX !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-65022736899098443702010-10-10T12:42:17.902+01:002010-10-10T12:42:17.902+01:00Coalition clearing out their enemies before the cu...Coalition clearing out their enemies before the cuts hit everyone by the looks of it and then there will be no one to turn to when it all goes belly up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-24053685685462765492010-10-10T12:07:14.317+01:002010-10-10T12:07:14.317+01:00While Consumer Focus Scotland has a pretty awful r...While Consumer Focus Scotland has a pretty awful record as an instrument for change any possibility of improvement is much reduced if the Con-Dems and their partners in the City get their way and have it consigned to the dustbin.<br /><br />I shall be writing to Mr. Cable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-29635434084917862552010-10-10T09:28:24.853+01:002010-10-10T09:28:24.853+01:00The right-wing Taxpayers Alliance are full of crap...The right-wing Taxpayers Alliance are full of crap as usual and dont bank on them saving us from consumer rip offs thats for sureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-36380523080349272022010-10-10T03:16:09.377+01:002010-10-10T03:16:09.377+01:00good ideagood ideaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-90607605662483458482010-10-10T02:52:48.899+01:002010-10-10T02:52:48.899+01:00Oh yes what do we have here ?
What a surprise its ...Oh yes what do we have here ?<br />What a surprise its a Tory/Tory Lite Government cutting consumers out in the cold.<br /><br />Good one Peter hope the hootsmon catch up with it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-6103838292164274352010-10-10T02:29:20.069+01:002010-10-10T02:29:20.069+01:00Morning! and yes you are spot on as usual!Morning! and yes you are spot on as usual!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com