The Lobby Group

What is the endgame for the financial crisis and was it deliberate? Is it the crash in the property and stock market? Is it the repossession of peoples homes? Is it the levels of redundancies and unemployment? Is it the implementation of a Global Banking System or New World Order? Is it the control of [...]

Maybe people are starting to get a little angry now. During what could be the most expensive police operation in British history protesters could provide a real sense-of-humour test for the authorities. Commander Bob Broadhurst, who is responsible for the operation (with a bill estimated at up to £10 million) said, “These are innovative people [...]

As the Government struggles to get to grips with the financial crisis, a comprehensive proposal for a new ‘Post Bank’ to run as part of the Post Office Network is launched today (Tuesday 17 March) by a new coalition of trade unions, a business organisation, pensioner and pressure groups and charities. The proposal for the [...]

In January of this year £2.3 billion was withdrawn from personal bank accounts and a further £0.4 billion from building societies. Figures for February should be out in the next couple of weeks. It sounds like a lot of money until you consider that johnny-foreigner withdrew about £380 billion from the UK in the last [...]

Alexander Curzon is looking into setting up a new bank. Here is my understanding of the proposals: The idea is to run current accounts only – no lending, no speculataion – just a boring safe haven! Multi Currency Accounts should be possible – the concept is ZERO risk so no interest would be payable. Any [...]

As a follow on to the non violent action of encouraging others to switch their business and personal accounts to ethical banks, as ever, the challenge is to go mainstream to get some proper attension. How? Harness the power of amusing e-mails swapped between friends (I often get good ones several times from different sources [...]

It seems only a matter of time now before things start to unravel very quickly. The longer it takes the worse it will be. So why not do something – starting tomorrow – that will not only speed up the process but make things easier for yourself in the long run? Certain banks are unlikely [...]

A good place to start understanding some of the underlying reasons for the current mess (explained in good old laymans terms) is here- http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse Takes a couple of hours to go through the whole thing but it is well worth the time.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury chief Timothy Geithner on Tuesday unveiled a new bank rescue plan that would put $2 trillion to work mopping up bad assets and restoring credit, but stock markets plunged on fears it would not work. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down more than 380 points or 4.6 percent in [...]

First posted on the original Lobby Group blog by contributor OldNick666- As a result of childhood psychological problems I have a heightened sensitivity to dishonesty. Although with age I seem to be dealing with this thus enabling me to live in this world more comfortably. Maybe to live in the post depression world we need [...]