Public anger over the financial crisis is wrong and must not lead Britain to “hang bankers at the end of the street,” Tony Blair says today. (A. Bankster shill Blair gets $6,000,000 per year from JP Morgan alone after helping their friends rape Iraq, Libya etc.)
The approach promoted by Baroness Thatcher’s government is not to blame for
the recent financial and economic crisis, Mr Blair says, warning against
taking vengeance on bankers and increasing State intervention in the private
sector.
We must not start thinking that society will be better off “if we hang 20
bankers at the end of the street”, Mr Blair says.
Big international banks are still the focus of public and political attacks
for what critics say was their role in causing the financial crisis.
Mr Blair cautions against letting that anger lead to regulations that could
reverse Lady Thatcher’s work to reduce government involvement in free
markets.
He says: “Don’t take 30 years of liberalisation, beginning under Mrs Thatcher,
and say this is what caused the financial crisis.”
Senior figures from the main parties have suggested that the crisis and alleged wrongdoing of banks such as Barclays should lead to tougher controls on banks.
Mr Blair challenges those calls, and says: “We mustn’t go back to the State running everything.”
That remark may be seen as a warning to Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, to avoid advocating Left-wing interventionist policies.
Instead of seeking to change laws and regulations, Mr Blair says that politicians must examine cultural norms. “We must regain the basic values of what society is about,” he says. “We’re not against wealth, but we are in favour of social responsibility.”
Mr Blair’s intervention is likely to prove controversial because of his commercial interests since leaving Downing Street five years ago. He is an adviser to JP Morgan, a US investment bank; Zurich, a Swiss financial firm; and has clients, including several governments, which are said to deliver an annual income of about £20 million.
In the interview, Mr Blair indicates that he is looking for a way to re-enter British public life and discusses his ambitions for taking an international political job.
“I’d like to find a form of intervening in debates,” Mr Blair says, adding that his experiences since quitting as prime minister have given him valuable insights.
Mr Blair will speak in a debate about the role of religion today.
Senior figures from the main parties have suggested that the crisis and alleged wrongdoing of banks such as Barclays should lead to tougher controls on banks.
Mr Blair challenges those calls, and says: “We mustn’t go back to the State running everything.”
That remark may be seen as a warning to Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, to avoid advocating Left-wing interventionist policies.
Instead of seeking to change laws and regulations, Mr Blair says that politicians must examine cultural norms. “We must regain the basic values of what society is about,” he says. “We’re not against wealth, but we are in favour of social responsibility.”
Mr Blair’s intervention is likely to prove controversial because of his commercial interests since leaving Downing Street five years ago. He is an adviser to JP Morgan, a US investment bank; Zurich, a Swiss financial firm; and has clients, including several governments, which are said to deliver an annual income of about £20 million.
In the interview, Mr Blair indicates that he is looking for a way to re-enter British public life and discusses his ambitions for taking an international political job.
“I’d like to find a form of intervening in debates,” Mr Blair says, adding that his experiences since quitting as prime minister have given him valuable insights.
Isn't the third way called the free market?
ReplyDeleteGovernment protected not rigged. Not monopoly rigged by private banks either.
Blair is correct hanging bankers alone will not be enough. Obviously we must also hang a few treasonous politicians.