tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post9134268401890868093..comments2024-03-19T09:19:39.539+00:00Comments on Constantly Furious: Carnage and the Chocolate FactoryConstantly Furioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03010139518958428871noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-56727061681464326462010-01-21T09:06:18.278+00:002010-01-21T09:06:18.278+00:00That's capitalism folks.
Cadbury's are no...That's capitalism folks.<br /><br />Cadbury's are not a plucky independent, they're a PLC. They floated to make sacks of cash for their directors. Someone wanted to buy those shares so they have done. That's how a PLC works.<br /><br />The simple moral is that if you don't want your business pulled from under you, you don't float. Manchester United proved that.<br /><br />Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-57822272449956408592010-01-20T20:01:55.517+00:002010-01-20T20:01:55.517+00:00And Mr CF, as a British Taxpayer who owns a great ...And Mr CF, as a British Taxpayer who owns a great chunk of RBS, did you realise that RBS would be lending Kraft £630 million for the takeover bid?Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-55841723597100592832010-01-20T19:53:11.965+00:002010-01-20T19:53:11.965+00:00Is he powerless though?
Can't he use the tax ...Is he powerless though?<br /><br />Can't he use the tax system to remove incentives or make life hard for them if they don't play ball?John Demetriouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162148219333846404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-44270714384049989752010-01-20T18:26:21.759+00:002010-01-20T18:26:21.759+00:00"And I doubt if they will bother with the ..."And I doubt if they will bother with the 'expensive' fair trade cocoa from Ghana that Cadbury's used"...<br /><br />And I don't doubt that, as a result in the drop in trade .. when Ghana comes around holding out the begging bowl, that if McFuckwit & Co are still in power .. they'll willingly fill it .. with our money ..<br /><br />Shafted by Socialists twice .. Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-86537070069512262122010-01-20T18:17:45.912+00:002010-01-20T18:17:45.912+00:00This Government oversaw the take over of our Energ...This Government oversaw the take over of our Energy Companies by amongst others The Russians, and they all have been mugging fuck out of us whist we were distracted due to us being fleeced by the Banks.<br />The Power Companies have got away with murder !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-69445246646505347302010-01-20T15:01:21.454+00:002010-01-20T15:01:21.454+00:00Kraft will just close down their UK operation like...Kraft will just close down their UK operation like they did with Terry's chocolate and move to Poland.<br />And I doubt if they will bother with the 'expensive' fair trade cocoa from Ghana that Cadburys used.buttonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-52137736230337689592010-01-20T14:44:32.311+00:002010-01-20T14:44:32.311+00:00Ed P: www.montezumas.co.uk. I can particularly rec...Ed P: www.montezumas.co.uk. I can particularly recommend chilli and lime. Or nutmeg. Or paprika. Erm... or any, really.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708444000412716821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-31259526058571749902010-01-20T13:51:12.009+00:002010-01-20T13:51:12.009+00:00I like chocolate, so I never buy Cadbury's shi...I like chocolate, so I never buy Cadbury's shit. Swiss or Belgian stuff is great and doesn't have lots of (cheap and nasty) dairy/whale saturated fat replacing proper cocoa butter.<br />Try it - you'll not care about British sludge ever again!Ed Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-29990487087902569622010-01-20T13:05:09.563+00:002010-01-20T13:05:09.563+00:00I don't understand why people are upset. Cadbu...I don't understand why people are upset. Cadbury's lost any right to moan when they floated years ago to make large bags of cash. That's the entire point. Anyone can come and buy shares in them. and they did.<br />If they want to remain philanthropic and British then don't float.<br /><br />Simple really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-32878260932998803212010-01-20T13:03:22.613+00:002010-01-20T13:03:22.613+00:00Labour are happy for the Atomic Weapons Establishm...Labour are happy for the Atomic Weapons Establishment to be 2/3rds owned by US companies. I doubt they are that worried by chocolate manufacturers if they don't mind UK nuclear warhead manufacture being in foreign hands.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538802307406472626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-24942943846475808212010-01-20T13:02:29.830+00:002010-01-20T13:02:29.830+00:00And who's helping Kraft by part funding the ta...And who's helping Kraft by part funding the takeover? You, the taxpayer or, should I say RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland.) I think that's what their called these days. It came out on PMQs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072165710888952465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-86744163164206144472010-01-20T12:40:18.706+00:002010-01-20T12:40:18.706+00:00Nick Clegg had a go at Brown on this at PMQs but h...Nick Clegg had a go at Brown on this at PMQs but he got nowhere.<br /><br />The sadness of Cadbury CF, is its history. It was founded by someone who had a real social conscience.<br /><br />Where are people like that these days? Nowhere.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-13042997594073234682010-01-20T11:43:46.513+00:002010-01-20T11:43:46.513+00:00Anon 10.52, Labour have already lost the city coun...Anon 10.52, Labour have already lost the city council to the Conservatives. One more push. And this might be that push.That's Newshttp://thatsnews.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-24069116871949345942010-01-20T11:41:29.216+00:002010-01-20T11:41:29.216+00:00As a Brummie, this resonates with me, especially. ...As a Brummie, this resonates with me, especially. Everyone from Brum has a relation who worked at Bournville or knows someone who worked there. Except my dad, he worked at a rival chocolate firm in the heart of Brum! <br /><br />Brown could lose Labour Birmingham and the greater Midlands over this. How sad.<br /><br />I have set up a news ticker on my site to have live rolling news as it happens.That's Newshttp://thatsnews.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-80369772999612996892010-01-20T11:09:25.754+00:002010-01-20T11:09:25.754+00:00All those poor Victorian philanthropists must be t...All those poor Victorian philanthropists must be turning over in their graves. I suppose it's marginally less fingernails-on-a-blackboard than Rowntree going to Nestle?!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708444000412716821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-16326047495375220592010-01-20T10:52:16.881+00:002010-01-20T10:52:16.881+00:00What's the betting that some behind-close-door...What's the betting that some behind-close-doors deal has been struck to not make any redundancies until after the election?<br /><br />See Rover for reference.<br /><br />Thick brummies will vote Labour anyway. Again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-21657739343365049762010-01-20T10:25:09.545+00:002010-01-20T10:25:09.545+00:00Wouldn't it be a lovely, conciliatory gesture ...Wouldn't it be a lovely, conciliatory gesture if those nice people at Kraft/Cadbury/Schweppes made McFuckwit a gift of lots of Cheese & Chocolate ?<br /><br />Mixed with the medication he's supposedly not taking .. they might just have the effect of pushing the twat completely over the edge ..<br /><br />Thus something good for Britain could emerge from something bad ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-41594584142894704992010-01-20T08:45:49.830+00:002010-01-20T08:45:49.830+00:00Agree with all of this accept for your views on th...Agree with all of this accept for your views on the primacy of Creme Eggs. I suggest a rethink here.OldSlaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04807170326475262427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-52458574748926381522010-01-20T08:37:34.165+00:002010-01-20T08:37:34.165+00:00"Still, at least Gordon can remind them that ...<i>"Still, at least Gordon can remind them that their misery "'started in America"."</i> <br /><br />Ouch! ;)JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com