Another genuine letter to No 10 Downing Street with no cogent reply having been received!!
16th March 2010
Mr G Edwards
The Direct Communications Unit
10 Downing Street
London SW1
Dear Mr Edwards
My letter of 4th February 2010 to The Prime Minister Headed
Private Pensions – Loss of some 150 Billion due to your stealth tax from ordinary working people.
Thank you for your letter dated 18th February in reply to my letter of the 4th February 2010.
Of course I fully understand that the Prime Minister is a busy man, however Margaret Thatcher was also equally busy and she ALWAYS signed all the letters that she wrote to my mother and she replied in a very short time indeed.
Your reply and the Prime Ministers lack of reply gives rise to some very grave concerns.
All the points that I raised relate to when the Prime Minister was the Chancellor of the Exchequer and he was the one that took the decisions and created the problems that I refer too so he should answer not the Treasury.
I do not think it is fair or reasonable for him to expect others (the treasury) to explain his actions as the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
That is why Mr Brown needs to take responsibility and reply to justify his actions.
I am very surprised and concerned that the Prime Minister does not have the ability, time or staff to delegate in order to be able to deal with these points in my letter in a timely manner and face the responsibility rather than merely hiding behind others.
The time has clearly come for him to take responsibility for his actions.
I was a member of Equitable Life which was the oldest mutual pension provider having been in existence since 1762.
I have absolutely no doubt that the short sighted and imprudent action of Mr Brown in doing away with ACT (Advance Corporation Tax) helped bring Equitable Life to its knees.
The Company failed whilst he was Chancellor and his action had very serious repercussions through out the pension industry and the stock market generally.
An election is in the offing so I think it might be a good idea for the Prime Minister to write a reply or get some one in his office to do it as other wise he will not be getting my vote nor those of many thousands if he is unable to explain his actions.
He might have a perfectly acceptable solution such as reimbursing Equitable Life Policy Holders for the losses that he directly caused.
May I remind you that I wrote my initial letter on the 4th February and it is now the 16th March I think that is more than sufficient time for me to have a proper detailed response..
Or is it simply that he and the Treasury concur with my views!
Gordon Brown for Britain? He cannot even reply to a letter and as I update tthis ten weeks have passed. Margaret Thatcher used to reply in a few days.
A Future fair for all? Is this some kind of fun fair with Zebedee, Sooty and Ouffle dust.
