Don't bank on the Isle of Man! Manx Alchemy

I wrote this song in protest at the treatment of people saving with Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander on the Isle of Man who have been treated apallingly by the governments of the Isle of Man, the UK and Iceland. Many of them are elderly people living overseas who were unable to open a bank account in the UK and who have now lost a significant proportion of their life savings for ever.. and most of their savings for quite a few years to come unless action is taken.
Many thanks to Jim for the animation and Steve for the better singing voice than mine!!
Nick

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[quaylie15]

The Isle of Man Government don't HAVE to give depositors anything. The compensation scheme does not have to exist. People losing their life savings is awful, but the government don't have to give people anything therefore i'm not sure why the Isle of Man government is getting such a slatering?

[camplingn]

IoMG are getting slated because they messed up regulating the bank.. then they played cynical games with their "Scheme of Arrangement". They stand between depositors and justice so they are bound to get it in the neck..

[Jim4Justice]

This is better than the US airline protest song & I would not be surprised if it puts you in the charts!

The time will come when the IoM government will have to turn that sand back into gold & pay back the dispossessed depositors all that they have lost through the failure of the bank's directors & the Financial Supervision Commission to take due dilligence with the money that was put in their trust.

[tonycavanna]

Terrific song and cartoon. Lets hope these thieves in high places get their comeuppance. In the meantime Don't Bank on the Isle of Man.

[SuperWendyloo]

Too True

[LGDAGvideo]

This video is not pathetic. You must be pretty heartless to say that. People try to express themselves the best they can. And no I am not from IOM or had money there.

[TheHazelnut123]

Well Done Nick, for a briliant video and excellent words to the song.

With people like you fighting our cause, I feel sure we will get our money back.......one day

[FactualTruthProvider]

What he probably meant was "The Isle of Man takes full responsibility...within the law".

Which they have. They have done nothing illegal. Which is why the IOM will never pay out any money other than that covered by the agreement in place at the time.

[camplingn]

The problem with this is that, whilst I agree HMG is at fault.. the IoM had the money and lost it.. it's no good then saying to me that I need to go after HMG.. they just say "You need to talk the the IoM".. So all I can do is hound the IoM government! Tony Brown said "The Isle of Man takes full responsibility".. but then he doesn't..

If I lend my spade to my neighbour and his cousin steals it, it's no good my neighbour saying "You need to talk to my cousin"!!

[penhydd]

A great video Nick. Well done on this and your performance on the plinth.

The Manx government's blunder was responsible for the loss of savers' funds - it is up to the Manx government to ensure the funds are returned.