Al in Port Talbot

In a scintillating hour long session, Al Rush

condemned FSCS for its lack of transparency towards steelworkers
explained his relationship with Clark Wilmott and how Philippa Hann became involved with the FCA
confirmed that Andrew Bailey fell asleep not once but six times in a meeting with him
argued that while most of the steelworkers he had worked with were happy, they still deserved compensation
annoyed IFAs by telling them that the British Steel Action Group’s financial analysis was irrelevant to the 404 redress scheme
called the FCA inherently not fit for purpose
explained the level of care needed to get steelworkers ready to decide on whether to transfer or not
remembered the behavior of rogue advisers in time to choose
made us laugh many times
left us with a deeper understanding of how the BSPS fiasco happened and why it is turning into a mess for FCA, FSCS, TPR, FOS, IFAs, Tata and most of all the steelworkers.

Billy Burrows called it one of the best sessions he had ever attended. I thought Al captured the Zeitgeist of the moment. You will not be able to capture the immediacy of the moment by listening to the audio, but it is well worth a listen nonetheless