I've just seen an advert for this. In very brief, it's for a Nationwide fixed term account which offers a 0.5% interest bonus "if England lift the cup in South Africa".
I would genuinely like someone to explain to me how this differs from gambling. Nationwide is trying to entice people to invest with them, which is fine, but instead of offering particularly competitive rates or whatever else it is promising a wee financial treat if England bucks a forty-three year trend and wins the World Cup. That's not the done thing.
And to add insult to injury, this ridiculous and morally dubious scheme is being advertised by a 'comedy' double act consisting of a person who isn't really disabled and a person who has apparently been modelled on The Sun's expectation of how paedophiles dress and do their hair.
Comme j'ai dit, I'd genuinely like thoughts on this. Am I being hopelessly old-fashioned? It just seems so inescapably grim.
Incidentally, we moved out of our lovely little West London flat today - expect frequent pissed-off updates about my househunting escapades. Pfft.
