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pcernie
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010 ... ners-unionWouldn't be surprised if this causes a lot more trouble than they might have expected...
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hifidelity2
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:03 pm
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Location: London
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I was at Uni during the miners strike. The NUS at my Uni decided in their left wing wisdom that they would support them by
- Renaming the Student bar after Arthur Scargill
- Giving the profits from the bar to the NUM and not t the student bodies / societies
A few of us were upset over this so we managed to actually get people to attend the NUS council meeting. As a result
- The Bar was named after Danger Mouse & Penfold
- The profits were voted to the societies to bring down the subs
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Amnesia10
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He was important at the time. He is irrelevant now. The mining industry was gutted by the Tories. I am surprised that he was not given lifetime honorary membership some time ago.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Good. That power greedy scum bag deserves everything he gets.
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bobbdobbs
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nope he was irrelevant then but just didn't realise the days of the miners union being able to dicate government policy had long gone. _________________Finally joined Flickr
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AlunD
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Amnesia10
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Yes I accept that the miners had an over inflated opinion of their power. I was more concerned about the loss of coal caused by destroying the industry than the other arguments. As a nation it gave us energy independence for centuries. Now we are vulnerable to Russia's spats with its neighbours over the transmission of gas. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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MrStevenRogers
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Mr Scargill was very forward thinking
in defending the closure(s) of the mines as it was known, even then, that reopening closed mines would cost billions
keeping the mine(s) open would have cost, only millions
(please also note the largest pension fund in UK history was the miners pension fund and still is, but, under Govt. control now, hint)
we will have to reopen these mines at some stage in the future at an enormous cost which, the then, taxpayer will have to fully bear ...
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Doubt it. If there's money to be made private companies will pay for it. If there isn't, they aren't worth reopening.
Either we go nuclear or build new coal fired power stations.
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Amnesia10
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It will be the customer who pays. Though it depends how expensive other energy becomes. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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