Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Thatcher introduced laws for the behaviour of trades union. For all the socialist complaints, not one law was repealed by the subsequent Labour government. The laws were exactly what Labour wanted as well, but they were too scared of their paymasters (the unions) to pass them themselves.

Flags flying at half mast on official buildings and Buickingham Palace.

Tanker - please tell me why the hell do you live in this Country if you are so perpetually disgruntaled?

Judging by his command of the English language, I suspect that he is an immigrant himself.

Hays,

I agree with the first part of 22996.

Scargill was an ideological fool like you seem to be.
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He made numerous mistakes and his aims were certainly questionable.

The main mistakes were timing of the strike, not allowing a free vote throughout all the mining areas.

Another mistake was that he was unaware of the preparation and reorganisation by the police in preparation for the show down.

Both Scargill and Thatcher showed mismanagement of the situation by massaging their own egos. It was disastrous.

She will be remembered for "there is no such thing as society".

As far as Scargill taking millions from the Soviet union is concerned, I think it is a little better than standing up to one's knees in cow dung begging for millions from cash barons in the Cayman Isles

How is taking money from the Soviets to support the downfall of the UK government better than anything? In another era Scargill would have been imprisoned or executed.

will carol attend the funeral

yes the same police officer that planed the hillsborough false reporting

she is not worth posting about so will not mention her again

people going to die because of the denial of treatment because of price now that is
what people should care about .
a young mother being told it would be to dear to save her life
yet we gave millions to tyrants running other countrys
that is disgusting

Hays,

So would the present government be.

Can I look forward to changing times.

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Referring to the miners strike, my father was a colliery manager for 25 years which he reopened in 1937.

He thought strikes were generally a disaster for both sides of the course and ending up usually in both sides in the dispute losing.

In the pit he ran he had only one strike in the 25 year period and he refused to recognise it.

The day of the strike was a Xmas day.

The day after Xmas work started as normal and both sides sat down and discussed their problems.

My father's pit was one of the very few year on year profitable pits in his area.

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He had respect for the miners unions and what they had achieved in working conditions, health and safety, but also thought there was a "mad
section to the unions and Scargill would have been included in that group.

Thatcher would have been an abomination to him.

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Ps for the Tinker.

My father employed at one time about 20 to 30 Italian and Polish immigrants whom he thought amongst the best of his employees.

Interesting reflection for me, was on a holiday in Italy at that time, while my mother went around the art galleries and churches he went to see the parents of the immigrant to report, at their homes how their children were doing.

All were happy with their holiday.

Funny old world.

Its not been a good year for my investing.

Assistance Appreciated.

Any of you knowledgeable lot know if when registering a loss against any future CGT, how much detail you need to go into, IE do you need total price bought and sold or just the net loss.
Also do you need to mention all companies bought and sold to reach the required loss figure.

I apreciate that these are probably basic questions, but this is the first year that I have been unlucky enough (OK bad investing) to make a loss.

As I do not complete a tax return, I know a letter is required and there does not appear to be a pro forma on the HMRC web site.

regards Greek.

Getting very emotional on here glad Ive been out fishing.

greekman in answer to your qustion re- Nigel Farage, the attack on that Belgian Euro politician was very nasty and ignorant and uncalled for. Id say if he can do that once he can do it again. Do we really want somebody like that leading the country?.

But its fine by me if torries limp over to UKIP and allow labour to take an overall majority no problems.

As for Maggie Im so sorry to hear about her death, todays not the time for discussing the policys she failed on from the heart of the Midlands to the tip of Scotland. Thats for another day and today and in the near future we should be giving respect to her family and friends.

greek - if you trade, it's probably best to get your accountant to do it all for you, as there are also rules applying if you trade in/out of a stock with a 30 day period ...... if you use IG, the a/c dept will supply you with a full annual analysis suitable for submission to your own accountant

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btw, it will certainly be mandatory for you to complete a tax return

Hi Goldfinger,

I think we will have to agree to differ on Nigel Farage, as I see his 'attacks' as saying what many ordinary people think.

As to Maggie, I agree with your statement.

Totally agree gf. Sorry I cannot help you greekman as I have never made enough to worry about CGT.

Disgracefull..... just look at this posted on twitter and not caught by the BBC who posted it up on their web site.....

https://twitter.com/GerryGreek/status/321249961322872832/photo/1

bloody disgrace.

Absolutely disgusting - no respect for anybody, just purely Tap Room Wallers. The lowest of the low.

Miners' union takes legal action to evict Arthur Scargill from his £1.5m luxury apartment which costs them £34,000 per year

He was never known for compromise and neither were the men he led into one of the most epic industrial battles.

So when Arthur Scargill and the National Union of Mineworkers found themselves at loggerheads the struggle was always going to be drawn out and messy.
Embarrassingly for a radical socialist who long railed against the perks and privileges of the elite, the new confrontation is over a £1.5million luxury flat in the City of London.
The retired union chief, who was defeated by Margaret Thatcher in the miners’ strike of 1984 and 1985, claims his members have to fund his pied a terre until he dies.

Arthur Scargill loses court battle to have costs of his London flat paid for rest of his LIFE by mining union

The former miners’ leader Arthur Scargill has lost his fight to have the National Union of Mineworkers pay the rent on his London flat for the rest of his life.
Mr Scargill, 74, had argued that he signed a contract which entitled him to a property throughout his retirement.

But the union disputed the claim and took the decision all the way to the High Court.

A bit like MPs thinking the tax payer should pay for flats in London.

Where the land lady is the land lady.

How much did a chap called Jenkins the jink have to repay?