http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48991 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 21:37:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48991#post-141359 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 05:36:08 +0000 dvo4fun 141359@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Perhaps he's trying to finish off the NUM as well </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48991#post-141357 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 05:23:31 +0000 riesler 141357@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Clever chap. Destroyed the mining industry but managed to pin the blame on Thatcher. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48991#post-141350 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:01:41 +0000 rikkor 141350@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>When I see "this is interesting", I immediately think "porn". Sign me, Sadly Disappointed. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48991#post-141343 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:42:23 +0000 Nunnion Splendacular 141343@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yes. It's important to remember that he's fighting 'for what he's entitled to, rather than what he ought to be entitled to'. Nice stance, ex-union leader. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48991#post-141339 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:23:12 +0000 LittleSpender 141339@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>His lawyer is called Timothy Pitt-Payne. I thought funny names were against the guidelines. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48991#post-141331 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:26:27 +0000 Sinnick 141331@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I think the only miners are those that Savile took a shine to.</p> <p>Nice to see arfur learning something from bankers, corporate executives &amp; MPs. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48991#post-141326 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:48:01 +0000 dvo4fun 141326@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Right in there wiv the workers then Arfer. Good man. Does he need the London pad so he can get to the opera?</p> <p>I see there's the possibility of any surviving wife also keeping the flat F.O.C. If I was arfer I'd threaten the NUM with marrying a 20 year old.</p> <p>Lovely image wayland </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48991#post-141321 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:39:24 +0000 waylandsmithy 141321@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19806014">Scargill's NUM flat</a></p> <p>Arthur Scargill is in court claiming his £34k-a-year flat is 'his for life' and the NUM should continue paying for it.</p> <p>So how many miners are there left in the UK? And how much are they paying each, to keep Scargill in a house in London?</p> <p>I'm picturing about 7 elderly blokes digging like fury, just to cover his council tax. </p>