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Bob Crow's obituary in the Telegraph
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Pretty swift obit, for a healthy 52-year-old man.
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Ayah...you think the Telegraph were in on the assassination conspiracy, and so had heads up to get the obit drafted in advance. They've given themselves away there, haven't they?
SAS hit? Polonium? Or fat knacker with bacon toxicity?
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Pretty swift obit, for a healthy 52-year-old man.
Erm, not that healthy.
All the papers have obits prepared for everyone in the public eye, so as to avoid being caught out. Except, apparently, the Queen, as to write about the Monarch's death in advance is still treason.Posted 4 years ago # -
Should you have written that then?
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Wot like not being allowed to utter the name 'Jehovah'?
Aaaaaaagh! ... [Thud]
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A working-class saint; a man of the people - contrast that with greedy bankers and me first for the high-speed train!
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Would that be the working class saint who held on to living in a council house despite being on a stonking salary and lifestyle to boot?
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Sorry ID don't see why that should rule him out from living in a council house?
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I guess the general view is that a true socialist upon drawing 145000 a year would feel he could pay market rates for a house and give up his council house to someone who needed the subsidy
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The sort of bollocks to be expected from the Telegraph. What a rag.
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the telegraph did an obit of my father last year and managed to get almost every 'fact' wrong...
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I thought that's what council housing is there for...? Subsidised housing for those who need it.
Always perplexes me that union leaders can grant themselves salaries commensurate with 'bosses', paid for directly by their oppressed worker brethren, and they don't seem to bat an eyelid.
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Arthur Scargill is an outstanding example.
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On the contrary, if a union leader has the negotiating skills to sort himself out with a decent salary, there is a chance that he might do the same for his members. Few would argue that Bob Crow was not a tough negotiator, irrespective of your opinion of him.
Personally, I'd be suspicious of someone who was happy with £25k a year going in to bat for me over my salary/pension/benefits/welfare with bosses on ten times that.
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Interesting that if its the union leader on X wedge, then they earn and deserve it and their pay is a reflection of their capabilities. If its an employer on X wedge, they are an exploitative fat-cat.
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Very astute observation Ironduke.
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Same arguement goes for socialist MPs. How can you justify the salary and lifestyle and still remain socialist. Any non-MP on a similar package would vote Tory. You have to be conciderably more wealthy to be able to afford the luxury of a true social conscience.
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"Personally, I'd be suspicious of someone who was happy with £25k a year going in to bat for me over my salary/pension/benefits/welfare with bosses on ten times that."
Just so. I wouldn't want someone as useless as me to represent me in salary negotiations - or in court, or in Parliament.
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Big leap in logic there, Titus. You make it sound as if MPs are working for their constituents.
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I definitely wouldn't want somebody on £25k pa looking after me in hospital, or defending the country from invaders. Pay everybody £140k!
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...of which 120k will then go on taxes to pay all those public servants 140k. A least we'll all be able to brag about our salaries though.
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