Mr Gobby Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 So the great King Arthur Scargill is suing his pay masters the NUM because they want to take away his grace and favour penthouse which the miners have been paying for since the miners strike + other perks that he still gets and for what exactly .Seem's he learnt a thing or two from Margret Thatcher, if you can't beat em,join em:thumbsup:. Personally the man's a hypocrite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 If he is contractually entitled to it then it is his prerogative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Yorkshire Post - Scargill facing court battle for London flat - May 2011 Mr Kitchen [a current union leader] added: “Unfortunately, there is a grey area where that decision, (to provide Mr Scargill with a London flat), has found its way into his contract of employment. It has been put in over a number of years.” He said Mr Scargill’s final contract in 2002 had been amended just a couple of months before his departure in his favour to “vigorously reinforce” the terms regarding the flat. It will be interesting to see what the courts say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Bourne Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 If he is contractually entitled to it then it is his prerogative. You know, if he'd beaten Thatcher, I wouldn't have minded if he'd been given a bloody knighthood. But the North was decimated by Thatcher, most miners will have retired, many would have had their lungs pack in and be living on meagre allowances, only slightly topped up by a few hundred quid during that scam a few years ago which netted the solicitors millions. Why doesn't Scargill just give up. It's not like he's living on the breadline, like many of his supporters could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Why doesn't Scargill just give up. I'm not defending him personally, just his right to defend what is in his contract. If the NUM signed it in 2002, and agreed to it then, then they have no complaints to make now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I'm not defending him personally, just his right to defend what is in his contract. If the NUM signed it in 2002, and agreed to it then, then they have no complaints to make now. Since when have contracts been worth the paper they are written on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Scoggle probably did more to damage the livelihoods of miners than did Thatcher. He might've been a nasty piece of work, but he wasn't a thick piece of work. He was smart enough to feather his own bed and he did so well. It's difficult not to admire him for his skills and his ability to look after himself. A true scion of 1970's Labour. 'The working class can kiss my arse, I've got the foreman's job at last.' I hope they engrave that on his tombstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumkin Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I find it amazing that people only now are realising what a money grubbing hypocrite Scargill was and is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
websters gue Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Scoggle probably did more to damage the livelihoods of miners than did Thatcher. Who's Scoggle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I find it amazing that people only now are realising what a money grubbing hypocrite Scargill was and is Maybe he was the lesser of two evils back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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