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it is a good point on how scargill should have been dealt with and history can only show us the result of one descion maybe if Thatch had been willing to talk and bring in a less 'milliantant' boss then maybe something could have been sorted but we don;t know, history only shows the events and consequences of one course of action

honestly can someone explain why these bad debts on a one off basis can not simply be written off ? they are worthless so say you print more money to buy them then how will the banks then use this money, if it is simply to steady their balance sheets then that will have no serious impact will it ? no idea why the BofE have reduced rates, pointless

OK , maybe I should have phrased the question better .. why is it ONLY Thatcher appears to be seen as the destroyer of communities when the pit closures in Wales which also decimated communities , happened long before she came to power don't you understand it is the way that she did it ? check out the pictures of the time and the massed ranks of the police that were designed to 'shock and awe' state power at it's worse

tony, it is the way you close it down that counts, coal mines will run out of economic coal no onequestions that but to many it was as if Thatch wanted revenge on the miners and she brought in a man known for the harsh ways he dealt with it of course now with clean coal technology becoming more effiencet and thus cheaper we still have 400 years supply it is likely as Bicks says that mines will reopen check out the battle of Orgreave and just how many miners were convicted (clue none) and howe much the polic had to pay out to understand the feorcity in which thatch used the shock and awe tactics of the police to crush normal working peopel of which she had so much disdain for the day she dies is the day in many pit communities there will be parties

Hi General, despite the recent disappointing news, the interview with Duncan Riddle on R5 and the news that Acorns will be on our shirt sponsors for next season is fantastic news makes me so proud of our club and of Randy. especially in these harsh finacial times when every penny means so much. Oh and can I be cheeky and ask if you could sponsor VillatalkFC for Acorns (we can only ask !!) Cheers, Ian

Oh Nick, so obviously the last two recession in the early 80's and 90's don't count eh ? please get facts right before posting on this thread which is a serious discussion

1) No. 2) Not surprising. 4) Is it? 5) What happened to 3? 4) I think it is partly a cause of it snowy the high oil prices led to a squeeze on budgets and especially it he US where peopel stopped buying gas guzzlers and don;t the car industry account for 10% of all jobs it had an effect here because it led to a rise in inflation and interest rates were put up on already tight budgets. Remebver this started in the US when the housing market slumped on lack of demand at the time oil hit $100 5) oops must have delete it and no idea what it was !!

Ah, I was hoping just to so the scrapping bit. I think I misunderstood the initial point, thought they were just getting all the old cars off the road to encourage the market to lift a bit. This is more of a trade in offer then? yep just giving 2500 to the car companies I guess, quite a smart and green thing really

can you afford a new one ?

a coupel of interestig items o the BBc 1) the german government is paying 2500 euros to scrap old cars and buy new ones, is that something we should follow 2) china are going to invest into their economy 4) Oil prices rose as petrol stocks decreased int he US, a markert analayst says higher oil prices are needed to kick start a recovery but I don;t get how as part of the reason ifor this recession is the very high oil prices

Cardiff ??

and got to bring up the diary again

or this

anyone remember the circumstances of this ??

even for these images Rob

Does he? I can't see him saying that in the article. he implies it in the article when he mentions the Tories, the only pressure appears to come from the BofE but as I said their record on regulation in the wake of BCCI is hardly one to be proud of.

at some point you have laughed at everything

interesting article from Alistair admitting regulation was too lax, but quite rightly he points out as I have done that there was no real pressure to go for tougher regs, no poltical nor economic pressure the big test is to see what does come out of all this

To have a wank? why buy it though ?

why would anyone actually buy porn ?

thats the point I guessed he failed to protect the shareolders interests however like with a few things you would hope that any ew contracts i the future allows for failure and withdrawal of benefits. and the BS we heard that these companies had to pay so much for the very best has been totally blow to bits, said it before but a lot has changed the past year, a lot.

as John said Legend in the 70's ad 80's clearing in the woods and too old now

good question Snowy and one Andrew Rawnsley posed in the observer, ultimately though did he actually do anything illegal ? However as he is in his position to look after shareholders interested which be blantatly failed at then could they sue him for negliegence ? considiring how much they have lost

You forgot Bannan Scott !!

he is a dingle