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16th February 2018, 05:11 AM
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Re: Backing Britain
Terry you are correct about Aldi and others.
We have them here with Lidl also considering Oz as a new customer.
Business will go where the trade is, where they can make a profit and there is no way they will pull out of UK after this.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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16th February 2018, 08:14 AM
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if we need it here make it here put people back in work we where a world leader not follower we have as much power over the eu as they have over us work together the moaners seem to have more air time put the effort back to putting the great back into Britain? one man here the London mayor could cost the country billions he should keep his mouth shut and do his own job not politics that has nothing to do with him we all know what his big picture is and its not the british people? jp
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17th February 2018, 05:27 AM
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Re: Backing Britain
One reality about Europe’s current political leadership is summarized here:
Macron, the newly elected French President, has no children.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has no children.
Austria's Chancellor “ Sebastian Kern” has no children
British Prime Minister Theresa May has no children.
Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni has no children.
Holland’s Mark Rutte,
Sweden’s Stefan Löfven,
Luxembourg's XavierBettel,
Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon — all have no children.
Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, has no children.
Ironically it would seem that a grossly disproportionate number of the people who make
the major decisions about Europe’s future have no direct personal stake in the future.
But yes UK does have a good future no matter what this lot do.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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18th February 2018, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by
red lead ted
I firmly believe once the wrangling stops between the E.U and G.B. And the Tory government get there act together and negotiate a deal we will be ok in this country within a few years. Look where we are on the map and the trading we could be doing out side the E.U. And my own thoughts are don,t be so bullish with Trump we should be embracing the U.S.A not distancing them, Trump wont be around forever and the special relationship we have with the U.S.A. For years not months should not be compromised we both and always have stood together side by side and i suspect we will have to stand with them at some point once again, Safety in numbers. Terry.
Not wanting to get into any political arguments, but the tories had a major hand in the downfall of British shipbuilding , and the virtual destruction of the MN
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18th February 2018, 01:13 PM
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####politics are not allowed on the site .....but there were many causes not least for the MN with slater and that crowd of commies ...telling me personally come out we will get you 200 pounds a week the only prob being yes but the shipowners closed down ......shields pool from choosing your ships in the early 50s and 60s to dozens hanging round ...answer no jobs ...but like our leader of the miners slater had his job for life you couldnt prise him out with a bloody shoehorn
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18th February 2018, 01:46 PM
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I was a member of the Amalgamated engineering union (AEU) from the age of 16, until I joined NUMAST not once was I ever called out on strike by the Unions.
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18th February 2018, 02:24 PM
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Tony Taylor
Not wanting to get into any political arguments, but the tories had a major hand in the downfall of British shipbuilding , and the virtual destruction of the MN
Nationalising the shipyards did them no favours, neither did the bolshie Trade Unions, with roll out strikes and neither did the EU. The EU ordered a 10% reduction in capacity and designated yards as specialist.
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18th February 2018, 02:33 PM
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Obviously the shipbuilding companies managements were never to blame for anything that would have lead to a walk out, there was blame on both sides.
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18th February 2018, 02:45 PM
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Lewis, the walkouts and destruction were under Labour ownership.
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18th February 2018, 04:46 PM
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The working practices of the nationalised British shipyards was one of their major downfalls I had done several dry docking s in the UK and in 1972 did a dry docking at NDSM in Amsterdam what a difference . In a british yard ship engineers did not pack a gland or change a joint on a flange they weren't allowed to it alright to be done by the shipyard in Holland they didn't give a damn they did their job you did what you needed to do it didn't matter . It was refreshing and if you wanted a hole drilled to put a bolt in a yard fitter would pick a drill up ask where you wanted the Holes measure it up mark it out and drill it . It would go down on his timesheet as time spent on the job and you would initial it . In the UK you would have to approach the ship manager who would arrange for the marker out and his mate to Mark out the hole then the driller and his mate would come and drill where the marker out had marked , then the inspector and his mate would come along and inspected and passs it so to get one hole drilled it took a minimum of 7 men and probably the best part of a couple of days . In Holland less than an hour . The strict demarcation rules where I fitter couldn't well because he wasn't a blacksmith and the demarcation in the mechanical trades were all out of the window I'm afraid that the British shipyard had no sympathy from me whatsoever there on a suicidal kick and on a mission to Nowhere .
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 )
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