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Old 21-06-2015, 14:20   #44
Gordon Booth
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Re: Battle of Orgreave

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Originally Posted by Guinness View Post

The ‘ten bob tory millionaires’ using words like ‘scargill’, and ‘loony left’ to go off on a tangent and derail the simple fact that the police were out of control on this particular occasion are typical of the ‘I’m alright jack, stuff you, loadsamoney’ thatcherite yuppies of the day.

For the one who used to be in the RAF, which pre-‘this tory lot’ was a force to be reckoned with….now it would have real difficulty shooting down a paper plane made by a 5 year old, the other..well..meh!..just wait until you need the NHS or LCC care services for a loved one……

But hey…hale and healthy…decent pension or job…you can afford to be a tory…it’s only when things go wrong that you say….’Oops!’
We've never met but you've obviously worked out I'm a healthy, wealthy retired banker or similar. Clever of you!
If only.
We have a Tory Government so it's obvious not all Tory voters are healthy, wealthy retired bankers, just ordinary people who couldn't risk another disastrous Labour Government.
If 3 Labour Governments hadn't borrowed past the hilt and let the bankers go wild we could still afford a decent RAF.
By the way, only you have mentioned the 'loony left'.

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Originally Posted by Guinness View Post
Not to mention condescending and patronising…

And still after 3 pages of posts not one single tory has actually said that the decision to not pursue criminal actions by the police because of ‘passage of time’ is fair and just!
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I checked my posts, I simply quoted facts which I checked out and no one has disputed them so far.
Facts can't be condescending or patronising, they're just facts even if you don't like them.
As for attitude problems- look in a mirror.

If three separate Labour Governments didn't feel the need for an enquiry or to pursue criminal actions against the police , why should this Government, or you or I, feel a Labour Government got it wrong?

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Originally Posted by Neil View Post
I can't really comment on this as I don't know anything about it. Would you say the Wiki page is accurate as to what happened?

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Battle_of_Orgreave
It ties in with most of the info, Neil, although you'll find different figures for the numbers involved. I saw 10,000 miners, 5,000 police but it varies.
Interestingly the only quote from anyone who was actually there is from a member of the 'Women Against Pit Closures' group. No bias intended I'm sure and she was lucky not to get a real crack on the head.

Last edited by Gordon Booth; 21-06-2015 at 14:25.
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