Arthur Scargill the socialist

[Dr House]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...uxury-apartment-NUM-launch-legal-action.html#

Arthur Scargill is facing legal action from his union who want to oust him
from his luxury £1.5million London apartment.
The National Union of Mineworkers are paying £34,000 per year to keep their
former president in the property which has commanding views of the city.

The 73-year-old former miner - who led the union through the miner's strikes
of 1984-85 - claims he is entitled to stay in the home for life.
Mr Scargill, known as Old King Coal, has had the home at The Barbican since
1982 in addition to his detached cottage in his hometown of Barnsley.

Even thatcher has to pay for her own home

 

[Edrof]

Not surprising.

 

[Brian8bit]

Socialism is great. Provided you're in charge.

 

[arc@css]

 

[panthro]

I dont understand how someone has the right to live in council property but own homes elsewhere?

 

[Biohazard]

"By the time he retired as president of the NUM in 2002, a clause had found its way into his contract guaranteeing him free use of the flat for the rest of his life."

That's one way of putting it I suppose.

Morally it's one thing, but if they agreed the contract then tough bloody cookies frankly.

 

[Dolph]

And they say these people are supposed to be helping their members...

 

[regulus]

Socialism is great. Provided you're in charge.

Yep. An interesting system that could work but is fatally flawed due to the greed and general stupidity of people. Well, an a whole host of other issues too.

 

[Biohazard]

Yep. An interesting system that could work but is fatally flawed due to the greed and general stupidity of people. Well, an a whole host of other issues too.

Capitalism is a flawed concept due to the greed of some and the general stupidity of people.

 

[Edrof]

Capitalism is a flawed concept due to the greed of some and the general stupidity of people.

Yup, there'll always be copious amounts of idiotic and selfish people holding the rest of us back.

 

[Tefal]

Socialism the ideology where everyone gives money to the socialists who shouldn't have to give money to anyone else because that would be regressive!

 

[Biohazard]

Socialism the ideology where everyone gives money to the socialists who shouldn't have to give money to anyone else because that would be regressive!

That's not socialism.

 

[Meridian]

Capitalism is a flawed concept due to the greed of some and the general stupidity of people.

Er no - capitalism relies on those factors. Essentially it uses greed to try to get stuff done, and relies on people being too stupid to realise how egregious a system it is.


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[Biohazard]

Er no - capitalism relies on those factors. Essentially it uses greed to try to get stuff done, and relies on people being too stupid to realise how egregious a system it is.


M

And perhaps that's why it's flawed?

Yes?

 

[Hatter The Mad]

Champagne socialism at its finest (as is Bob Crow, recipient of £150k a year, lives in socially supported housing..).

 

[Biohazard]

Champagne socialism at its finest (as is Bob Crow, recipient of £150k a year, lives in socially supported housing..).

David Cameron, millionare, lives in socially supported housing and renumeration....

 

[Fr0dders]

whats the old saying "all are created equal, but some are morel equal than others ?"

 

[Destination]

Not surprising.

Wasn't he the chap had to keep the ban new merc in the garage for the duration of the miners strike when they are all striking and showing such hardship. So he had to hide his own new motor to stop getting lynched. Early 80s much fewer mercs on road than now.

 

[BlairH]

The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

 

[kwerk]

Er no - capitalism relies on those factors. Essentially it uses greed to try to get stuff done, and relies on people being too stupid to realise how egregious a system it is.


M

Nature relies on greed to get stuff done. Greed, competition and fear. That's why other systems don't work, they are out of tune with natural behavior. Without greed we'd still be living in caves.