The Ultimate In Hypocracy?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25731328
Or perhaps he was a secret admirer of the Le Dame de fer!

[emmie]

i doubt it, but he was an old hypocrite, and not well liked by the miners, at least going on various sources.

[SirOracle]

Surely LA not LE TTT

[ToraToraTora]

Not well liked??? PMSL, they followed the retard over a cliff F F S!

[ToraToraTora]

Yes La!

[emmie]

actually many didn't, they followed the unions, and the policies in place, i think it is chill who's granddad worked in the mines, i could be wrong, and if so i hope he drops in to say, but someone mentioned that Scargill was not liked, often despised, and that he was thought something of a hypocrite, and not just over buying a flat.

[emmie]

wiki

On 25 August 2010, it was reported that Scargill had been told that he no longer qualified for full membership of the NUM under union rules he had helped draw up, but was only eligible for "life" or "retired" or "honorary" membership - which did not carry voting rights. In February 2012, Scargill won £13,000 in a court action against the NUM, primarily for car expenses, and for the earlier temporary denial of membership. Scargill admitted there was 'bad blood' between him and the NUM general secretary Chris Kitchen, who said, "I honestly do believe that Arthur, in his own world, believes that the NUM is here to afford him the lifestyle that he's become accustomed to." However, in December 2012, Scargill lost a similar case concerning rent on his flat in the Barbican, London. For years the NUM had been paying £34,000 annual rent for the flat on Scargill's instructions, without the knowledge of NUM members or many senior officials; Scargill claimed the NUM should continue funding his flat for the rest of his life, and thereafter for any widow who survived him. Chris Kitchen said: "I would say it's time to walk away, Mr Scargill. You've been found out. The NUM is not your personal bank account and never will be again.

[ToraToraTora]

are you?

[emmie]

what you just put ^^

[ToraToraTora]

@ chewn. I'd say that using a structure introduced by your sworn enemy to benefit youself is the ultimate in hypocracy, you asked if I was joking, I assumed you must be, capiesch?

[emmie]

its the person in question though, a sworn enemy of Mrs T and all she stood for.

[browntrout]

I expect many of us (well, ok, all of us) would take advantage of something going (legally) cheap if the opportunity arose. So, while that might make this business seem reasonable it does not alter the fact that Scargill is/was a total unmitigated douche-bag. and, of course, a total disaster for the miners. his attitude to the miners was a bit like quite a few catholic priests approach to orphans. FT.

[andy-hughes]

Chewn - "If someone trying to get a flat on the cheap was the ultimate in hypocrisy we would all live in a better world than we do now."

But it's not 'someone' is it?

It's Arthur Scargill, sworn and vocifourous enemy of the Conservatives, their policies, and everything they stood for.

So yes, it is hypocrisy writ very large indeed.

[emmie]

screwed them for what it's worth you mean, sorry to be blunt.

[emmie]

no, just somebody with a different viewpoint.

[andy-hughes]

emmie - does your different viewpoint mean that you think Mr Scargill's actions - in view of his oft-voiced views on Tory policies - was not actually the behaviour of a hypocrite?