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Should we protest against Luddites?

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  • chris_m
    chris_m Posts: 8,250 Forumite
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    ging84 wrote: »
    you can just wait till the end of the school holidays and they will mostly go away

    You mean they actually go to school? They haven't been excluded?
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    pqrdef wrote: »
    Short of declaring UDI, how is the north going to get its hands on the money?

    Presumably in much the same way Aberdeen makes money from oil: lots of highly paid jobs directly and then extra employment supporting those people.

    For example, I heard that Hamish's Whisky Merchant retired aged 43. Such is the income generated by the oil industry.
  • lvader
    lvader Posts: 2,579 Forumite
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    chewmylegoff wrote: »
    No doubt the protestors are hoping the frackers give in soon so they can go back to their day job of moaning about their energy bills and railing against power companies' fat cat directors

    They probably are unemployed and don't actually payfor anything themselves.
  • Loughton_Monkey
    Loughton_Monkey Posts: 8,913 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    ....For example, I heard that Hamish's Whisky Merchant retired aged 43. Such is the income generated by the oil industry.

    .. and he's now 84, and still trying to get Hamish to pay his bills!
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