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"Pickles warns rogue firms"

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  • oh , yes , and the government were paid for there shares ?
  • The_Deep
    The_Deep Posts: 16,830 Forumite
    What is so difficult about properly using "there" and "their".
    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
  • don't let grammar get in the way of facts ,


    did the government have a 8% share in this despicable company ? did the government take dividends etc knowing that this company was often flaunting the law?


    worse than maggies lot giving Delorien millions for his drug habit
  • bazster
    bazster Posts: 7,436 Forumite
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    oh , yes , and the government were paid for there shares ?

    How would I know?
    Je suis Charlie.
  • enfield_freddy
    enfield_freddy Posts: 6,147 Forumite
    oh , did they act like honest bankers then , and decline there payouts?
  • The_Deep
    The_Deep Posts: 16,830 Forumite
    :eek:Me neither, but we must not let inappropriate punctuation get in the way of speculation.
    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
  • The_Deep
    The_Deep Posts: 16,830 Forumite
    edited 15 March 2015 at 1:15PM
    oh , did they act like honest bankers then , and decline there payouts?

    Actually Freddie the correct word is "their".
    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
  • bazster
    bazster Posts: 7,436 Forumite
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    don't let grammar get in the way of facts ,


    did the government have a 8% share in this despicable company ? did the government take dividends etc knowing that this company was often flaunting the law?


    worse than maggies lot giving Delorien millions for his drug habit

    So what are you going to do about it?

    The government's two major contributions to the private parking fiasco are Schedule 4 of POFA, and the sale of private data by the corrupt DVLA. So what do we do? Berating the government for creating the problem it is now, belatedly, trying to fix is all very well, but we still need the problem fixed.
    Je suis Charlie.
  • bazster
    bazster Posts: 7,436 Forumite
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    The_Deep wrote: »
    Actually Freddie the correct word is "[STRIKE]there[/STRIKE]their".

    Fixed that for you! ;)
    Je suis Charlie.
  • enfield_freddy
    enfield_freddy Posts: 6,147 Forumite
    almost as bad as the church having shares in Wonga ,
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