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Old 10-03-2006, 03:57 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by C_steam
Can't agree this one John. I'm no fan of this government but when Rover went down the tubes I believe it was right for the government to make a payment to cover the wagebill whilst negotiations for a takeover where still ongoing.
Of the £6.5Million - only a part of that was for the wages bill - but even if all of it had been spent on wages, which it most definately wasn't, it was still a bribe to the Longbridge workers....... if there hadn't been an election around the corner, the workers would have received the usual two fingers from blair and mob
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