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BBC is to go on strike!
« on: March 30, 2009, 10:05:31 am »
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BBC journalists have voted for two days of industrial action, over the Corporation's plans for compulsory redundancies. Just over one third of the BBC's 4,000 journalists took part in a ballot, organised by the National Union of Journalists. Union members voted 77 per cent in favour of strike action. BBC TV, radio and online news services are expected to be disrupted by the strike action, scheduled to take place on April 03 2009 and April 09 2009.

Those believed to be affected by the threat of compulsory cuts include staff at the BBC World Service South Asian section, where twenty positions are understood to be under threat; further job losses are also in the pipeline at BBC Scotland.

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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2009, 01:16:19 pm »
Thing is, why do they need 4,000 journalists in the first place!

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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2009, 08:46:28 pm »
Will i get a rebate on my tv licence?
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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2009, 06:36:47 pm »
Will i get a rebate on my tv licence?

You got more chance of winning the 3:30 at Lingfield if you backed the one with three wooden legs.

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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2009, 11:03:24 pm »
Grand national on Saturday. Got any tips?
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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2009, 11:40:39 pm »
Remember to place it Both ways! thus its a £2 bet for a £1 Stake! ;)

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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2009, 08:03:45 am »
I always pick the horse that has a colour in its name.
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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2009, 08:04:50 am »
You did ok with Red Rum then?
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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2009, 08:43:05 am »
How did i just know someone would say that.
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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2009, 09:51:37 am »
Take the odds. If you have a nice 10-1 or 8-1 it can easily fall to 5/4 and that can have a big impact on your winnings.

100-30 is better odds than 5/4. Its just thrown in to throw people, it will give yout £3.33 from a £1 bet but 5/4 only £1.25 from same £1 bet. If you have a 10/11 then the thing is favoured to romp it home or is the lame duck which is taking bets away from the real fave.

TBH you get better odds on a roulette wheel. A friend who like to gamble has never won big on the horses, most he's won to my knowledge is £350 on a horse race, £12,800 in Black Jack and Roulette.

As he puts it, horses is a mugs game.

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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2009, 07:46:14 am »
After watching Eastenders last night and having a very upset Mum to deal with they can go on strike and f*ck off!  They have total contempt for their viewers.

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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2009, 07:49:46 am »
I can't believe they killed Danielle off.  The poor actress has spent all this time playing a miserable teenager - I thought they'd give her a chance to be happy for a while.
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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2009, 10:49:26 am »
Because the people who write Eastenders are useless f*cking wan*ers

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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2009, 01:20:02 pm »
Is Danielle definitely dead?
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Re: BBC is to go on strike!
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2009, 03:19:19 pm »
After watching Eastenders last night and having a very upset Mum to deal with they can go on strike and f*ck off!  They have total contempt for their viewers.

I agree. Inflicting EastEnders on their viewers is showing total contempt.
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