New Posts For Thread: Turkish Army pension fund set to buy BRITISH Steel......https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31563737/turkish-army-pension-fund-set-to-buy-british-steel..... Chris Morris (The Day Today) would be spinning in his grave if he was dead at the sheer nonsense of it all. We were once a proud country you know...........ON THE PLUS side in this possible deal at least they own, have an interest in a steel company so wont be overawed by the daily costs of the steel industryhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31563737/turkish-army-pension-fund-set-to-buy-british-steel?post_id=557774705#557774705ON THE PLUS side in this possible deal at least they own, have an interest in a steel company so wont be overawed by the daily costs of the steel industrySat, 17 Aug 2019 04:14:04 -0500Can you live on the minimum wage without the government or your partner / family member subsidising you?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31563737/turkish-army-pension-fund-set-to-buy-british-steel?post_id=557774613#557774613Can you live on the minimum wage without the government or your partner / family member subsidising you?Sat, 17 Aug 2019 03:54:07 -0500If these British Steel workers were willing to work for the minimum wage would there be any need for a takeover?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31563737/turkish-army-pension-fund-set-to-buy-british-steel?post_id=557772899#557772899If these British Steel workers were willing to work for the minimum wage would there be any need for a takeover?Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:04:12 -0500We have lost a lot of heavy industry in the last few years where cost of energy was the main culprit the problem as I see it is when it comes to renewable energy it's stick and no carrot. Where are the subsidy and grants? Climate change is seen onlyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31563737/turkish-army-pension-fund-set-to-buy-british-steel?post_id=557770209#557770209We have lost a lot of heavy industry in the last few years where cost of energy was the main culprit the problem as I see it is when it comes to renewable energy it's stick and no carrot. Where are the subsidy and grants? Climate change is seen onlyFri, 16 Aug 2019 10:56:29 -0500steel industry is like blackpool easy to make money in the summer, plenty of consortiums around the world dipped in and out of the industry at different times making good returns but its all very cyclical ,and now hampered by the green lobby carbon thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31563737/turkish-army-pension-fund-set-to-buy-british-steel?post_id=557770093#557770093steel industry is like blackpool easy to make money in the summer, plenty of consortiums around the world dipped in and out of the industry at different times making good returns but its all very cyclical ,and now hampered by the green lobby carbon tFri, 16 Aug 2019 10:34:27 -0500That steel mill probably sits on top or near to large coal deposits back in the 60s we still made coal gas and I bet the price of buying gas was a major contributer to the closure of the planthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31563737/turkish-army-pension-fund-set-to-buy-british-steel?post_id=557770089#557770089That steel mill probably sits on top or near to large coal deposits back in the 60s we still made coal gas and I bet the price of buying gas was a major contributer to the closure of the plantFri, 16 Aug 2019 10:34:09 -0500Perhaps McCluskey could reopen the business using the Unite pension fund to show he practices what he preaches ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31563737/turkish-army-pension-fund-set-to-buy-british-steel?post_id=557770011#557770011Perhaps McCluskey could reopen the business using the Unite pension fund to show he practices what he preaches ?Fri, 16 Aug 2019 10:21:38 -0500redcar plant nothings really changed, thai banks still own land and not playing ball with Middlesbrough council wanting to take it over so 20 years minimum before land can be got back to use for any other means, 150 men on site looking after site inthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31563737/turkish-army-pension-fund-set-to-buy-british-steel?post_id=557769961#557769961redcar plant nothings really changed, thai banks still own land and not playing ball with Middlesbrough council wanting to take it over so 20 years minimum before land can be got back to use for any other means, 150 men on site looking after site intFri, 16 Aug 2019 10:11:40 -0500this pension fund will end up taking the money and runninghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31563737/turkish-army-pension-fund-set-to-buy-british-steel?post_id=557769623#557769623this pension fund will end up taking the money and runningFri, 16 Aug 2019 09:31:51 -0500What as happened to the site at Redcar?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31563737/turkish-army-pension-fund-set-to-buy-british-steel?post_id=557769591#557769591What as happened to the site at Redcar?Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:27:49 -0500