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I did tell you about the Telegraph Larry, but you said hatred was too strong a word. Knowingly regurgitating the exaggerations they printed was poor journalism at the very least and might be considered by some as misleading. What do you think about them now?

Wake me up when it's all over!

Smasher, even your handle sounds intimidating. But don't worry, I'm here to give your a metaphorical hand and hopefully adjust your muddled thinking. We are no longer living in the Sixties or Seventies, when unions were all powerful. Times have changed. Of course I want to make money from BT, as do tens of thousands of other small investors, including BT team members. It is not a crime to make money from investing. The whole world is doing it. If your union was progressive, it would be working with employers like BT to retrain frontline and back office team members who will undoubtedly become redundant over the next few years. Instead, like the newspaper unions, you pick a fight. Your pathetic strike is destined to fizzle out like a cheap sparkler. And another thing, the workforce is only responsible for a part of the success of a well run company. You are the hands, not the brains. Leadership, innovation, intellect and security are also key, as is the attitude of team members. People like you can only shout foul from the sidelines, in the same way as Sir Keir Starmer - the Labour Party's lacklustre leaders. Your union bosses are not leaders. They are bald-headed thugs and dinosaurs. They will drag you down with them. Open you eyes Smasher. Work with BT and not against them. Or you and the other moaners could find yourselves other jobs. On second thoughts, best stay with BT. With your attitude, no one else will employ you. Toodle Pip!

Pensions, pensions, pensions. Thought this board was supposed to be focused on discussions about BT shares. Looks like it's becoming a mouthpiece for fat, slimy anarchist CWU members, along with people like Fleecy, his sidekick NDN and the resurrected Aus, who always was and remains a cantankerous old fahrt. Have you got nothing better to do with your lives than drone on about everything under the sun, except what really matters - the BT share price. The strike is bound to fail. And in 8 years' time, when the fibre rollout is complete, there will be even fewer CWU members willing to strike and attempt to pull the company down. The frontline workforce will be cut to 18,000. And AI will have replaced the vast majority of call centre staff, enabling the company, in whatever guise it becomes, to become even more productive and profitable. So may hay while the sun shines you greedy lot. Your time will be up soon, thankless numbskulls :)

Sickening socialist dogma, dressed up as reasonable-speak.

Dream on Aushole :)

You forget one thing Aushole. VM02 do not have anywhere near the same national footprint as BT/Openreach.

Eminently good sense me or you. It’s all of us. And unless all of us work together sensibly, we’re in for an even tougher time. Problem is, the unions have a covert agenda, as do the Labour party. They want to change the system. And, as we all know, socialism doesn’t work. Wake up, before it’s too late.

You are the disgrace Phat. All BT staff are already benefiting from a £1500 a year pay rise. Those who do strike - including, no doubt, some selfish engineers bent on maintaining their differentials - will end up losing more than they gain. Where's their compassion for their lower-paid colleagues? No solidarity there, eh bro'.

Well said Coronation. Very well said.

FREE HAPPY ENDINGS FOR ALL CWU MEMBERS WHO CROSS PICKET LINES :)

Hi Bee Tee. A hog in an abattoir is tense because it's being restrained. However, it's unaware of its fate - just as you union members are. You lot are done for. Finished. Unions have no place in modern society. Look at your leaders. They look like something out of the Seventies. And they are - sad, fat, bald bully boys. They are living the life of Reilly, while mugs like you lose dosh and pay their excessive wages and expense accounts. Wake up Bee Tee. See the light. Capitalism loves you. Join us in our fight for glory. Make the world a better place. Ditch the communists. Buy yourself some condoms and visit my parlour in Southend.

Larry, why does the Telegraph so hate BT?

Union brothers and sisters have a perfect right to post here or anywhere else they see fit. I note that 'news' stories on a number of suspect sites talk about overwhelming votes in favour of a strike. Utter rubbish. The true picture is quite different, as I pointed out previously. EE are not striking. They didn't reach the required turnout of 50%. The turnout wasn't much better in BT. Only 58% of the workforce voted and 8% of them voted NO to strike action. Even in the most militant and highest paid group (greedy Openreach engineers), only 74% voted and 4% of those voted NO to strike action. Call that overwhelming. Not on your Nellie! Champagne socialists the lot of you, including your bully boy leaders. Shame on you.

You get my vote NDN. Visit my parlour in Southend anytime for a free happy ending. You deserve it :)

Valuation would increase by 100%

OK NDN, you got me. Very poor form me pointing out an inadvertent spelling mistake. Sincere apologies. Have launched an inquiry into who reported me. Can't imagine who it could be :)

Not rain. Not reign. But rein, you ignoramus :)

wit not with

Erik, dear boy, your post indicates a complete ignorance of financial matters. Suggest you stick to collecting union dues :)