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"We are NOT having this Board telling us how to run this company".

UNBELIVABLE!!!!!

Very well then, Dave...Kretinsky can tell you instead.

Night all.

All hail the Ice-Man...for as surely as Winter comes creeping slowly ...so cometh the Ice-Man.

Would like to strongly protest this disgraceful, gross and callous character assination attempt to unjustifiably and cruelly besmirch our hardworking 'Ducks' (ducks-under-constant-knocking-and stress) with this utterly contemptible labelling that amounts to nothing less than a complete distortion of the truth.

Members of D.!.L.D.O are stiffly proud (quite rightly so) and highly motivated in the pursuit of their chosen vocation: to rigorously serve all members of the community...without bias or prejudice; and, it has to be said, are more than willing to pursue all avenues of opportunity whilst inserting themselves into every facet of our daily lives.

Indeed, for some people, they are nothing less than a much welcomed relief from the daily grind of a boring home life and the repetitive, predictable demands that, unhappily for most, go with it.

So, please commit our motto to mind: "There is nothing like a good, steady Duck".

We pride ourselves on, not just both the reliability and durability of our amazing members ...but also their dedication
to their sworn duties which leaves nothing to chance...all avenues of opportunity being keenly explored.

So the next time you think its funny to laugh at our openly proud and manly, upright members...then please remind yourselves of this:-

When you need a helping hand , think -- D.!.L.D.O -- the only Duck that never lies down! And that's no matter how many times its forced back in to go the extra mile.

But why? Impending RNS perhaps?

but plenty of people here were talking very much like yourself a long time back. Me included.

"Ducks in the shooting gallery get in line please. Brace yourselves -- were going in!!" QUA - ARGHHHH!!!!!!!

This will be the cataylst for that split in the membership that several people here have previously metioned.

Kretinsky will be coming for the CWU now...and so will the Board. All in good time...all in good time.

'Death by Executive Action' is now a very real probability...and more than likely planned and thought out many moons ago by Moya Green and Rico Back.

What was it Back said when he finally left the company? Ahhh yes: "I look forward to the day when Royal Mail becomes a parcel delivery business."

Well, Rico, my old son...that day has finally arrived. Much to your great satisfaction no doubt.

CWU: RIP.

Perfectly encapsulated.

No more CWU for me.

If you can get a better offer under present circumstances than what R.M's final offer was...then I beg to differ.

What a total cluster-f..k!!

"IDS has been controlled for far too long by millitant unions and workshy lazy posties who think they are owed a living. The time has come for management to reassert their authority and get this company back into profit by firing the lazy and ditching the millitant unions. Only then when the undesirable element are gone will we see the real potential of this company."

Sums RMG up perfectly.

For Dave Ward and Co to think that they make policy and dictate how this company is run is almost beyond belief.

Dave, and as a postie myself, a little bit of advice: your job is to NEGOTIATE around the inevitable to the very best of your abilities...not try and demand your own way whilst pointing the barrel of a loaded gun.

Only the winners of a war can do that, Dave...not two opposing sides of equal strength.

The word here, Dave, is COMPROMISE...ever hear of it?

And if that means a reduction in sick pay, more flexibility in the working hours and the ending of the legacy payments...then just get on with it. Its coming sooner than later...so might as well be now than later.

between Dave Ward with Andy Furey and Ricky McAuley with Stuart McDonald.

R.M have asked for more time to study the union's counter-proposals. Well...according to my grass they have.

roar past with what looked like a limp and ragged director strapped to the back of his bike...

hope it wasn't another rough night?

My mate sent me some info last night...an email that was sent out from Ricky McAulay.

Seems the Board (and understandably so) are not particularly happy with the indiscreet disclosure of the company's latest proposals by the CWU's reps.

It goes on to say that if an agreement cannot be reached by Thursday of this week...then all offers are then off the table; it also states that the Board will study the CWU's counter-proposals. It ends by saying both sides will meet again on Tuesday (today).

Only 48 hours left before the postie's sucumb to 'Death by Executive Action'.

In 6 minutes that is...or so I am led to believe.

Ward seemed quite upbeat and rather positive in many ways...although still sombre and fiercely combative.

We might see a few more strikes...but I am now moderately confident we should, in a week or two...at the very most, get some sort of workable deal on the table.

Markets certainly seemed to like yesterday's report...the overall operational side of it that is.

This, along with, perhaps, Kretinsky increasing his stake, might be responsible for moving the s.p rather markedly upwards. Would have thought he must be nibbling by now.

Perhaps an RNS early next week?

Things, at last, are suddenly starting to look extremely interesting.

just seen Tbilisi97 drag him outside by his heels and throw him unceremoniously into the back of a Jeep Cherokee.

Hope he is all right...every time he wakes up from a long, hard session he complains of having a sore backside.

Can't be to careful. Cheers!

£3.00 a share?

The short answer is - no!

As soon as Kretinsky starts to get anywhere near 29% of the company...every man and his dog will be loading up on the stock.

He buys it or he compels the Board to split the company...it makes no difference to us the shareholders. Either way - we make brewsters! Unless your average is well above £4.00 a share that is. But there again perhaps he would have to pay more than 34.00 a share. Who knows? But certainly more than the IPO price I would say.

As most of you that post here are aware, I have always believed that Kretinsky was not interested in just making a quick profit when he first began acquiring Royal Mail shares.

But I am now wondering if he actually did intend to gain overall control of RMG right from the outset...was he working and planning things out with a different approach?

I remember reading an article some while back that suggested all he was really interested in was GLS...and how he would like to see it sold off for the benefit of the shareholders. Herein, perhaps, lies some part of the truth of the matter.

Could it be that when the Board announced the possible splitting of GLS from Royal Mail into a seperate company, they were not just offering it as a last recourse if the CWU would not come to terms...but, in fact, that is exactly what they intend to do?

And if indeed this is so the case, is Kretinsky aware of this? Or could it be that Kretinsky even suggested all of this in the very first place?

If, as shareholders, we get pre-emptive rights (?) to transfer half our shares into this new company...what price then GLS stock? And, just as importantly...what price then Royal Mail stock? Would Royal Mail stock then plunge to simply junk bond status? And woud GLS stock then shoot up considerably when released from the Royal Mail millstone presently slung about its neck?

Are the Board going to allude to any of this come Thursday next week? Or will they just straight out say it?...after a successful conclusion to the negotiations of course.

I am not really qualified to fully understand just how the splitting of the company effects us the shareholders...but if any of you more informed commentators amongst us would like to comment...I would be very interested to read your thoughts.

Spot on, Newdealz, with your latest post. I too think there still might be a dividend to be announced.

I would though also add that Kretinsky might have helped move the s.p upwards over the last day or two...he has to start adding again at sometime.

Could also be those who are short buying back.

"Or is it DK topping up again ? Any thoughts welcome ."

Same thought has occurred to me also.

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