Mary Fisher typed:

That's the best way and what we did but there are still some who
thinks it look OK with an edging attached to the skirting. I think it
looks a dog but what do I know?

Recently I noticed that this (with the edging) is the way it was done
at the West Yorkshire Playhouse restaurant/community area.

It looks cheap.

It does, and with everything there is a But.........

If you are putting this spit flooring down In a nice older house the
skirting boards aren't going to come off without a fight, and you stand a
good chance of splitting them into much smaller bits.
You now have to find replacement 8ins mouldings to match your possibly hand
made originals, Very expensive.

Then accident time, very common with the cheep stuff.
Oh ive got a few spare boards left in the loft,
oh I have to take the skirting off (and most of the wall decoration and
plaster with it) again to replace one board.

Next week laminate flooring is now considered tasteless junk
(should have been last month)
Oh I now have a nice big gaps under all my door posts.

YMMV :-)