Page 3 of Go away and shut up

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Si Wooldridge says...
"Not too mention the many more closed down by Labour..."
That was before my universe existed. Had a quick google, and numerical confirmation that the Labour govt of Wilson shut down more pits than Thatcher. Also read opinions of different reasons, a post war shortage of manpower, and uneconomical mines for Wilson, versus a war on the unions for Maggie.


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Jitendar Canth

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Jitendar Canth says...
"versus a war on the unions for Maggie."
It wasn't simply a war on the Unions, although let's face it, they were well out of control for the previous decade or so - and Scargill called an illegal strike, so the Government were well within their rights to try and break it.  The mines were uneconomical, similar to much public spending - why do we pay more for less return?

We can argue over whether more could have been done, I would tend to agree with you - however, most miners simply wanted to carry on mining, as evidenced on the last PSB album, so I don't think it would have mattered what they did...

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Jitendar Canth says...
"Now's the time to open up the coal mines that Thatch closed down"
...and turn them into fallout shelters



Snaps

Seems totally legit. Just a couple of fans of English cathedral spires thwarted by the impenetrable English snow...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45509697

Yep, not like any non-Russians has had any issue with snow...ever...

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