Boris is now claiming that Thatcher gave the U/K an early start in Climate Change, by closing the coal mines down..... Absolute rubbish coming from Boris as usual....
.......Thatcher took the miners on because she Hated Scargill and the working class.
Thatcher was a despotical tyrant who deliberately ruined the manufacturing base of this country, to the benefit of her husbands cronies, and to the detrement of millions of people who she knew would face years and years of hardship. Some areas have never recovered. She should have been hanged in Parliament Square for treason. She did more harm to the...
I read these posts from people complaining about assorted governments and prime ministers - and wonder just what would suit the moaners? I guess nothing.
Not read all this thread but mining was a hard, dirty & dangerous job. Many miners I knew were hard drinkers and lived artificially shorter lives. None wanted their sons to go down t'pit.
So it may have financially impacted a generation & some communities but closing the pits was probably beneficial in the long run.
AH, Don't you now that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. I would have thought that a man of your intelligence could have come up with something better.