I've always liked that Daily Mirror quote - "Mr Scargill began the miners’ strike with a very large union and a very small house; he ended the strike with a very small union and a very large house".
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Tammly
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And of course he had no thugs and useful idiots to help him.
Tammly - reminds me of a chap I once knew who lived in a south Derbyshire mining village. During the strike he told me about thugs coming down from Yorkshire to intimidate their miners into supporting the strike. Didn't go down well.
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And of course he had no thugs and useful idiots to help him.
Tammly - reminds me of a chap I once knew who lived in a south Derbyshire mining village. During the strike he told me about thugs coming down from Yorkshire to intimidate their miners into supporting the strike. Didn't go down well.
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