Originally Posted by
millmoormagic
Who was right again?? Scargill, and the rest of us, knew the programme, flannel the weak with bull, you know "we're closing the uneconomic mines, 22 in total" many swallowed it...most didn't, Scargill said at least 75 were on the hit list.......tell me again, how many deep coal mines are left in the country??
tell me again, who was right?
We all knew what the real fight was, and whatever you think of scargill, myself and the many thousands of other miners who fought the state remember this fact, we didn't strike for pay, we didn't strike for conditions, we didn't strike for better pension arrangements,we struck for our futures, for our communities, for our kids and grandkids, look around you right now in the UK, communities smashed, youngsters getting paid fack all and exploited with zero hour contracts left right and centre, health service in dissarray, a gov't determined to further punish the disabled, the old and infirm, don't tell me Kerr i was wrong, just don't.
Your last sentence about notts miners.....what do you think i did then, and the rest of the miners? moved on, i have never been out of work Kerr, never, ironically you mention "moving away from coal" wow, you're an advocate of fracking fella, a backward step if ever there was one in terms of the environment.
Seems to me the only one to have moved on here is myself, i fought long and hard for the coal industry, big style, my pit shut i moved on, i can also accept what the reality of burning fossil fuels is for the planet, and i'm happy to tell you we should end deep coal mining for good, across the planet, you however are still chasing the buck of cheap and dirty fracking and you should be ashamed of yourself for it, there's absolutely no need for fracking except to line the pockets of the few, the elite few who still control us to this day, you're part of that because plainly you'll believe owt they tell you, gullible is not the word, get back to the 70's Kerr, it's where you belong.