Trooping the Colour

[The Bedlington Terrier]

This is your good self BT, on the Vax Legacy thread,

"I recently had a week long Facebook ban just for questioning the efficacy of the Pfizer Covid drug. Democracy rules OK?"

When Facebook deny you your democratic rights, you moan, when the Notts miners exercised their democratic rights, they're scabs. A little bit of inconsistency, confusion even, there mon ami, but no matter, you're a Lefty, inconsistency goes with the territory.

But what is clear is that the conflict between Yorks and Notts miners had nothing to do with St Margaret, but never let a lie stand in the way of a good story eh ?

I love it when you are taking the pi$$ mon ami: Margaret Thatcher, had a three way plan - to build up ample coal stocks - did you ever pass Wakefield on the M1 and see the "coal mountains"? - to keep as many miners at work as possible, by whatever means possible, and to authorise excessive police brutality to break up attacks by pickets on working miners. Bitch!

[Supersub6]

I love it when you are taking the pi$$ mon ami: Margaret Thatcher, had a three way plan - to build up ample coal stocks - did you ever pass Wakefield on the M1 and see the "coal mountains"? - to keep as many miners at work as possible, by whatever means possible, and to authorise excessive police brutality to break up attacks by pickets on working miners. Bitch!

No mention of poor old Arthur ---he did very well out of all this and didn't suffer any hardship, unlike many of those who he called out on strike. There are some very interesting views on Arthur amongst many Northumberland ex-miners and also about his successor. Many families are still divided up here because of those who worked through the strike, in spite of being attacked by incomers from other areas ---on the instructions of good old Arthur.
Strange how one side always blame Maggie without ever considering the bigger picture, the joys of being apolitical and considering both sides without needing to get involved, in spite of my father-in-law being a miner all his life. HIs views on the whole thing were very interesting indeed., rest his soul.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

When is enough money actually enough for these clowns...

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/wor...04-p5ayuo.html

[ClaretinBudapest]

When is enough money actually enough for these clowns...

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/wor...04-p5ayuo.html

Never BT.The sheep still lap it up.

[sinkov]

I love it when you are taking the pi$$ mon ami: Margaret Thatcher, had a three way plan - to build up ample coal stocks - did you ever pass Wakefield on the M1 and see the "coal mountains"? - to keep as many miners at work as possible, by whatever means possible, and to authorise excessive police brutality to break up attacks by pickets on working miners. Bitch!

Honestly mon ami, you and your Lefty chums haven't got a clue. Get yourself a copy of the 1967 Labour government White Paper on the Coal Industry. It was never followed through because of the 1970s oil crisis, but if it hadn't been for that crisis, by the time St Margaret became PM there wouldn't have been a coal industry in existence, Labour would already have shut it all down.

But in Lefty fantasy land, ignorance is bliss. Not a feckin clue, pig ignorant Lefties.

[Supersub6]

Honestly mon ami, you and your Lefty chums haven't got a clue. Get yourself a copy of the 1967 Labour government White Paper on the Coal Industry. It was never followed through because of the 1970s oil crisis, but if it hadn't been for that crisis, by the time St Margaret became PM there wouldn't have been a coal industry in existence, Labour would already have shut it all down.

But in Lefty fantasy land, ignorance is bliss. Not a feckin clue, pig ignorant Lefties.

Come on sinkov, that was 'streamlining' just as they had done with the railways a few years before. They were reorganising by shutting down the smaller mines, just as they had done with the uneconomic railways.
The problem is that they got it so badly wrong but would not admit it and the coal industry was in a real mess.
Of course it all depends on which media outlets you read and whether you can do it with an open mind.