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Thread #153300 Message #3589316
Posted By: Peter K (Fionn)
05-Jan-14 - 10:38 PM
Thread Name: BS: Thatcher fibbed about coal mines!
Subject: RE: BS: Thatcher fibbed about coal mines!
As Pete Jennings suggested up the thread, it might have helped if the original post had included a reference. Belatedly, then...
BBC report.
It makes the point that the government was talking about closing 20 pits while at the same time secretly planning to close 75 - but over three years. Yes, there's a descrepancy, but it's not in the Belgrano category of Thatcher lies.