"It was the breadth and spontaneity of the action throughout 1911 and 1912 that shook the political establishment to the core, and took the trade union leaders unawares. Combining concession with coercion, the government was forced to intervene directly in negotiations while deploying troops against striking workers."

Sure, but nothing major happened during or as a result of this. In other countries, this deployment of troops would have been the beginning of the end for the regime. But in Britain, the workers went back under their rocks. Compare St. Petersburg 1917.