Oh yes, forgot about the coal. A substance that was so expensive to get out of the ground that coal imported from Poland was cheaper. Mr £450,000 house, Scargill walked sraight into the trap by calling an illegal srike!!! Thousands of miners followed this fool to the bitter end when they all had to go back to work after a year out. How many laws did Thatcher pass which were unpopular with the electorate? Twelve years have passed and those 'oh so unpopular laws' and Acts of Parliament are still with us. So very unpopular, weren't they?