Hear hear, Steve. Herself and I separately likened it to the way Maggie Hatchett chose her ground carefully before precipitating the miners' strike, thus (in the words of a police community relations officer on the spot at the time) setting back the clock by fifty years. Unions have been on the back foot ever since .... .... and I'd better stop there before my keyboard catches fire. If you want to be heard, people, less shouting and more careful analysis. It gets awfully loud, as well as terribly lonely, in the middle ground. "Be fair, Citizen G'Kar. I am a soldier; I carry my sword in my hand. You carry your sword in your mind and in your heart, which gives you a two-to-one advantage in arms." [Corrections humbly invited.]
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