The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #113750 Message #2421486
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
24-Aug-08 - 08:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mrs Thatcher had dementia
Subject: RE: BS: Mrs Thatcher had dementia
"Peace, it's kinda like Bush! - no one will actually own up to it :) "
I'll 'own up' to it. (in fact, I'm proud of it)
Prior to Maggie (and I'll admit she was no saint) we had a country working a three day week because of stikes by the miners meaning there was insufficient coal to run the power stations.
The miners were taken to strike action without a vote/mandate from the workers themselves.
Post Maggie there is a requirement for any union to ballot its workers before taking serious industrial action, and that by secret ballot (as with the election of politicians) so that no one is coerced by the militant members of their unions calling for a 'show of hands'.
I find it rather sad that we have people on this site who would wish illness on anyone, irrespective of their political leanings.