Yes Akenaton, I do have a fixation about erections. Something to do with still being able to get one I suppose...

Perhaps I need to spell out the link between Thatcher and Scargill after all.   (If not, I might be showing lack of political something or other..)

They are (I typed "were" but Freudian slips don't change the situation,) both people with a view. Nothing wrong with that, we all have them. They both seeked office to influence and dare I say control others. Again, a calling for those who feel they have something to offer. So far, so hoopy.

However, they both failed to make the leap from promoting their idealism to representing the consensus. And that is the test of anybody who wishes to lead in a democracy.

Thatcher called me and my workmates "the enemy within." For that, she can rot in Hell. In later years and now, I am invited to receptions at No. 10. It is interesting to note the difference between being an enemy of the state and quoffing the Prime Minister's wine. The difference is the intellect and attitude of the Prime Minister, nothing more and nothing less. All this talk about a state funeral, has anybody checked to see if we have to wait for her to die first?

I hope her tomb has a sprung dance floor, because as an ex miner, my knees aren't what they used to be.