How about the bullies who used to stand in factory yards encouraging people to vote for strikes in a sort of "we're watching to see who doesn't vote" manner.

How do you know it was like that, Nige? Were you there? Or are you fondly remembering reports in truthful papers like the Sun and Mail? You are painting a suspiciously tabloid picture here. Is your middle name Kelvin?

Cheers for remembering my good friend Blair Peach, achmelvich. And I have wonderful, romantic memories of Achmelvich youth hostel in the early 70s!