The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157929   Message #3731459
Posted By: Jim Carroll
19-Aug-15 - 09:36 AM
Thread Name: BS: electing a new labour leader
Subject: RE: BS: electing a new labour leader
"Thatcher contributed to the closure of pits "
Thatcher CLOSED the pits with the help of Ian McGregor -
Scargill had no alternative but to oppose a deliberate policy which included (to start with), the proposal of 64,000 (from 202,000 to 138,000) redundancies - that was what he his job.
Jim Carroll