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Thread #174022   Message #4221134
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
18-Apr-25 - 11:24 AM
Thread Name: UK political topics 2025 1 thread only
Subject: RE: UK political topics 2025 1 thread only
Sandman: Clement Attlee's Labour government closed 101 pits between 1947 and 1951; Macmillan (Conservative) closed 246 pits between 1957 and 1963; Wilson (Labour) closed 253 in his two terms in office between 1964 and 1976; Heath (Conservative) closed 26 between 1970 and 1974; and Thatcher (Conservative) closed 115 between 1979
CONSERVATIVES CLOSED 387, LABOUR CLOSED 363
Nigel those are facts


Which does not counter my statement that Wilson closed more than twice as many pits as Thatcher.
Also, proclaiming "Those are the facts" would be more persuasive if you gave details of where you got those 'facts'. Was the maths problem yours, or the site which supplied them? 101+253 = 363: False!