Point 11 - coal from aborad is cheaper

See France. No longer operates any coal mines as cost wise was uneconomic given cheaper cost of importing coal from Australia and Eastern Europe which (even including transportation costs) was much cheaper. France now has to pay 320,000 ex miners 80% of their previous salaries each year for life for sitting around doing nothing.

The decade with the most coal mine closures was the 60's when under the LABOUR government 300 coal mines were closed with a loss of approx 430,000 jobs.

The closures under Thatcher could obviously have been handled on a more gradual basis with more of a support network put in place (and probably would have been had it not been for the stand off with the Unions) but Thatcher or no Thatcher most of those pits/mines would have closed anyway.

Posted By: Jim on April 9th 2013 at 16:40:30

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Chelts - have a word with yourself, mate (General Chat) - Cannydc, Apr 9, 16:20:42
- what a load of partisan drivel. (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 9, 17:18:27
- Point 11 - coal from aborad is cheaper (General Chat) - Jim, Apr 9, 16:40:30
  - The idea was to subsidise (General Chat) - Cannydc, Apr 9, 16:47:30
    - the unions (labour party) hated the tory government (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 9, 17:17:02
    - coal mines... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Apr 9, 16:53:23
  - or even abroad! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Apr 9, 16:42:12
  - Most of what she did would have happened anyway, just at a more reasoned pace (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 9, 16:42:05
    - The she destroyed manufacturing line is also a bit of a myth (General Chat) - Jim, Apr 9, 16:44:23
      - Become even. Can't type today! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Apr 9, 16:45:35
        
        Thatch Fingers ! (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Apr 9, 16:49:17
- Christ on a bike, when you put it like that. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 9, 16:40:04
  - only seeing what you want to see. (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Apr 9, 16:54:02
    - You really have turned in to a boring c**t Chelts. Can't we have the ld Chelts back? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 9, 17:05:03
      - *old* (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 9, 17:10:48
- I could quite easily list far more points than that with positives Thatcher gave (General Chat) - Hulk Rules, Apr 9, 16:26:40
  - Haha nice (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Apr 9, 18:54:04
- that was a quote Canny.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Apr 9, 16:26:30
  - Pretty good, Chelts (General Chat) - Cannydc, Apr 9, 16:28:13
    - Maybe you picked the wrong options (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Apr 9, 18:53:47
    - err.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Apr 9, 16:30:43
- she also created opportunies for anyone to succeed in the UK (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Apr 9, 16:25:44
- And, by the way, (General Chat) - Cannydc, Apr 9, 16:23:12
  - they were heading for Germany though... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Apr 9, 16:27:20
    - Come off it (General Chat) - Cannydc, Apr 9, 16:30:32
      - so what? she got a result within her means.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Apr 9, 16:31:46
        
        Honda, Toymotors (General Chat) - Cannydc, Apr 9, 16:44:47
        
        again... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Apr 9, 16:51:20
- regarding point 5. She supported more freedom for business (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Apr 9, 16:22:45

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