Spot on
The decimation of the formerly state owned industries was a pre-meditated act to break organised labour. This was a priority of the tories - partly to reward their backers in the city and partly because they were still smarting from the way Heath was done over by the miners in '72. Read the biogs of Leon Brittain, Heseltine etc - they say it themselves.
It had nothing whatosoever to do with restructuring the economy for the good of the british people.
Posted By: slater on February 22nd 2007 at 15:21:52
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- Get a load of this Thatcher fanatics! (General Chat) - slater, Feb 22, 14:19:09
- so was it her fault that it is cheaper to buy coal and steel from abroad? that would be (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 22, 15:05:07
- This is too easy... (General Chat) - slater, Feb 22, 15:12:11
- the labour force wanted to be paid more than a pittance (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Feb 22, 15:14:40
- the miners were well paid compared to many others (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Feb 22, 17:20:20
- sorry, was meaning in relation to their foreign counterparts (General Chat) - blindasabat, Feb 22, 22:00:45
- Spot on (General Chat) - slater, Feb 22, 15:21:52
- So the privatisation of BT was a bad thing ? (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Feb 22, 17:13:17
- so it was the unions' fault then? (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Feb 22, 15:25:53
- To the extent that the unions were doing (General Chat) - slater, Feb 22, 15:31:18
- Railtrack and Mr Byers ring a bell ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Feb 22, 17:16:04
- British Leyland and the striking unions - does that ring a bell ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Feb 22, 17:17:40
- Is British Airways heading the same was as British Leyland? (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Feb 22, 17:21:28
- British Leyland and the striking unions - does that ring a bell ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Feb 22, 17:17:40
- so the unions were doing what unions are supposed to do (General Chat) - blindasabat, Feb 22, 15:39:09
- Motion passed brother (General Chat) - slater, Feb 22, 15:41:18
- Railtrack and Mr Byers ring a bell ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Feb 22, 17:16:04
- To the extent that the unions were doing (General Chat) - slater, Feb 22, 15:31:18
- the miners were well paid compared to many others (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Feb 22, 17:20:20
- the labour force wanted to be paid more than a pittance (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Feb 22, 15:14:40
- This is too easy... (General Chat) - slater, Feb 22, 15:12:11
- Lets face it (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 22, 14:51:33
- that's the most sensible thing anybody's said today (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Feb 22, 15:10:38
- That is an interesting point of view (General Chat) - slater, Feb 22, 14:57:10
- yes (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 22, 15:42:41
- You'll never convince them, anymore than you'll convince (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 22, 14:33:03
- Agreed. However it's nice to think of their tiny brains exploding (General Chat) - slater, Feb 22, 14:42:31
- Like marrying Bender from Futurama? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 22, 14:37:36
- don't you mean The Joker? (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Feb 22, 14:40:45
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- no - it's your conjoined twin. You are joined at the cock. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Feb 22, 14:52:37
- Is that your girlfriend? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 22, 14:42:40
- don't you mean The Joker? (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Feb 22, 14:40:45
- so was it her fault that it is cheaper to buy coal and steel from abroad? that would be (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 22, 15:05:07
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