Quote ="gutterfax"Thatcher closed the pits down because they were no longer viable as going concerns. Years of "take take take" by the trade unions had driven the industry into a state where it was costing the COUNTRY more than it was providing........your honest and hardworking miners essentially wanted the rest of the country to subsidise them so they could keep their jobs......AKA, something for nothing.
you'll like this article biggunbrad..it talks about Unions and there's a picture
[urlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/politics_show/3154824.stm[/url'"
And half wits like yourself believed all the bull, and are now reliant on the French for your overpriced electricity . God you are thick , as well as odious and ignorant