Lesley Ives wrote:The use of the term Union seems to make it easier to justify the slaughter of communities, depersonalising is a trick used by extremist to carry out atrocities without the need for emotional guilt.
You are speaking of Scargill of course. The man was a menace to the country and to his members. Indeed as were the Union.
Did you approve of the regular strikes in the 70's?
Did you approve of the restrictive practices?
Did you really think that damaging your employer through militancy was a way to job security?
I am very proud of what Mrs T did and the fact that I was a supporter of her from the very beginning. If you think the country could have carried on the way it was, then you are sadly deluded.