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Originally Posted by Shasown
Thatcher didnt starve anyone, the miners went on strike because they didnt want to see their industry slimmed down to be competitive.
She didnt close any mines, due to the number of strikes in the UK industry other industries started buying in cheaper, though inferior in quality, stocks of coal from abroad. No market = no requirement for UK coal means no need for a labour force in the coal mining industry.
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Another point of disagreement Shas - Thatcher vs Scragill became a battle of wills. In my area we have the highest quality of coal deep-mined and there is a deep seam that runs under the Forth. Regretrully, Thatcher's battle with Scargill resulted in the mines becoming flooded so it became unecomonic to restart working them and the pitheads are now housing estates. Fife used to get trains to run the crapola you're talking about from Central Scotland to fire it's slag burning power stations.