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Originally Posted by joeysteele
We didn't have Labour govt between 1977 and 1979,that is my point, there was a lib Lab pact in 1977/78 with agreed policies of both parties.
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It was a labour government supported by the liberals. It wasn't even a coalition.
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It is hardly fair to blame the miners for the chaos for the 1973/4 while not blaming the Unions for the 1978/9.
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I can and I will having experienced both governments first hand
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Personally I see no difference as to the 2 winters of chaos, both had Union unrest, both had govts refusing to give in and both govts fell because of it.
The only difference is, one was a govt with a 20+ working majority, the other was a minority govt,fully reliant on all other parties in the Commons.
Nothing party political just a fact.
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You may not chose to see anything different, but there was a massive difference