Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy the Jock View Post
There was a brilliant series on BBC 2 recently .The Thatcher years .

I had softened my view on her in recent times , but watching this re kindled my dislike of her .

She did sort the country out, and it had to be sorted out, did it have to be done so ruthlessly ?
It's all very well saying these pits are uneconomic , its dying , dangerous industry but it provided work for the south wales valleys community of over 250000 people

Nothing was brought in to replace the pits , communities died and hard drugs came in

Horrible dreadful woman