Quote Originally Posted by Feedback View Post
I disagree that the Tories and Thatcher set out to decimate these communities. There was a poster on here who said he was 18 years old in 1984 and was working the mines. He spent the summer above ground and was afforded the opportunity to retrain. He even toasted Thatcher on her death.

That was an anecdote of someone who benefitted. I'm not naive to think everyone could retrain, but the opportunity was there.

And whilst there would have been job losses in the mining supply chain, this did not amount to 6% that we saw in 2008. The job losses in 1984 were significantly less than that.

You can believe whatever you want, but checking the facts would indicate you're not being objective in your critique. That's OK as it's your right to be as dogmatic and blinkered as you want, but what you state was not experienced by a significant proportion of the 20k or so miners who lost their jobs
Wow.

Using a 18 year old miner to back up your argument on retraining and opportunities.