Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
Got to hand it to you, you’re the best on here at posting figures galore while never bothering with the links to back them up. Just about a decade before the 80s miners strike, they played as big a part as anyone in bringing down Ted Heath’s Government, yet you don’t think that played a part in how the Thatcher Government handled the closing stages of that idiot Scargill’s strike?
why do you always need links? are you suggesting that every time someone references anything and everything there needs to be citation? notwithstanding that point, fill your boots

mining numbers

impact of financial crash

from an unemployment low of 17,800 in Dec 2007 to a high of 44,400 in Dec 2012, Wales lost just under 30,000 jobs as a result of the great recession with the unemployment rate rising from 1.3% to 3.0% in the same period.