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?
In answer to your question I imagine that it played a part in their thinking, certainly they were aware that union power needed to be curtailed. Its not right that unions should be able to bring down a government, thats the job of the electorate.