The more I read about the miners strike, the more I think both sides were in the wrong. Scargill is vermin, real disgusting piece of filth. Maggies actions towards the mines and miners seemed personally motivated and were unacceptably nasty.

I read that imported coal was cheaper. But when you add in the extra costs of closing the mines, the lower tax/vat take, benefits, loss of energy security. It just doesn't seem to add up.

As a country we have had abundant energy resources, coal, gas and now renewables. We flared billions of pounds of gas away in the North Sea, and we imported coal when we had our own sitting underground and miners out of work. I just hope we don't make the same mistakes going forward