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Mining started to decline from the first world war though to the second , then as rail moved to diesel further recline occurred interestingly Labour under Harold Wilson closed more mines than Thatcher and the unions then decided to take the fight to the government and Thatcher decided to win that fight and break the Scargill politically motivated strikes ( he was a nasty, Decline in demand for coal. Even as late as the 1960s, British railways were run coal power. But, steam power soon vanished in place of diesel and electric. Households used to burn coal for central heating. But, after the Clean Air Act of the 1950s, this rapidly declined as people switched to more modern forms of central heating.Political Issues. The coal industry had the most powerful unions in the country. Unions were highly organised, often by leaders with strong political (left wing) allegiances. Miners strikes, such as 1924, early 1970s and 1984 Miners strike had the capacity to bring the country to a standstill as Thatcher)

Coal was well in decline from WW2

Then rail was moving to diesel Wilson Labours new that as they closed many more mines than Thatcher .

Scargill was as bad as Thatcher both driven politically , the country was forever being held to ransom as a last grasp of union power, as tyey knew rail travel would stop and folks homes were deprived of heating , in a way the coal unions accelerated thier own demise .
Ladies and Gentleman

That was a party political broadcast by Margaret Thatcher