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Originally Posted by DtheP47
Some figures here augmenting my suggestion that the mining industry was in terminal decline and even more jobs were lost before Thatcher came to power.
Around a million jobs vanished between 1920 and 1980.
More than 300,000 coal mining jobs disappeared during the period between the 1960's and 70's.
Margaret T was the coal industries most visible foe but not the one who lost it the most jobs.
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100% agree with those figures, as technology advances the need for human interaction reduces, one guy with a power drill will make a hole a darn sight faster than a few guys with picks..nobody is disputing the need for streamlining the workforce..I'm disputing the need to dismantle a whole industry based on unsound short term economic reasons and a bar brawl between a barmy politician and a barmy union leader