[westendlass]

I was watching footage of the police assault on the miners on TV yesterday and it was worse than I remember. The violence to the miners was well over the top, they went steaming in smashing skulls indiscriminately. The government were determined to destroy the mining industry and crush the unions at all costs. It was barbaric. This is one piece of history today's government will want to keep buried. Thatcher had total contempt for the working class, I doubt she lost any sleep over it!