The EU debate - Part II

It was dying long before Maggie, bet you blame her for pit closures as well, when your Labour party closed far more.

 

What the actual **** are you blathering on about now?

180,000 people still worked in the industry by the time Thatcher got her hands on it. Fast forward to '94 when Major sold off what was left, and it was down to about 13,000.

Thatcher's attack on the mining industry and ensuring it's demise was politically motivated, due to the miners being a Union stronghold. She wanted to crush the Unions and the mining industry was collateral damage.

You really should go find another thread to post on, as your ignorance is embarrassing.

 

It gets a bit boring him talking rubbish and me correcting him all the time

 

Nothing to do with closing unprofitable mines then?

 

It's about time you updated your profile pic Pete.

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She infamously described the miners as "the enemy within" during the miners strike.

She was intent on breaking them, and in the process decimated entire communities in Yorkshire and the NE, they took decades to recover.

It was a prime example of the flawed Tory ideals of that era. Cheaper open cast imported coal was seen as a benefit to industry, and the loss making coal industry as a drain. However, like all of their policies of that time, they never took the holistic view, nor calculated the true cost of allowing 'market forces' to dictate.

As a net loss of over 160,000 jobs to the economy cost what exactly? More than the annual loss I would suspect.

What she did was ham fisted and politically motivated - fact.

 

I thought your whole "internet life" was a parody

 

Well, you thought wrong.....again!...

 

He yearns for a garage with his name over it.

We can't all be as successful as you Pete.

 

"Distasteful"?......You'll have to tell me your views.The last personal view i heard from you was
"Giggs should be manager".

 

I've never "liked" a post that condemns all followers of a specific religion. That's more your style.

 

People are entitled to their opinions,whether you approve or not is irrelevant to them.As i say you don't voice many
of yours,you just bitch at the posters that state their's....... And for the record i hate religion full stop.

 

you've deluded yourself so much you dont realise that people live a real life and that the lies you spout on here are not real

 

Or big nuts Tobes. Plenty of ball room!!

 

https://www.tuc.org.uk/economic-iss...ed-sharpest-wage-fall-any-leading-economy-tuc

UK workers have suffered the biggest fall in real wages among leading OECD countries, according to new analysis published today (Wednesday) by the TUC.

The analysis shows that between 2007 and 2015, real wages in the UK fell by 10.4% – a drop equalled only by Greece.

By contrast, over the same eight-year period, real wages grew in Poland by 23%, in Germany by 14%, and in France by 11%. Across the OECD, real wages increased by an average of 6.7%.

The UK, Greece and Portugal were the only three OECD countries which saw real wages fall.

The analysis also shows that while the UK has increased employment rates since the economic crisis, countries such as Germany, Hungary and Poland have increased employment rates significantly more, while raising real wages at the same time.

Commenting on the figures, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“Wages fell off the cliff after the financial crisis, and have barely begun to recover.

“As the Bank of England recently argued, the majority of UK households have endured a ‘lost decade of income’.

“People cannot afford another hit to their pay packets. Working people must not foot the bill for a Brexit downturn in the way they did for the bankers’ crash.

“This analysis shows why the government needs to invest in large infrastructure projects to create more decent, well-paid jobs. Other countries have shown that it is possible to increase employment and living standards at the same time.”

 

You come across as bitter that he's managed to get himself a decent and early retirement. It's not his fault that you're a slum landlord at your age!

 

Pete, you're a moron!

You know absolutely **** all about my life, yet you seem to think you do.

I know what's real! What's real is you're an idiot!...

 

He clearly assumes everyone lives a "real life" as drab as his own!

 

He can't be real! Are we sure it's not that ****er Gonzo on the Wum again!?..

 

Where's toby,he's missing out here.