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Originally Posted by Alan Fry

Well that is a act of wrong doing there

By who ?

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

there were a lot of people that were scabs that did not help they fellow miners (if I was a miner then, I would be joining the strike, even if I disagreed with them)

I then asked this

And if someone does not want to be a member of a union what gives the union the right to then set there members on the non members ??

Care to answer my question

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Originally Posted by martyh

My father was a miner right up to '96 (retired) all through the strike he kept on telling me that the strike was wrong and it would kill the mining industry .There was a lot of resentment in the staffordshire pits towards Scargill and his attitude that he should be able to bring a government down at the expense of the miners .Make no mistake that Scargill used the miners for his own political ends and to further the power trip he was on .Think about it Alan ,why do think there where so many strike breakers ?

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Originally Posted by Osem

You are joking aren't you?

It did make me chuckle