Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK

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Have a look at the graph I linked previously.

There was a period where we imported, until the coal power stations retired. But the industry was already dying before Maggie, she had no effect at all on the rate of decline. It wasn't a persecution against unions, just what was already happening (under Labour) and was inevitable.

Maggie deliberately confronted the nu m with closures when stocks were low. Nothing to do with the industry dying.

Can you imagine sending the average 18 year old (or younger) down a mine these days?

There are no mines , the communities that produced the miners are gone, so no miners.

They'd have PTSD or some kind of stress attack. Plus of course you'd need to employ 50% women, and disabled people.

In your head

It looks like the most bloody awful job imaginable, plus the skies were black in every town and people died in their 50s with all the thick toxic pollution.

It was called Pneumoconiosis. You make it sound like Thatch put them out of their misery. Google Orgreave.