tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post4365784031980667601..comments2024-01-11T10:25:57.007+00:00Comments on Labour of Gove: Nad Dorries: Next Trick, Return of Coal IndustryChris Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-3123464658362331422008-05-30T11:23:00.000+01:002008-05-30T11:23:00.000+01:00You never know ... but she's probably just blether...You never know ... but she's probably just blethering bollocks.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-2154955449231821942008-05-30T11:11:00.000+01:002008-05-30T11:11:00.000+01:00Nothing would surprise me with these Tories. Is Na...Nothing would surprise me with these Tories. Is Nads laying the ground for the (suggestion of) revival of the coal industry to be included in the Tory manifesto at the next GE?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-73001216834824351282008-05-30T08:41:00.000+01:002008-05-30T08:41:00.000+01:00In the interests of balance? There's me and Nads a...In the interests of balance? There's me and Nads agreeing about something and you want balance?<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://devilinthedetail.blogspot.com/2008/01/arthur-scargill-is-responsible-for-all.html" REL="nofollow">Here you go Diablo</A>. <BR/><BR/>But it takes two to tango as they say. Master-slave-master-slave. Scapegoating Arthur just doesn't cut the mustard. Seems a bit spiteful of any government to close down an industry and 1000s of communities just to show a troublesome commie in Yorkshire who's boss.<BR/><BR/>The link thing goes like this:<BR/>[a href="http://webaddress"]link title etc[/a]<BR/><BR/>Substituting angle brackets for square brackets.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-65721011712432269722008-05-30T02:09:00.000+01:002008-05-30T02:09:00.000+01:00Perhaps, in the interest of balance, Chris, you mi...Perhaps, in the interest of balance, Chris, you might like to refer your reader to this:<BR/><BR/>http://devilinthedetail.blogspot.com/2008/01/arthur-scargill-is-responsible-for-all.html<BR/><BR/>(Sorry I can't do the proper link stuff.)<BR/><BR/>As someone who was affected both personally and professionally (I once had a proper job, believe it or not!) by the run-down of the coal industry I would be highly delighted if the UK coal industry could be revived.<BR/><BR/>In the 1980s it could have survived, albeit in a much smaller form, but for the stupidity of the NUM led by Arthur Scargill in 1983/4. A lot of profitable pits were subsequently closed down because the "dash for gas" was seen as a way of ensuring that the country would never again be held to ransom by British miners. This was the cheap energy policy followed by Conservative and Labour governments for the last 20 years and which is now coming home to roost.Ted Foanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04497077127882545545noreply@blogger.com