On Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:28:17 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Which just showed the likes of Thatcher and her advisors were totally
out of touch with the real world of trades unions.

Or, perhaps, the "real world" of the unions of the '70s and early '80s
was different to the REAL real world?

Could be. But the Thatcher reforms simply didn't achieve what they set
out to do.

I remember the strikes of the '70s, Dave...