"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 21/07/15 13:20, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Adrian wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:28:02 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Because Thatcher etc hated unions and what they stood for?

Given the state of the UK economy in the 1970s, who can blame her?

If it was all caused by unions, what accounts for the present mess?
Running out of scapegoats?

damage was permanent. Now manufacturing and mining have moved to cheaper
places in the world.

That was always going to happen regardless of the unions.

The main permanent damage that wasnt always going
to happen was stupidities like having drivers on trains
that are quite capable of driving themselves. Those
can't move to cheaper places in the world.

Welfare means no one will work for far east wages anymore, and that's
that.

Yes, but welfare isn't due to unions.

Globalisation was inevitable, and only Luddite Lefties couldn't see it.

And so was the movement of manufacturing and mining
once the cost of transport allowed the lower cost labor
and better mining situations to be exploited.