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These unions, ........, have little public support - not unlike Britain's old National Union of Mineworkers when Margaret Thatcher decided to take them on.

We might quiestion the tactics of the miner's leadership and the bullyboy behaviour that unnecessarily reduced public sympathy, but to say they had little support is to indulge in historical revisionism of Winston Smith proportions

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 06:10:09 AM EST
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Well, it's the FT. To admit that Thatcher's breaking of the unions was other than a historical necessity would be impossible.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 06:15:17 AM EST
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Not all bits of the FT are as knee-jerk partisan as Paul Betts.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 06:20:05 AM EST
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Little support from the people that actually matter, he obviously meant to say.
by Trond Ove on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 06:34:45 AM EST
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