I Am British

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHyb7ELmHbA] It was decided back in the 1980s that Britain would do without Coal it was brutal the Miners went on strike for about a year to save their jobs but to no avail it was well planned by the government the Police were harsh it's a blot on the history of Great Britain and once the mines were closed no real employment was placed in the mining areas just Dole high unemployment over thirty years have past and it's easy to see now the mistakes that were made and are still being made.

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senghenydd · M

Hello Malcolm your not wrong in saying the strike was illegal there should of been notification given that the Miners were going on strike (I can't remember exactly how long that was at the time) there was disruption however I'm from a different part of the country and the neighbours/people where I live were prepared to put up with the inconvenience, we weren't a hundred percent behind them we simply hoped a solution could be found which would be satisfactory for both sides instead there was fighting/violence a recent video on television showing Police with truncheons completly losing it hitting Miners not once or twice but to seriously injure them I don't think for one minute Police Officers belong in the Police force who "Completly Lose It" they should be routed out so in my opinion for what it's worth those Police Officers (clearly identifiable from the videos) should be brought to justice it's thirty two years ago if they aren't brought to justice now they'll get away with it I want to live in a country where we have good Police officers I live in South Wales the Rhondda Valleys haven't got over the loss of the end of Coal no real investment has been put into the Rhondda there is high unemployment it's a case of Dole replacing Coal and now Drug taking areas.