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Kieth,
Yes of course it was a mistake; I'm the first to admit that. As Paul would put it" We were outflanked" Although why that vernacular was used against people who wanted to keep putting bread on their tables, still confuses me.
The timing was precisely planned to put us at a big disadvantage and we should have waited.
Maybe if we waited we might not have had to strike at all that would have been a better outcome.
However, not backing our colleagues at Corton Wood would have been devastating for them and it would have meant we were going against an area ballot that unanimously voted to strike against such action.
She knew we would not let them use the men and their families at Corton Wood and just stand by and do nothing.
Sid,
Spot on with Scargill, he could not handle Thatcher or her media assassination of him. Even armed with the truth he could not get that through to the people of this country and even though history has proved him right, some people are just blind to facts.
He had very little influence over Kent Miners, before, during or after and he disliked us, for that reason. I disliked him for other reasons.
People give him far too much credit but then that's what they were told and that's what they still believe today.
BarryW & Roger,
We all choose our way through life but we do not have to be rigid, we can be flexible.
As I grew up, I was influenced by the people I surrounded myself with and I learnt that, yes, there are a very few, minute number of people(individuals) that only care about themselves and that's their choice and they should be left to get on with what can only be a fairly lonely existence, in my opinion.
The huge majority of people are caring of others, even if they don't share the same attitudes or ways of life. We can be totally different in many ways but still get on with each other and still care about each other. When I bump into the homeless lad outside M&S tipping his hat to the tofts, I cant give him any money because I am on benefits but I do shake his hand and ask him if he is ok and if there is anything else I could do for him. Caring for others brings its own rewards.