Labour Demand Apology From Tories For Striking Miners Of 1985

[mushroom25]

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/29/labour-calls-apology-miners-strike

what exactly are labour hoping to gain from this?

[cassa333]

Simple answer if they hope to gain votes.

They want to show up the consrvatives as cruel and inhumane and dredge up this as a way of pulling back voters that they lost due thier part in the aftermath of the crash.

If they appologise they admit they were wrong and Labour hae hayday. If they don't they have a haydy shouting how they haven't changed and are still cruel and inhumane.

Very clever way of getting a point across for gaining political votes.

[jake-the-peg]

A reoriention of 'conventional wisdom' of course.

It's a commonly held view amoungst the Right that the pits in the UK were closed because they were uneconomical and/or that it was the actions of striking miners that resultd in their closure.

However the released documents have revealed that contrary to what was claimed at the time there was a plan to simply slash through mining capacity in the UK with no particular consideration of what was or was not economically viable - Simply a matter of 'We want to slash mining by xx%'

The government at the time lied to the country and miners about this and Labour want to drag this back into the limelight to push the message 'You can't trust the Tories'

I'm sure they don't for a moment actually expect an apology

Sounds pretty simple to me

[ToraToraTora]

well I'd like an apoligy from all the unions for wrecking the country prior to that period. The miners are the ones who should apologise.

[ToraToraTora]

apology! doh!

[FredPuli43]

Or it might serve to remind people of Old Labour, of non-democratic unions, of unions 'holding the country to ransom' and all the rest which Tony Blair had New Labour invented to distance the party from. That will cheer the Tories if Ed Milliband, already associated with the idea that he was dependent on unions to become leader, can be portrayed as the leader of a revived Old Labour party.

[ToraToraTora]

Yes, I think you're right fred, bit of an oggy!

[grasscarp]

David Cameron will stand up in the Commons and say "my bad" . . .

[mrs_overall]

Are Labour going to apologise for sending the economy of this country to hell in handcart when they were last in power?
I think not.

What a load of typical left wing tosh from the blinkered, deluded fools at the Guardian

[jim360]

"David Cameron will stand up in the Commons and say "my bad" . . ."

And Ed Miliband will go "LOL he just owned up to an uber-phail guyz!!!"

[youngmafbog]

Sounds like desperation from Labour.

Must be panicking after loosing points in the polls to UKIP !! (Guardian Poll too!)

[DaisyNonna]

Do wish politicians would just grow up and discuss problems sensibly.
Points scoring is really childish and ultimately helps no one, especially the public.

[naomi24]

Labour's ideas seem to be getting dafter by the day. I think they're getting desperate.

[emmie]

to show strength and solidarity with the miners, their communities, or simply a ploy to make them look good, in the light of an election in the next year or so, i don't know apart from that, sure that some dirt could be found on Harold Wilson and his government on the closure of mines, and more besides.

[emmie]

pretty much what i have read before, still interesting

http://www.thecommentator.com/article/1497/thatcher_s_achievements_will_long_outlive_the_spite_of_sheffield_s_sons_and_daughters

[ToraToraTora]

excellent article emmie

[emmie]

TTT, i thought it interesting, and one that those who lean to the left in their politics should read. We know they don't always believe things if it's the Mail, or even the Telegraph, but you never know....