tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post4423269541163590202..comments2024-03-28T00:27:14.676-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: On the subject of idiot laws and nanny-state moronsFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-70721117285665277312012-09-23T14:47:54.748-07:002012-09-23T14:47:54.748-07:00In 1979 there was a steel workers strike.
at the ...In 1979 there was a steel workers strike.<br /><br />at the local (still nationalized) steel works, the union would not even permit a skeleton crew to keep the furnaces warm.<br /><br />a year later, they were pleading for their jobs and how hard working they were, when Ian McGregor's review of the nationalised steel industry called for that plant's closure. <br /><br />It closed.<br /><br />Very much a mistake, it should have been auctioned to the highest bidder, whether they were steel maker, coal miner (the coal seams under the plant were never mined) or property developer.<br /><br />There are houses being built on the site now, the coal remains un-mined.Luton Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-59694642861362608562012-09-23T14:47:50.479-07:002012-09-23T14:47:50.479-07:00In 1979 there was a steel workers strike.
at the ...In 1979 there was a steel workers strike.<br /><br />at the local (still nationalized) steel works, the union would not even permit a skeleton crew to keep the furnaces warm.<br /><br />a year later, they were pleading for their jobs and how hard working they were, when Ian McGregor's review of the nationalised steel industry called for that plant's closure. <br /><br />It closed.<br /><br />Very much a mistake, it should have been auctioned to the highest bidder, whether they were steel maker, coal miner (the coal seams under the plant were never mined) or property developer.<br /><br />There are houses being built on the site now, the coal remains un-mined.Luton Iannoreply@blogger.com