That has left the region with a GVA of # 13,181 — well below average for the South East and in a county that also suffered from pit closures thirty years ago now. (thetwounfortunates.com)
A threatened rebellion by Tory MPs also led to a slashing of the number of pit closures. (nextleft.org)
«Just as it was morally wrong to smear hundreds of thousands of striking miners and Women Against Pit Closures activists in this way in 1984/5, it is morally wrong to dismiss and demonise hundreds of thousands of Labour Party members in this way in 2016,» he stated. (totalpolitics.com)