The
mass pit closure programme was real, and so was the plan to unleash the
troops in and against the pit villages.
Thatcher never mentioned Mandela
in her dealings with the South African regime. So much for the attempt
in recent weeks to claim that she had secured his release
single-handedly.
And until the Brighton Bomb she had been planning a
unilateral withdrawal from Northern Ireland, which she regretted that
she then had to put onto the back burner.
Oh, well, she needed the
troops over here, to use against the miners.
Devastating.
Utterly,
utterly, utterly devastating.
She died just in time.
She died just in time.
That last line is magnificent. Killer, even.
ReplyDeleteExcept she never planned to "unleash the troops....against the pit villages".
ReplyDeleteShe planned to call in troops to transport fuel and food in case of a national emergency.
Perhaps you'd better delete this blog post and start again?
If you believe that, then you'll believing absolutely anything.
ReplyDeleteShe had been planning scores of Tonypandies. John Redwood, to his credit, talked her out of it.