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Originally posted by bigyagi
yup, been there a few times. i have lived in many parts of the U.k. wales was once the heartland of coal-mining, and basically, coalmining was the major employer. whole towns relied on the coal-mine, and unfortuneately, back in "82", the then prime minister, maggie thatcher, decided to break the unions, and started with the coal-miners. very long strike, and very damaging. now, basically, coal-mining in wales is virtually non-existant, and they{U.K gov} actually import coal from other european country's.
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Yep, we went from 32 working colleries in the early 80's to zero in the mid eighties, way to go Maggie... unfortunately, it appears Labor have continued the trend of the Tories with privatisation, reduced standards of social security, terrible mis-management of national health and shafting students.... I don't foresee myself ever living in the UK again, the radical Muslims seem to have taken root almost everywhere now so they might aswell keep the whole damn Island and I'll go live in the mideast when we're done... shame, trust the Brits to screw everything up. Wales is still very beautiful though and well worth a visit (just try to keep a blind eye on all the poor farmers pushed to hopelessness and suicide)