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I am not trolling this thread. Just pointing out 2 sides to the story.
*290 mines closed under Wilson in all his time in** office, and about 160 under Thatcher*
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/leftwatch/2013/04/wilson-closed-more-coal-mines-than-thatcher.html
Some of the bollocks being mentioned elsewhere - that we now import power because MT closed the mines is utter rubbish.
If they were still open we would still be importing power - mainly because there was not enough coal easily accessible in the closed mines to make them viable.