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Moaning miners

Turnip · 2002-10-21 19:08:08

Anyone see the Battle Of Orgreave thing on channel 4 the other night? It was a "re-enactment" of a fight with the police during the miners strike in 1984. What a waste of time and effort. As well as glorifying mob violence, it was full of left wing "working class" propaganda spouted by dubious looking characters. Someone…

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21-10-2002 8:08pm

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Turnip

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Anyone see the Battle Of Orgreave thing on channel 4 the other night? It was a "re-enactment" of a fight with the police during the miners strike in 1984. What a waste of time and effort. As well as glorifying mob violence, it was full of left wing "working class" propaganda spouted by dubious looking characters.

Someone should have taken two minutes to explain basic economics to the silly thuggish gits, then maybe they'd realise that there's no such thing as a cushy job for life. They might also think about blaming themselves and their leadership rather than Margaret Thatcher.

My dad and I had a good laugh at it though.

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Originally posted by Turnip

My dad and I had a good laugh at it though.

Ross O'Carroll Kelly and his dad, roight....

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