He may have said it in the wrong was, but he pretty much got the point across. The Unions were wanting to play hard ball but the Government would not give in. A lot of the problems with the mines stem from the Unions and their demands.
A lot of the people out in the streets at the minute are...
No great loss there then. Less demand for permed hair! ;)
Also to add, this is one of the best timelines going at the minute in my opinion. The best non-scifi timeline that I read anyway.
On the bright side, any landings would be foiled, the tide is always a mile out and the roads leading from the place are terrible, until you reach Yorkshire that is. But then again what is in God's county that isn't great?
Even if the Germans did manage an amphibious landing, Skegness might not be the best place, they'd have half the coastline of England to sail up to get there and have you ever seen the place! They'd try to avoid it like the plague like everyone else does :p