Would delaying the miners' strike until the autumn have meant a bigger chance of victory (as winter would come much earlier in the strike)? Or would it just give Thatcher a chance to build even bigger coal stockpiles?
Scargill should have called a ballot of the miners at the outset. Had he done so (IMO it would have passed easily) then Thatcher would have been on far more shaky ground. Defeat of the Government could only be acomplished by political means.Would delaying the miners' strike until the autumn have meant a bigger chance of victory (as winter would come much earlier in the strike)? Or would it just give Thatcher a chance to build even bigger coal stockpiles?
Wouldn't winter have boosted the strike's impact, due to the greater need for coal in winter (both for direct heating and for electricity generation)?Delay would be pointless, the outcome wouldn't have changed. The miners were literally starved into submission IOTL despite Labour and TUC food supplies being sent. A change in weather does not change this.
Possibly.Wouldn't winter have boosted the strike's impact, due to the greater need for coal in winter (both for direct heating and for electricity generation)?