Petrol crisis 'is our Thatcher moment', Tory MPs reportedly tell party members

The Guardian by Damien Pearse | Mar. 31, 2012

Unite accuses ministers of 'spoiling for a fight' after memo from MPs emerges comparing situation with 1980s miners' strike Tory MPs have compared the panic over fuel supplies to the 1980s miners' strike and urged party members to "humiliate" the unions by stockpiling petrol, it has been reported. In a private message from MPs to constituency associations, seen by the Daily Telegraph's Charles Moore , members were told: "This is our Thatcher moment." The ... Full Story »

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The reason I did not rate this story higher is that I missed most of the meanings of British rhetoric as in "you had to be there". However, it looks like Britain also has its right-wing cross to bear.

Len McCluskey, the general secretary of Unite, said the government’s “posturing” was scuppering chances for an end to the tanker drivers’ dispute, ... More »

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