The one thing Boris Johnson has been consistent on: he hates miners
Boris Johnson has remarked that Thatcher did a lot to address climate change by closing pits after the 1984/5 miner’s strike.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58107009
Thatcher’s record on climate change was better than Johnsons but that is hardly difficult. She did not however wage war on the miners to save the world but as part of a bitter class war to break the organised working-class in the 1980s.
Of course it can be agreed that over time closing the pits was something that needed to be done due to climate change. No doubt there will be twerps out there that find Johnson’s remarks unproblematic.
The issue was not closing pits it was doing so in a way that *deliberately* devastated working class communities most of which remain areas of high unemployment and poverty.
Johnson, not known for political consistency, has however always been consistent on his hatred for the miners.
He wrote in the Telegraph in 2004 (23rd September) how he had been approached for a donation to support the miners while he was at Balliol in 1984. He refused.
I wont give any dosh to these blasted strikers because as far as I can see they are being execrably led, haven’t had a proper ballot, and are plainly trying to bring down the elected Government of the country’.
Nothing one notes about climate change..
Johnson has a long history of apologising for the offence his remarks frequently cause while sticking to their substance.
On this occasion he hasnt even gone that far:
Asked on Friday if the PM would be apologising for his words, his official spokesman said: “The prime minister recognises the huge impact and pain closing coal mines had in communities across the UK.
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