The Battle for Coal
By Mark Quinn The cold winter mornings, soot upon his face, A Bevin Boy from Yorkshire with a look of pure disgrace. The coal miners join him on the frosty picket line, From South Yorkshire, Sheffield, to Newcastle upon Tyne. Labour unions marching to save the twenty pits, And Maggie the Conservative didn’t give a shit. The Battle of Orgreave — clashing with the cops, The UK coal industry…
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