[quote="Voodoo Billy"]Because the price of coal was so high due to Arthur Scargill? So he voted for Thatcher, even though he was a left wing socialist?[/quote
Bingo. From memory: "I'm a left wing socialist, aye. But I didn't like Scargill putting the price of coal up, and my Andy's got to buy it, and it's like buying gold dust. So I voted for Thatcher, aye."
Or something. Over to you VB.