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Originally Posted by Neil
So why has the present Labour Government not reopened them? They have been in power long enough to undo all Thatchers evil mistakes.
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I am no expert on mining, but it probably isn't that easy to reopen pits once they had been shut for some time.
The pity was that a lot of the pits were closed in the first place. This country could have been self sufficent in coal for years.
What couldn't be repaired as well was the close communities, that were destroyed as a result of the misguided policy of closing the pits.