The Winter of Discontent was a real nightmare.
Posted on 03/26/2011 11:25:51 PM PDT by Nachum
Viewers from "across the pond" are watching with keen interest, as the elemental struggle between Republican politicians and the public sector unions is played out. With, on the one hand, a sense of "déjà vu", and on the other, a feeling that, for once, the old country is in better shape, British observers can see clearly the similarities in circumstances, but also the (primarily legal) differences, between our two countries.
The first obvious parallel between the British and US trade union movements is their almost complete colonization by the Left. Starting in the 1960s, unions in both countries increasingly came under the sway of the Left. Previously contemptuous of unions, Leftists now recognised that the unions provided an ideal vehicle to promote their agendas, and with low participation from ordinary members, were ripe for the taking. With the electoral and insurrectionary roads seemingly blocked, the socialist paradise was to be achieved with the aid of union funds and goodwill.
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The Winter of Discontent was a real nightmare.
It was - but every cloud has a silver lining. The “winter of discontent” effectively brought down Callaghan’s labour government and enabled Thatcher’s conservatives to take over. The leftists overplayed their hands. They got too greedy and too cocky - they thought they could bring in total Statism there and then, and the great British Public saw through them.
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