I am thinking about the coal miner, the steelworker or the electrician who has been made redundant during the current recession.
Will anyone tell me that in the case of a coal miner it is entirely unconnected with the dust which he breathes?
The people who buy coal would include a large number whose earnings are less than the average earnings of the coal miner.
What does he feel about the coal miner who goes home and makes a few bob out of breeding whippets?
Let me as an old coal miner mention another aspect of the problem.
I have said that the coal miner and the car worker have a responsibility for the situation in which the steel worker finds himself.
I should have thought that the unfortunate coal miner would be getting used to this sort of discrepancy in wages.
It is brought home when you are a coal miner.
