British Politics in Wake of Miners Strike-Margaret Thatcher s Troubled Legacy

British Politics in Wake of Miners' Strike Margaret Thatcher's Troubled Legacy Susan Ram SIX months after British coalminers return ed to the pits, unbowed behind their union banners, Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government remains unable to turn a con vincing industrial triumph to real political advantage. The current position is indicated by opinion poll findings that confirm the party's third-place ranking among voters and suggest the government now enjoys the sup port of a bare 30 per cent of the electorate