Rob
I don't think it's fundamentally funny either, that's why I nervously joke
about it.
As for it's outcomes, well, Churchill had his way, the creation of the
Reithian BBC, a private company pre-1926.
The dumbest thing the unions did was call the printers out too, hence the
govt took over communication. You're right about communication, but instead
we got TSE turning Anglo-Catholic and Macspaunday pretending to be of the
Left.
Enjoy the Stranglers.
Best
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Hamilton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: Book Review- Moby Dick
> > Tis true, the General Strike has been written out of history, in our
> > lifetimes, Robbie.
>
> Joking aside, this really +isn't+ funny. As if Vietnam didn't exist for
the
> Americans.
>
> And it's not just our lifetimes -- you're of an age with me, so it's both
> our grandparents: TWO generations.
>
> Silence, fucking silence. A hole in what we're allowed to imagine.
>
> The only exceptions I can think of are both Scottish -- Cloud Howe and The
> Drunk Man.
>
> Feeling mildly paranoid at the moment (waiting for the Stranglers on R2 in
> half an hour). But it's not just the media -- my father (bless him)
didn't
> talk about it. It was from a casual aside he made that I found out my
> grandfather worked the trams.
>
> And that was Glasgow -- I could look out the window and see Gallagher as
an
> old man walking down the road.
>
> So how did Middle England deal with it? Churchill with his tuppeny tommy
> ... That's the iconic image.
>
> Robin
>
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