General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Recent developments on the political front have reminded me of a time in the early seventies when industrial unrest gripped the nation.

I lived through it and was apprenticed in it. Engineering in particular suffered years of disputes and disruption. The power cuts of 1971-1972 added to the malaise. But we, as apprentices, were excluded from the actual loss of income, and got paid in the three day week.

The strikes came thick and fast: pay, conditions and a general mood to take them on...Them being management and the ruling government. One out...All out was the battle cry...And subsequent Labour and Conservative governments took us on.

We lost, of course, but the mood at the time gave me my first leanings towards Communism - not an healthy state to be in looking back.

Jobs were lost, and jobs created. But I survived.

And, ironically, fate played me a winning hand. I was made redundant; and six weeks later was a member of a world class leading engineering company producing a product that was popular worldwide. One door shuts, and another one opens.

What I do fear is this: If ever Corbyn got any whiff of power, we could embrace it all over again. Which in the general scheme of modern times, would be fatal.

One out...All out...Turn the light off last one through the door...