Only a fool wants a confrontation and only a fool wants a strike.

Only a fool wants a confrontation and only a fool wants a strike.

I wouldn't vote for Ken Livingstone if he were running for mayor of Toytown.

There's a feeling that strength is determined by the size of a union. That clearly is nonsense.

If youve got an industry where youve got massive investment, it doesnt matter whether you bring in alternative supplies. You still lose the money on that industry.

All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.

Yet what you need is not marches, demonstrations, rallies or wide associations, all of them are important. What you need is direct action. The sooner people understand that, the sooner we'll begin to change things.