In Britain:
* The decline of manufacturing industries as factories were moved to cheaper labour locations.
* The local coal industry being increasingly uneconomical as easy to extract coal sources ran out.
* [The Winter of Discontent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_Discontent) that saw Thatcher come to power
* The major tactical errors of the NUM in the 1984-85 miner’s strikes
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