Pit stopped
After complaints from the Durham Miners’ Association, a rugby club at Durham University cancelled a pub crawl in which members were to dress as coal miners or ministers from Mrs Thatcher’s government.
— Attitudes towards the 1984-85 miners’ strike were not always so censorious. In 2001, the conceptual artist Jeremy Deller staged a re-enactment of the Battle of Orgreave, involving 800 re-enactment enthusiasts as well as 200 miners who had been there on the day. Staged at Orgreave itself, it was filmed and shown on Channel 4 with few complaints.
Ups and downs
Which industries saw the biggest rises and falls in real-terms productivity (i.e., greater than inflation) since 2007? CPI inflation over the period was 25.9 per cent.
RISING REAL-TERMS PRODUCTIVITY | |
Textiles | +90% |
Administration services | +72% |
Chemicals | +62% |
Food and drink | +37% |
Hotels and catering | +36% |
Transport and services | +30% |
Wholesale and retail | +27% |
Recreation and culture | +26% |
FALLING REAL-TERMS PRODUCTIVITY | |
Energy | +23% |
Agriculture | +15% |
Construction | +14% |
IT | +13% |
Finance and insurance | +11% |
Public services | +10% |
Mining and quarrying | -13% |
Source: ONS
Second tries
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