Letter: Scargill and the tide of history

Sunday 05 May 1996 23:02 BST

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Scargill and the tide of historySir: I hope that everyone who read Kevin Barron's letter knocking Arthur Scargill took the time to read Stephen Bevan's article on "downshifting" on the next page. While Mr Barron called Socialist Labour plans to restructure work patterns "demandism without common sense", Mr Bevan showed US companies and the NatWest Bank in the process of changes not a million miles away structurally from SLP policy.

C A Banks

London SE6

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