disgoftunwells wrote:

Indeed, and Mrs Thatcher laid the groundwork carefully.

1980: First legislation
1982: 2nd legislation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Act_1982
1983: Build up coal reserves
1984: Miners strike


So using that as a basis, how should TPTB engineer a confrontation with
Comrade Crow's mob, and achieve total victory?

I suggest it cannot be done.

Thatcher's strategy to defeat militancy in the NUM, and destroy Comrade
Scargill en route, depended crucially on two major factors; (1) the
urgent commissioning of several nuclear power stations that were nearing
completion, and (2) the build-up of coal stocks at power stations
amounting to five months' supply.

Where are the comparable factors underpinning TPTB's campaign against
militancy in the RMT, destroying Comrade Crow en route?

I suggest there aren't any.