Given that The Guardian is a UK newspaper, I surprised by no mention of the strikes in the UK from 1972 to 1974. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_United_Ki

Given that The Guardian is a UK newspaper, I surprised by no mention of the strikes in the UK from 1972 to 1974. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_United_Kingdom_miners%27_strike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_United_Kingdom_miners%2... The reduction in electricity generation brought on from the strikes of coal miners prompted the Prime Minister to impose a three-day work week. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Day_Week https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Day_Week The disastrous consequences to the economy brought down the government, and began the era of Margaret Thatcher. In another fifty years, whose turn will it be to suffer such instability?