Robert Saunders

Robert Saunders, historian of modern British political and labour history, reflects on the 1926 General Strike at its centenary. He traces how the strike ended, the political costs for Baldwin, and the miners’ isolation. They jump to the 1970s and 1980s coal disputes and compare tactics. Finally, Saunders considers what a general strike might look like today, including wider forms of mobilisation and the role of unpaid and female labour.