Talk:1989–1990 British ambulance strike

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Did you know... that army ambulances were deployed during the 1989–90 British ambulance strike?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 13:05, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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A British Army ambulance with a police escort deployed during the strike

... that during the 1989–90 British ambulance strike army ambulances (pictured) were deployed? "In response, they deployed army and police ambulances." from page 132 of Kerr, Allan; Sachdev, Sanjit (1992). "Third among Equals: An Analysis of the 1989 Ambulance Dispute". British Journal of Industrial Relations. 30 (1): 127–143. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1992.tb00767.x. ISSN 1467-8543.
- ALT1:... that at no time during the 1989–90 British ambulance strike did polls show more than 10% support for the government? "All the opinion polls conducted during the dispute found that at least four-fifths of the public supported the ambulance workers, and this support included up to three-quarters of Conservative voters. At best, only a tenth supported the government, and the polls suggested that the dispute was a major factor in the unpopularity of the government." from page 140 of: Kerr, Allan; Sachdev, Sanjit (1992). "Third among Equals: An Analysis of the 1989 Ambulance Dispute". British Journal of Industrial Relations. 30 (1): 127–143. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1992.tb00767.x. ISSN 1467-8543.

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:24, 23 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]

New enough (in mainspace). Long enough. The image is suitable for the front page. Both hooks are interesting, and AGF on the sourcing, although the first hook is confirmed elsewhere, Army Takes Over Britain’s Emergency Ambulance Operations. The second hook may be somewhat ambiguous. Is the no more than 10% support just in respect of the government vs the ambulance drivers, or overall in respect of its handling of the economy etc? Of course, we can only really use the photo with the first hook. All paras well-cited. QPQ done. NPOV maintained. Earwig's Copyvio Detector found no issues. Edwardx (talk) 23:01, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Edwardx, thanks for the review. There is no further detail on what question the polls asked. I am more than happy for ALT0 to run (the army involvement was what first brought the strike to my attention) and have struck ALT1 - Dumelow (talk) 04:44, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's a long time ago, but I do remember the army ambulances. Thank you for a stroll down memory lane. As for the 10% support, that would have been just in respect of the government vs the ambulance drivers; the article provides that level of nuance. Looking at the Google Docs spreadsheet available from this link, polling in 12/1989 and 1/1990 put the Conservatives on 37% and 38%: Guardian/ICM polls: every one since 1984. Edwardx (talk) 09:24, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]