... that would fail sooner or later. It had become increasingly apparent that the no matter how hard the TUC tried to cripple major British organs such as public transport and industry, the government's careful planning would rescue the country from such situations. The government was aided greatly in their struggle by brave non-striking workers and voulenteers who kept many services running smoothly and prevented the country from coming to a stand-still despite vicous abuse from surrounding strikers. Initially the government had to rely heavily on these voulenteers and non-striking workers to avoid the anarchy that the General Strike threatened to cause yet by the end of the strike, workers who had once been deeply involved with the strike came to realise how pointless the exercise that they were involved in was and returned to work. This is also another suspected cause for the TUC to call off the strike. It ...

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