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- Hi. Mike.

- How you doing?

- Steph.

- Joe.

- Jeff.

Dai. So...

LGSM, what does that stand for, then?

You get a garbled

message over the phone.

I thought the L was for London.

London something.

I never dreamed for a

moment it was L for...

Hi.

This money you've raised,

it's all from gays and lesbians?

Mostly. Yeah.

Right.

- There we are.

- This is just the beginning.

- Oh.

- We've got big plans.

Well, I'm not going to pretend I'm

not surprised. You can see that.

Truth told, you're the first

gays I've ever met in my life.

As far as you're aware.

That's true.

And you're the first

miner I've ever met.

- Yeah.

- Me too.

Now, I... I want you to

do something for me.

I want you to go back to your community

and convey my thanks, my personal thanks

and the thanks of all

the people of Dulais.

Yeah, of course we will.

- Won't we?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Absolutely.

Won't we, Mark?

Who fancies a pint?

You can have five minutes.

- Are you sure?

- Dead sure.

Yeah, but for Dai...

- Oh, I'm all right, lad.

- Trust me, Dai,

if you can handle this,

it's gonna make a huge difference.

What's he gonna do,

take his clothes off?

I'm going to say thank you.

Well, don't blame me if you get bottled.

Right! Shut up, you f***ers.

Thank you. Thank you. Right, listen.

Some of you know me.

- My name is Mark Ashton.

- Commie!

I'm gonna invite somebody

onto the stage now

who wants to talk to you,

and I want you to listen to him.

He comes from the Dulais Valley

in South Wales, and he...

Well, he's a striking miner,

and he has something

he wants to say to you.

I've had a...

I've had a lot of new

experiences during this strike.

Speaking in public.

Standing on a picket line.

And now I'm in a gay bar.

Well, if you don't like it,

you can go home.

As a matter of fact, I do like it.

Beer's a bit expensive, mind.

But, really,

there's only one difference between this

and a bar in South Wales.

The women.

They're a lot more feminine in here.

What I'd really like to say

to you tonight is thank you.

If you're one of the people that's

put money in these buckets,

if you've supported LGSM,

then thank you,

because what you've given

us is more than money.

It's friendship.

When you're in a battle

against an enemy so much bigger,

so much stronger than you,

well, to find out you had a

friend you never knew existed,

well, that's the best

feeling in the world.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you. My God.

I haven't even finished this one.

Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners.

Support the miners.

So you're the only girl?

That's right. I'm the L in LGSM.

- Good speech.

- Thank you. Thank you very much.

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