Car Industry
When Sydney Silverman proposed the abolition of capital punishment in 1956, Lindsay put down an amendment to retain it only for the murder of a police officer. Despite the significant employment in the car industry in his constituency, he once in parliament criticised workers in the industry for "shoddy workmanship", When the workers at British Motor Corporation were ordered on strike that summer, Lindsay pointed to the fact that 53% of workers had reported for work as usual to observe that it was an unpopular strike.
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