‘It’s offensive’: Wakefield residents on PM’s pit closures joke

Boris Johnson's comments come as ex-miners fight to save their raided' pension fund

In a neatly decorated terraced house in the old mining village of Stanley on the outskirts of Wakefield, 64-year-old ex-miner Ian Hoggan pulled out a banner showing a miner crucified on a colliery wheel, with the words Save our pensions."

Hoggan, who worked down a pit here in Wakefield and one at Selby, now devotes a large portion of his time to fight for millions of pounds of pensions savings to be returned to miners and their families, many of whom are struggling financially.