|
67 Feb 20 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Scott-Smith (Giles) |
US visit: Giles Scott-Smith article on MT's 1967 US tour (20 Feb-31 Mar) |
|
74 Jun 24 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: “Sir Keith Joseph says choice is to go down with socialism or prosper in a rational economy” (KJ speech at Upminster) |
|
74 Aug 9 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: “Another call from Sir Keith to free industry” (KJ speech at Leith) |
|
74 Sep 6 Fr |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: “Sir Keith Joseph blames full employment policies for inflation” (Peter Jay on KJ speech at Preston - “Inflation is Caused by Governments”) |
|
74 Sep 6 Fr |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: “The Sharp Shock of Truth” (leading article on KJ speech at Preston) |
|
74 Oct 16 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: "Tories must look before they leap into line behind a new leader" (Bernard Levin) [Conservative leadership candidates] |
|
74 Oct 21 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: “Sir Keith Joseph denies bid for Tory leadership as critics mount attack ” (KJ speech at Edgbaston) |
|
74 Oct 21 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: “The Public Morality” (leading article on KJ speech at Edgbaston) |
|
75 Apr 9 We |
Press |
Major |
Thatcher memoirs |
Cold War: Early meeting with Ronald Reagan [memoirs extract] |
|
77 May 9 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: "The liberal teacher who turned his back on old age to lead world" (Seldon profile of Hayek) ["a liberal of the British classical tradition"] |
|
77 Jul 21 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Trade unions: "Trade union immunity under the law" (Hayek letter) [revoke privileges granted by Trade Disputes Act, 1906] |
|
77 Aug 2 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Trade unions: "Trade union privileges" (Hayek letter) ["The trade unions, being politically sacrosanct, have been allowed to destroy the British economy"] |
|
77 Aug 20 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Trade unions: "Trade union privileges" (Hayek letter) ["The trouble is that British trade unions refuse to accept the law which applies to everybody else"] |
|
77 Sep 14 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Trade unions: "Tory leader denies split in party over closed shop" [Joseph-Prior spat over Grunwick] |
|
78 Jul 11 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary ( The Times ) |
EMS: “Treasury points out faults in ‘hurried’ currency proposals” (“sceptical to the point of contempt”) |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (Ronnie Millar memoirs) |
General Election: “A View From The Wings” (how MT was persuaded to use St Francis’s prayer on the steps of Downing Street) |
|
80 Feb 12 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: "The balance between individual and state" (Gilmour's Cambridge Lecture) [Hayek's annotated copy] |
|
80 Feb 22 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Archive (Hayek MSS) |
Conservatism: Eric Heffer speech ("Tory leaders are no hypocrites, Mr Heffer says") [clash between "wets" and "dries"] |
|
80 Feb 26 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Monetary policy: Leading Article "The Road to Hyper-Inflation is paved with good intentions" (Hayek's annotated copy) ["shoot-out at the Downing Street corral"] |
|
80 Mar 3 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Monetary policy: "Monetarism: a reply to the critics" (Friedman article) |
|
80 Mar 5 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Monetary policy: "Monetarism and hyper-inflation" (Hayek letter) |
|
80 Mar 18 Tu |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Monetary policy: "Free market" (Hayek letter defending Friedman) |
|
80 Mar 26 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Monetary policy: "How to deal with inflation" (Hayek article) |
|
80 Mar 29 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Budget: "Professor urges Chancellor to balance Budget now" (Hayek at IEA lunch) [wants "referendum to rescind every single [union] privilege"] |
|
80 May 7 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Steel: "Threatened revolt over steel chief collapses" (meeting between Joseph and Conservative backbench committee regarding Ian MacGregor appointment) |
|
80 May 31 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Monetary policy: "Testing time for monetarism" (Hayek letter) |
|
80 Jun 6 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “New moves over the Falklands” (Argentine Economy Minister meets MT & other British ministers) |
|
80 Jun 13 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Monetary policy: "A testing time for monetarism" (Hayek letter) |
|
80 Jul 15 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cold War: Defence Open Government Document 80/23 ("The Future UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Force") [acquiring Trident] |
|
80 Aug 29 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cold War: FCO statement ("Human Rights Trials in the Soviet Union") [need for a searching examination of Soviet implementation of Helsinki Final Act at CSCE Madrid meeting; MT annotates - 'Excellent'] [declassified Feb 2016] |
|
80 Nov 1 Sa |
Press |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Cold War: Ukraine Research Group press release ("Madrid: Con or Conference?") [human rights violations in Ukraine, economic situation] [declassified Feb 2016] |
|
80 Nov 12 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Monetary policy: "The Hayek cure: bigger and better bankruptcies" (Hayek interview) ["my hopes of Britain saving herself have shrunk a little"] |
|
80 Nov 18 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “Minister’s visit to consult Falklands people” (Nick Ridley & leaseback) |
|
80 Nov 24 Mo |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “Argentine anger over Falklands” (Nick Ridley visit & leaseback) |
|
80 Nov 26 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “Transfer of Falklands sovereignty proposed” (Nick Ridley visit & leaseback) |
|
80 Nov 27 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “Lord Carrington says Britain will honour wishes of Falklanders” (Nick Ridley visit & leaseback) |
|
80 Nov 28 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “Britain puts forward four options on Falklands” (Nick Ridley visit & leaseback) |
|
80 Nov 28 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “An Option For The Falklands” (Nick Ridley visit & leaseback) [Third Leading Article] |
|
80 Dec 1 Mo |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservativsm: “Lord Vaizey’s change of party” (announces conversion from Labour to Conservative) |
|
80 Dec 1 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Trade unions: "Abuse of union power 'main cause of jobless'" (Hayek paper for IEA) [unions "cannot understand they are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs"] |
|
80 Dec 3 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “Commons is united by suspicion of Ridley intentions on Falklands” (Nick Ridley visit & leaseback) [minister badly mauled in Commons] |
|
81 Jan 14 We |
Press |
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Economic policy: Dow minute for Governor (Wass meeting)
["despairing worry at the developing recession and the growing
unemployment ... kickback if civil servants started to try to tell
Ministers about politics"] [declassified 2011] |
|
81 Feb 25 We |
Press |
Major |
Archive (Hoskyns MSS) |
Budget: Wolfson minute to MT (comments on MT-Howe meeting) ["professional incompetence ... self-delusion ... Criminal Liability"] [released 2011] |
|
81 Mar 5 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: "Communists heckle Mrs Thatcher in church" (St Lawrence Jewry speech) [MT: "you see why I fight these people"] |
|
81 Mar 10 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Budget: "Economists criticize Government" (Hayek & Friedman on BBC Panorama ) [blaming wets] |
|
81 Mar 10 Tu |
Press |
Key |
Thatcher memoirs |
Economy: The 1981 budget [memoirs extract] |
|
81 Mar 11 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: Editorial: “The Chancellor’s Conundrum” ("appears to go on digging the hole still deeper") |
|
81 Mar 13 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Budget: "'Cabinet Men Warn on Budget" (7 rebel ministers) [Whitelaw, Carrington, Pym, Prior, Walker, Gilmour & Soames] |
|
81 Mar 16 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Budget: "Advice and consent" (Hayek letter) [does not act as an adviser "on particular decisions"] |
|
81 Mar 24 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Mr Lawson attacks gloom mongers" [defence of 1981 Budget] |
|
81 Mar 24 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservative Party: "Dry" [brief biography of Lawson] |
|
81 Apr 4 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Budget: "Beating inflation key to recovery" (Hayek letter on the 364 economists) ["lost generation of British economists ... panicky mob"] |
|
81 Apr 4 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Budget: "Beating inflation key to recovery" (Harris letter on the 364 economists) ["charge sheet of those responsible for ... economic decline"] |
|
81 May 13 We |
Press |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Cold War: International Representation for the Council of Evangelical Baptist Churches of the Soviet Union news release ("KGB Rushes Trial of Baptist Pastor Dmitri Minyakov") [illegal investigation, further arrests] [declassified Feb 2016] |
|
81 Aug 25 Tu |
Press |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Cold War: International Representation for the Council of Evangelical Baptist Churches of the Soviet Union news release ("Five Years in Labor Camp for Preaching the Gospel") [trial of Minyakov] [declassified Feb 2016] |
|
81 Sep 15 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Monetary policy: "Lawson - Backing with gusto for monetarism" [Lawson enters the Cabinet] |
|
81 Sep 15 Tu |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservative Party: "Three Cabinet ministers sacked" (reshuffle) [purging the wets] |
|
81 Oct 7 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservative Party: "Heath blast at Thatcher's 'dreary path'" (Manchester speech) [MT rebuts] |
|
81 Oct 7 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservative Party: "Pathfinder for a Young Pretender" (leader on Heath's Manchester speech) [his views discounted] |
|
81 Oct 8 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservative Party: "Invitation that did not come" (Heath letter correcting leader) [never invited to join MT's team] |
|
81 Oct 9 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservative Party: "The Troubled Ranks of Tuscany" (leader on Changing Gear ) [party in "the early stages of demoralisation"] |
|
81 Oct 10 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservative Party: "Mrs Thatcher can't expect blind loyalty" (Chris Patten article) ["truth ... lies somewhere in the middle"] |
|
81 Oct 13 Tu |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservative Party: "'Blue Chips' to aid party in Croydon" (all 14 to visit) [demonstration of loyalty] |
|
81 Oct 15 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: "Impassioned plea by Heath gets short shrift from Tories" (attacks government at party conference) |
|
81 Oct 15 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: "Chancellor launches onslaught on 'union irresponsibility'" (Howe clashes with Heath) |
|
81 Oct 16 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: "Thatcher faces growing rift in Cabinet" (Tebbit speech - father "didn't riot. He got on his bike, & looked for work") |
|
81 Oct 16 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: "Monetarists warn wets: stop playing with fire" (Lawson & Walters speeches) |
|
81 Oct 20 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Elections: “Distant encounters of the Heath kind” (Heath campaigining for Conseravtives in Croydon by-election) |
|
81 Oct 20 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: “A Hard winter” (Cabinet divisions over public spending plans) |
|
81 Oct 20 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: “Rumblings of revolt among Tory dissidents” (meetings of wets to discucss how to put pressure on MT) |
|
81 Oct 21 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Energy: "How high-speed Lawson stirred up Energy" [privatisation of energy industry] |
|
81 Oct 21 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary ( The Times ) |
Economy: “Cabinet fails to agree cuts in public spending” [majority resist £5,000 cuts] |
|
81 Nov 19 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: "Thatcher drops a few names" (lunchtime speech in Bonn goes wrong) [officials cause her embarrassment] |
|
81 Nov 19 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: "Thatcher drops a few names" (lunchtime speech in Bonn goes wrong) [officials cause her embarrassment] |
|
81 Nov 28 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
SDP: "Heath hints he might join a Tory-SDP coalition" ("There might be invitations ... which might be acceptable") |
|
81 Dec 3 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservative Party: "Heath scorns the 'pretence' of monetarism" (speech) [no intellectual basis] |
|
81 Dec 7 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
SDP-Liberal Alliance: "Steel tells of talks with troubled senior Tories" (dissident Conservatives including junior ministers) [plus Gilmour attack] |
|
81 Dec 8 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: "A Tory warning from the last ditch" (Chris Patten article) [give cabinet the benefit of the doubt "one last time ... some signs of change"] |
|
81 Dec 8 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: "Tory 'wets' set for rebellion on economy" (Gilmour Group) [around a dozen likely to abstain on Autumn Statement] |
|
81 Dec 9 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: "Howe attacked from all sides" (debate on Autumn Statement) [14 Conservative abstentions] |
|
81 Dec 10 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservative Party: "The Kamikaze Tory Rebels" (Ronald Butt article) [firing arrows into backs of their own side] |
|
81 Dec 12 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservative Party: "Why Howe should heed that lorry rumble" (Geoffrey Smith article) [threat to Howe's survival] |
|
82 Jan 28 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Lawson attacks reflation lobby" ["resistance to the mounting pressure for a reflationary Budget"] |
|
82 Mar 2 Tu |
Press |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Conservative Party International Office press release ("Visit of Monsieur Chirac on 3rd March 1982") [programme, attendees] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
82 Mar 3 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Guardian) |
Falklands: "Threat of Action on Falkland Islands" (Buenos Aires statement following New York talks) |
|
82 Mar 11 Th |
Press |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: "Carlton Club celebrates with Thatcher as star" (MT unveils a portrait of herself at the Carlton Club) [released 2013] |
|
82 Mar 19 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
“New powers envisaged for police” [Whitelaw in Commons] |
|
82 Mar 21 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Whitelaw faces sack over crime” [difficult week ahead; MPs believe he will eventually be fired due to row over rising crime rates in Britain] |
|
82 Mar 21 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
“Whitelaw rides out the storm to clinch victory for the doves” [pressure on 'Mr Wetlaw'] |
|
82 Mar 23 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Whitelaw silences his Tory critics” [fighting defence of his record at Conservative backbench committee] |
|
82 Mar 23 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Argentines hoist a flag on Falklands” [South Georgia incident - FCO statement, sceptical of Argentine official involvement] |
|
82 Mar 23 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sun) |
“Falklands invaded by rebels” [Argentine flag raised on "remote isle of Grytviken (population 250)"] |
|
82 Mar 23 Tu |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (South West Atlantic Group) |
“Press release from the South West Atlantic Group (SWAG)” [welcomes strong reaction in Parliament yesterday to South Georgia incident; urges again government to reconsider withdrawal of HMS Endurance] |
|
82 Mar 24 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Victorious Whitelaw gains his reward” [PM's endorsement of Whitelaw record in face of party criticism] |
|
82 Mar 24 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“'The ministry of short, sharp shocks” [profile of Willie Whitelaw & the Home Office] |
|
82 Mar 24 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Falklands landing raises clamour in Commons” [South Georgia incident - Commons statement, pressure to retain HMS Endurance] |
|
82 Mar 25 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Navy sails to aid Falklands” [Argentines illegally on South Georgia cannot be allowed to remain, Hunt says; "If Argentina won't take them away, we will"] |
|
82 Mar 25 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Incident in the Falklands” [Air Commodore Frow letter on South Georgia and withdrawal of HMS Endurance; "It is still not too late to cancel this madness"] |
|
82 Mar 26 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Carrington reflects on influence” [Chatham House speech on Britain's outsized role] |
|
82 Mar 27 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“'Work with police' call by Whitelaw” [speech to Conservative Central Council in Harrogate] |
|
82 Mar 27 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Argentina aids 'invaders'” [its navy more stores landed for 12 Argentine workers, digging in for a long stay on South Georgia] |
|
82 Mar 27 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Reuters report (1641Z) ('Falklands') [Costa Mendez telling reporters last night of despatch of Bahia Paraiso] [this copy declassified Jun 2017] |
|
82 Mar 28 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
“Wily Willie” [critics won over] |
|
82 Mar 29 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Falklands tension grows” [five Argentine ships now in vicinity of South Georgia] |
|
82 Mar 29 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Second leader: “Gunboat or burglar alarm?” ["The Falkland Islanders have to face the unpleasant fact that Britain is no longer a world power ... Britain should help them get the best arrangement possible"] |
|
82 Mar 30 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Carrington visit seen as rebuff to PLO” [Israeli Foreign Ministry denying it ever thought he would cancel visit] |
|
82 Mar 30 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Carrington to speak on Falklands” [returning from Brussels to make Lords statement rather than flying directly to Israel] |
|
82 Mar 31 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“These paltry islands keeping us apart” ["David Watt examines the growing rift between Britain and Argentina"] |
|
82 Mar 31 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“British sub on the move” [nuclear-powered HMS Superb believed despatched, with Royal Fleet Auxiliary] |
|
82 Mar 31 We |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Moreover ... Miles Kington” [Falklands humour] |
|
82 Apr 1 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“'Carrington stands firm over PLO” [no change in British position] |
|
82 Apr 1 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Sir Ronald Bell, QC, MP” [MT attends memorial service] |
|
82 Apr 1 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“We don't have the ships but by jingo ...” [Leading article questions despatch of HMS Endurance on 20 Mar; "somewhat jingoistic tone" on backbenches; "very good sense" to convince Argentinians an SSN "is somewhere around"] |
|
82 Apr 1 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Argentine options limited on Falklands” ["short of a full-scale invasion"; 'sabre-rattling'] |
|
82 Apr 1 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Impenetrable silence on Falklands crisis” ["another day of impenetrable silence at the Ministry of Defence"; HMS Superb story looks like "controlled leak"] |
|
82 Apr 4 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Falklands: “Carrington: They must stay British” [Carrington statement in Lords Saturday session] |
|
82 Apr 5 Mo |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “We Are All Falklanders Now” [leading article urging Carrington's resignation] |
|
82 Apr 5 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “A mood to test the Iron Lady's metal” [Frank Johnson in the Commons - account of Saturday session] |
|
82 Apr 5 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “Do you surrender Mr Hunt? You're a reasonable man” [Simon Winchester account of invasion] |
|
82 Apr 5 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: No.10 note of BBC Today ("Today summary April 5") [main news items; "Mrs Thatcher not looking for any resignations at present"] [released 2013] |
|
82 Apr 6 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Leading article: “Lord Carrington's honour” ["sadly rare in politics today"] |
|
82 Apr 6 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “Nott offer to quit rejected by Mrs Thatcher” ["firmly refused"] |
|
82 Apr 6 Tu |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Carrington a man of honour” [tributes in House of Lords] |
|
82 Apr 6 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Lord Carrington tells why he resigned” ["because there had been a great national humiliation over the Falkland Islands" - interviewed on BBC Panorama] |
|
82 Apr 6 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Lord Carrington” [Carrington resignation letter & MT reply] |
|
82 Apr 6 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“From youthful talent to pillar of government” [career profile of Lord Carrington] |
|
82 Apr 6 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Pym wins the job he most wanted” ["the job he had set his heart on at the outset of this government"] |
|
82 Apr 6 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Archive (Haig MSS) |
Falklands: UPI report (1159Z) ("Argentine FM confident problem with Britain can be solved") ["The US offered its services as mediator Tuesday"] [this copy released Mar 1993] |
|
82 Apr 7 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Pym puts off his Mideast trips” [trips to Syria and Jordan next week postponed in light of Falklands] |
|
82 Apr 7 We |
Press |
Major |
Archive (Haig MSS) |
Falklands: Reuters reports (1159Z) ("Falklands Mediation") [British officials ruled out US mediation unless Argentine troops withdrew first] [this copy released Mar 1993] |
|
82 Apr 8 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Archive (Haig MSS) |
Falklands: USICA morning digest (1300Z) (Haig Mission) ["peace dash"] [this copy released Mar 1993] |
|
82 Apr 8 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Archive (Haig MSS) |
Falklands: USICA news summary (Haig Mission) ["key to any US role in Falklands"] [this copy released Mar 1993] |
|
82 Apr 12 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: "Haig heads back to London with peace hopes raised" ("Only two Argentine warships still at sea") |
|
82 Apr 12 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: "An Ally not an Umpire" ("misgivings about the spirit in which the administration approaches the crisis") [leading article plus Rex Hunt letter] |
|
82 Apr 12 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (the Sun) |
Falklands: "Peace is in the air" ("Argentina will pull out in Haig plan") |
|
82 Apr 12 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Archive (Haig MSS) |
Falklands: "Argentines Taking a Pessimistic View on Falklands Crisis" (transcript of New York Times article based on briefing from Buenos Aires) ["This article read in London on 4/12/82 almost had AMH (Haig) abandon efforts & blame the Argentines for the failure"] [this copy released Mar 1993] |
|
82 Apr 12 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (UPI) |
Falklands: "Haig presses diplomatic shuttle on Falklands crisis" (c1745Z) (account of Haig's day in London; proposals developed in Buenos Aires) |
|
82 Apr 13 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: "Time slipping away says Haig after Falklands deadlock" [Haig negotiations at No.10] [this copy released 2013] |
|
82 Apr 13 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Falklands: "No Deal!" [talks collapse after 11 hours of talks; "Britain's 'No deal' answer"] [this copy released 2013] |
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82 Apr 23 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Pym thanks the world for support” [speech to Diplomatic Corps City banquet] |
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82 May 2 Su |
Press |
Trivial |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
“The too-late look-alike” [look-alike of Lord Carrington] |
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82 May 13 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Tories uneasy over Pym's attitude” [even admirers worry he will concede too much "go the second mile to reach a negotiated settlement"] |
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82 May 14 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “Crisis puts Cabinet unity under strain” [MT “seen by her admirers and her opponents, both inside and outside the Conservative Party, as being at odds with the majority of her Cabinet”] |
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82 May 16 Su |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
“Mugabe dilemma comes to No.10” [Carrington to attend lunch] |
|
82 May 20 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Whitelaw outlines new stop and search powers” [speech to Police Federation in Scarborough] |
|
82 May 21 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MOD press statement (1100Z) ("Press Statement - 12 noon 21 May") ["The Task Force has landed a number of raiding parties on the Falkland Islands during the night"] [this copy declassified 2012] |
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82 May 23 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
“Pym's snap election alert” [Pym speech after war cabinet on main themes of re-election campaign] |
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82 May 24 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Francis Pym, Foreign Secretary: “From cavalry officer to crisis commander: the quiet pragmatist the Falklands could take to the top” [profile by Julian Critchley] |
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82 May 24 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Early election ruled out” [Parkinson rejects early election, Falklands "a national issue way above party politics"; Pym speech rebutted] |
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82 May 27 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Pym affirms faith in EEC” [Commons speech] |
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82 May 28 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Home for Pym” [MT announces Pym to be allocated Chevening as his official country home] |
|
82 May 31 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Colleagues vilify Pym as split with Thatcher widens” [deep rift with MT over Pym's insistence that eventually Britain will have to negotiate with Argentina] |
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82 May 31 Mo |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Falklands: Reagan phone call to Thatcher (urges ceasefire) |
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82 Jun 1 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Foot sides with Pym on British commitment” [speech at Cooperative Congress] |
|
82 Jun 13 Su |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (News of the World) |
"Well done, lads" [Cecil Parkinson speech] |
|
82 Jun 18 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Mr Nott and submarine” [letter from Lord Carrington denying claim that he prevented despatch of an SSN to South Atlantic as "too provocative"] |
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82 Jun 19 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Pym hoping to repair relations” [looks forward to better relations between Britain and Latin America] |
|
82 Jul 4 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (News of the World) |
"Shake up on welfare" [Howe speech foreshadows manifesto] |
|
82 Jul 6 Tu |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Pym begins economic discussions in Belgrade” [Yugoslav debt crisis] |
|
82 Jul 7 We |
Press |
Trivial |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Press Association report ("Police Smash Forgery Racket") [suitcases of forged £20 notes found in gold-coloured Rolls-Royce stopped in Old Kent Road] [this copy released 2013] |
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82 Jul 7 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
“Howe warning that pay rises may be non-existent” [speech to industrial correspondents, government likely to abandon public service pay targets altogether] |
|
82 Jul 11 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
“Pym defends UK right to Falklands” [response to Sunday Times article on FCO doubts as to British historic claim] |
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82 Aug 26 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Energy: "Mr Lawson's great oil gamble" ["renewed accusations that he is disposing of valuable national assets on the cheap"] |
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82 Sep 26 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary Sunday Times |
East Asia: "A new Mrs Thatcher rises in the East" [Hugo Young article] |
|
82 Sep 26 Su |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Observer) |
China: Clive James articles ("Mrs T. in China") [account of MT's visits to China & Hong Kong] |
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82 Oct 8 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “Two Falkland VCs to be awarded" (awards to Colonel H. Jones and a Royal Marine NCO) [to be announced Monday] |
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82 Oct 11 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “'H' always led from the front" ("Pride of VC's Widow”) [award of two Falklands VCs announced] |
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82 Dec 6 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Energy: "Lawson to reject claims of 'too high' electricity costs" ["energy minister backs pricing policies"] |
|
82 Dec 16 Th |
Press |
Major |
Shultz (George) |
Cold War: The “Special Relationship” (Shultz memoirs) |
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83 Mar 23 We |
Press |
Major |
Shultz (George) |
Cold War: Reagan’s Star Wars initiative (Shultz memoirs) |
|
83 Apr 4 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Reshuffle: “Shadow of the axe over Whitelaw and Pym” (inspired post-election reshuffle speculation) |
|
83 Jun 13 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservative Party: "The ministerial changes" [details of new appointments, inc. Lawson as Chancellor] |
|
83 Jun 13 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: "The rise of a natural pugilist" ["the problems facing Nigel Lawson at the Treasury"] |
|
83 Jun 13 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Reshuffle: "Tory MPs doubt justice of Pym's dismissal" (response to Pym's dismissal as Foreign Secretary) |
|
83 Jul 4 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Lawson says jobs are plentiful" ["there are many jobs... available to be done at a particular wage"] |
|
83 Jul 5 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Pit leaders seek backing for big pay increase” [miners’ leaders claim pay rise] |
|
83 Jul 5 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Lawson pushes new-look NEDC to concentrate on specific issues" |
|
83 Jul 5 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Tory backbenchers warn Government against cuts in jobless benefit" ["failure to uprate unemployment benefit in line with prices would be strongly opposed"] |
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83 Jul 5 Tu |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "'Pit leaders seek backing for big pay increase" [Scargill: “A fightback … will inevitably take place outside rather than inside Parliament”] |
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83 Jul 7 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Lawson demanding £500m cut in public spending" ["emergency plan for swingeing cuts"] |
|
83 Jul 8 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Spending cuts hit NHS and defence" ["package of £500m in expenditure cuts in the current financial year"] |
|
83 Jul 11 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Battle in Cabinet likely as Lawson plans more cuts" ["strong opposition is certain"] |
|
83 Jul 15 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary ( The Times ) |
Economic policy: "BMA accuses Lawson of 'fiddling the books'" [accused of making arbitrary calculation of overspend and consequent cut] |
|
83 Jul 20 We |
Press |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Department of Education & Science press release ("Education Secretary comments on HMI report") [quotes & copy of report] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
83 Jul 20 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Lawson hints at tax cuts in return for spending curbs" |
|
83 Jul 21 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Taking the strain for annual tug of war" ["The start of the annual battle between the Treasury and spending ministries"] |
|
83 Aug 13 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Lawson ready for revolt on dole cut" |
|
83 Sep 8 Th |
Press |
Key |
Thatcher memoirs |
Cold War: Chequers Seminar on future of the Soviet Union [memoirs extract] |
|
83 Sep 12 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Lawson's spending cuts warning" ["no sacred cows exempted from public spending cuts"] |
|
83 Sep 12 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Lawson seeks public debate on spending" ["the Treasury must lead a more open debate on the prospects for public spending and taxation"] |
|
83 Sep 14 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Hungary: “Sir Geoffrey on three-day visit to Hungary” (Howe visit) |
|
83 Sep 14 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Hungary: “Hungary’s Way” (Howe right not to cancel visit after Korean shootdown) |
|
83 Sep 29 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Our policies working - Lawson" [Washington speech "to extol the virtues of the Government's economic strategy"] |
|
83 Sep 29 Th |
Press |
Key |
Thatcher memoirs |
Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting in Washington (record of conversation) [memoirs extract] |
|
83 Oct 6 Th |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "'Parkinson admits love affair" (Parkinson admits relationship with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 7 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Love affair puts Parkinson's future in doubt" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 8 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Parkinson given ovation at dinner" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 9 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "An affair of the party" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 9 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Illicit love's survival game" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 9 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Top Tories tell Thatcher: sack Parkinson" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 10 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Chance of Parkinson survival dwindles" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 11 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Parkinson's affair cost him Foreign Secretary's post" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 12 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Miss Keays 'nearly the Bermondsey candidate'" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 12 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Diary: Parkinson show" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) ["Don't sack Cecil" banner flown over Blackpool] |
|
83 Oct 12 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Trustworthiness as touchstone in public office" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) [letters page] |
|
83 Oct 13 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Moral values in the Parkinson affair" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) [letters page] |
|
83 Oct 14 Fr |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "I implored him to tell Thatcher" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) [Keays interview] |
|
83 Oct 14 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Parkinson given a warm reception" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) [Conservative Party Conference] |
|
83 Oct 15 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Keays statement forces Parkinson's resignation" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 15 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Countdown to resignation as Parkinson's affair undermined polls success" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 15 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Press lays siege to house" (Parkinson's resignation follow revelations about his affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 15 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Tasks that face new man in job" (Parkinson's replacement as Trade and Industry Secretary following revelations about his affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 15 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Thatcher protégé who missed stardom" (Parkinson's resignation following revelations about his affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 15 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Younger tipped for Trade takeover" (Parkinson's replacement as Trade and Industry Secretary following his resignation) |
|
83 Oct 16 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Exclusive" (response of Parkinson's family to Keays' accusations) |
|
83 Oct 16 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Parkinson: A Tale of Three Women" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
|
83 Oct 17 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cecil Parkinson: "Thatcher's key role on Parkinson marriage" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
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83 Oct 21 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economic policy: "Chancellor allows no respite in struggle against inflation" ["unswerving determination to reduce inflation further"] |
|
83 Oct 25 Tu |
Press |
Key |
Thatcher memoirs |
Grenada: Thatcher letter to Reagan ("deeply disturbed" at US plans) [memoirs extract] |
|
83 Oct 25 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Shultz (George) |
Cold War: US disappointment at MT’s line over Grenada (Shultz memoirs) |
|
83 Nov 15 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Hungary: “Hungary visit for Thatcher” (MT announces visit in Guildhall speech) |
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84 Jan 11 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Scargill slams Sun poll on pits ballot” [criticises Sun for conducting put ballot over overtime ban] |
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84 Jan 14 Sa |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill in clash on impact of ban" [Scargill and MacGregor disagree on effects of overtime ban] |
|
84 Jan 19 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Financial Times) |
City: “Gower urges sweeping new powers to supervise City” [publication of report] |
|
84 Feb 1 We |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Pit ban haults Scargill’s trip” [trip cancelled due to repairs for pit] |
|
84 Feb 3 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Speech by Hungarian Prime Minister (Gyorgy Lázár) |
|
84 Feb 4 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Scargill and Murray in clash on pay” [Scargill criticises Murray] |
|
84 Feb 4 Sa |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill and Murray in clash on pay" [Scargill rejects potential for pay settlement] |
|
84 Feb 4 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Hungary: “Kadar’s road from traitor to hero” (MT visit) |
|
84 Feb 4 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Hungary: “Thatcher issues urgent plea on arms” (MT visit) |
|
84 Feb 4 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Hungary: “True Blue on the Danube” (MT visit) |
|
84 Feb 11 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Scargill is booed by his pit men” [booed over overtime ban] |
|
84 Feb 21 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Financial Times) |
MT: “Tories increasingly critical of Thatcher’s inner circle” (“backbench unease over ‘remoteness’ of Downing Street”) |
|
84 Mar 6 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “56,000 miners to strike over closure of pits” [Yorkshire miners on strike over closure of two pits] |
|
84 Mar 7 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Coal strike threat spreads as NCB insists on closures; ” Scots join Yorkshire protest [prospect of strike spreading in domino effect] |
|
84 Mar 8 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Miners may resort to flying pickets” [Upcoming NUM conference] |
|
84 Mar 8 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Closures affect old pit areas; Coal output rising as productivity falls” [Brunt of closures will affect old mining areas; large rise in coal output at coal face since 1976] |
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84 Mar 9 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Miners’ leaders will back all areas that strike.” [miner’s leaders officially back strike] |
|
84 Mar 10 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Strike likely to halt half of Britain's mines” [Strike looks likely to spread] |
|
84 Mar 13 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Coal strike: Walker not to intervene” [Secretary of State for Energy not to intervene] |
|
84 Mar 13 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Militant picketing spreads coal strike to 100 pits; Scuffles as illegal protesters close Nottinghamshire mine” [More than half of coal industry's labour force on strike; flying picket closes Nottinghamshire mine] |
|
84 Mar 15 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Flying pickets defy High Court and return to the pits” [Yorkshire picketers continue action in Nottinghamshire] |
|
84 Mar 15 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Brittan condemns mob rule by miner on miner” [Home Secretary declares police have a duty to ensure non-strikers can go to work] |
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84 Mar 16 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Moderates dampen left-wing hopes of all-out pit strike; miners united by picket's death” [Hopes of national strike blasted by moderate vote; death of flying picket member] |
|
84 Mar 16 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "A bitter war to lose" [report on dispute over pit closures] |
|
84 Mar 19 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Police set to match pickets man for man” [8000 officers mobilised; cost 500,000 pounds a day] |
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84 Mar 20 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Have the miners been nailed?” [“Control of the flying pickets could be a benchmark in curbing industrial disputes”] |
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84 Mar 20 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Official strike called” [Derbyshire calls strike; Skinner blames police presence] |
|
84 Mar 20 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Time for a ballot” [The Times calls for a national ballot] |
|
84 Mar 23 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “6,000 moderates ordered to join pit strike” [6000 Lancashire miners called out on strike; 80 percent of industry at standstill] |
|
84 Mar 27 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Miners’ pension fund &ldquohazarded by Scargill”; Pits dispute begin to affect industry; pickets' hide and seek with police” [Scargill imprudent in pension investments; dwindling supply of coke shuts steel works, flying pickets frustrated by police road checks] |
|
84 Mar 27 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NUM leaders in moderate Midlands call out 13,000 men on strike” [Coalfield leaders call out strike despite vote against action] |
|
84 Mar 27 Tu |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Miners' pension fund 'hazarded by Scargill'" [Scargill in court over NUM pension investments] |
|
84 Mar 27 Tu |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "The advocate without a wig was Mr Scargill" [Scargill defends pension policy. Miners wanted to buy the Daily Mirror and Theakstons Brewery] |
|
84 Mar 28 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Chaos as miners choke motorway with 5mph crawl” [Miners do motorway protest] |
|
84 Mar 28 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NUM moderates vote to force national meeting” [moderates vote to force recall of NUM executive] |
|
84 Mar 30 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill's pension fund policy" [Scargill defends pensions policy in the high court] |
|
84 Mar 31 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Labour is accused of “big lie” over police” [Home Secretary accuses Labour of shaking public confidence in the role of law and the police] |
|
84 Mar 31 Sa |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill challenged on pensions" [Scargill defends stance on NUM pension investments] |
|
84 Apr 2 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Unions at the abyss” (Which side will crack first in the miners’ dispute? Paul Routledge reports) |
|
84 Apr 3 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Sharp exchanges in Commons over ballot on miners’ dispute; PCs on pit duty can earn £500; Royal visits likely to go ahead despite unrest in pits” [Walker condemns lack of national ballot; police at picket line can earn 500 pounds a week overtime; Royal visit to powerplants going ahead] |
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84 Apr 4 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Notts miners may yield to pickets; Scargill denial” [Nottingham union leaders tell moderates not to cross picket lines from Yorkshire; Scargill denies telling Mocow newspaper strike was the start of a class war] |
|
84 Apr 4 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Red lies about me by angry Scargill” [Scargill challenged Russian newspaper statements] |
|
84 Apr 5 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Notts ready to reject strike; “riot police” condemned by staff union” [Nottingham delegates to reject executive call not to cross picket lines; use of riot police criticised by police union] |
|
84 Apr 5 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Russian journalist coy about Scargill 'class war' interview" [Scargill accused of calling coal strike 'class war'] |
|
84 Apr 5 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary Financial Times) |
MT: “Thatcher considers MSC chairman for Downing Street role” (David Young) [“suggestion of strengthening the Prime Minister’s office has [been] revived … following criticisms within the Conservative Party”] |
|
84 Apr 6 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Scargill’s strategy suffers blow in steel and pit votes; Commons set for mines debate” [Nottingham delegates reject executive's call; Commons to debate policing] |
|
84 Apr 7 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Police deny any phone taps on NUM officials” [Home Secretary denies hone hacking] |
|
84 Apr 7 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Secret ballot hope doomed if Scargill plays it by the book" [Scargill could block a ballot on a technicality] |
|
84 Apr 9 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Pit militants back rival strategy to relaunch dispute” [NUM leaders seek special delegate conference rather than national ballot] |
|
84 Apr 10 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Emergency debate on police operation” [House of Commons to debate police action] |
|
84 Apr 10 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher endorses police conduct in miners’ dispute” [Thatcher praises police] |
|
84 Apr 13 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Miners expected to change the rules to get all-out strike” [NUM executive rejects calls for ballot; reduces voting majority necessary] |
|
84 Apr 17 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Rotting coal stock claims denied” [NCB denies claims coal stocks wasting on ground] |
|
84 Apr 18 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher ready to tackle total pit shutdown” [Government prepared contingency plans for national strike] |
|
84 Apr 18 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Scottish pledge to strike for miners” [Scottish union leaders pledge a 24 hour unlawful stoppage] |
|
84 Apr 22 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (News of the World) |
Coal: “Scargill is blasted by coal chief” [Macgregor accuses Scargill of waging “private war”] |
|
84 Apr 22 Su |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill to control 'fight to the finish'" [Scargill takes personal control, NUM conference rejects ballots] |
|
84 Apr 23 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “20 things you didn't know about Scargill” [Sun special on leader] |
|
84 Apr 25 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Scargill spurns MacGregor offer on closures” [Scargill rejects compromise] |
|
84 Apr 26 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Ronald Butt: With friends like Scargill” [Butt article] |
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84 Apr 26 Th |
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Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Power station coal stocks likely to last into autumn; Labour levy planned to aid the miners” [expected life of coal stocks lengthened; Labour Party calls on members to fund strike fund] |
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84 Apr 27 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Unease over Labour levy for miners” [Unease within Labour Party over subsidies] |
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84 Apr 28 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Powell critical of archbishop backing miners.” [Enoch Powell accuses Archbishop of York of hatespeech “religious bankruptcy&rdquo] |
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84 Apr 28 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “The company they keep” [Leader comment] |
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84 Apr 29 Su |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Time to tighten the knot - Scargill'" [Scargill urges moderates in Notts and Lancs to join strike] |
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84 May 2 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Rivals clash as 6,000 rebel pitmen jeer union chiefs” [Clash between working strikers and area leaders] |
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84 May 2 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Letters to the editor” [Letters from archbishop of York and Ian Gow] |
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84 May 2 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Media: “Sherman view on loyalties” [“better for an adviser to face political death than ‘to be drawn into competition in courtiership and sycophancy’”] [annotated text released 2014] |
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84 May 3 Th |
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Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Flying policemen versus flying pickets” [Police flown in from Hampshire] |
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84 May 4 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Convoys of coal beat the pickets” [Coal convoys getting through pickets] |
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84 May 7 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Scargill says only 8 weeks’ coal left” |
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84 May 9 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “1,500 fail to halt coal lorries at Hunterston” [Clash with strikers and mounted police] |
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84 May 11 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Police preparing clampdown on pit violence” [Police considering limits on picket numbers after violence] |
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84 May 11 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Scargill dispute halts paper” [editions of Daily Expressed not published due to inter-union dispute] |
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84 May 11 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill dispute halts paper" [quarrel between journalist unions stops Express going to print] |
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84 May 12 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher prepared for long strike” [MT emphasizes to conference long strike plans, rejects 8 week claims] |
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84 May 13 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Punch up at pit rally” [arrests made at rally] |
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84 May 14 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “SDP backs working miners” [SDP critical of miners use of intimidation] |
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84 May 15 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Walker resists pressure to call coal leaders together” [many months of coal stocks, rejects negotiations] |
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84 May 15 Tu |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "20,000 in miners' protest march" [strikers gather in Mansfield for a mass demonstration] |
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84 May 16 We |
Press |
Trivial |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Happiness is a hamlet called Scargill” [report on town called Scargill] |
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84 May 17 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Scargill’s wife on picket charge” [Scargill’s wife banned from picketing] |
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84 May 18 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Police teams to fight intimidation of working miners” [teams of detectives being formed] |
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84 May 18 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher defends decision of NCB to import coke” [Defends NCB importing 175,000 tonnes of coal from US] |
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84 May 19 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Unions must obey law, Kinnock says” [Criticised Thatcher for intervention; unionists should not scorn legality] |
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84 May 19 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Whose Plan For Coal?” [Editorial] |
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84 May 20 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Scargill seeks foreign support” [Scargill meets international union representatives] |
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84 May 21 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Pit strikers would vote to return now, mines survey indicates” [pithead polls tend towards end to strike] |
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84 May 23 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Scargill to meet coal board” [leader and NCB to meet for first time since strike began] |
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84 May 26 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Notts miners win right-to-work orders from court” [High court confirms workers cannot be instructed to strike by their union] |
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84 May 27 Su |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Coal: "Scargill: has to rest" [a horoscope for Scargill] |
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84 May 29 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Coal board aims at turning talks into all-out peace drive” [Two sides prepare for negotiations] |
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84 May 30 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher had secret plan to handle strike” [Government had plans for strike three years ago] |
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84 May 31 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Scargill’s arrest and pit riot shatter peace hope” [hopes for settlement fade with violence; Scargill arrested] |
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84 Jun 1 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher sees no early settlement” [Thatcher sees no prospect of settlement; insists she will not intervene] |
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84 Jun 4 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Unions angry over Government’s strike vote scheme” [anger over intent to tighten law on strike ballots] |
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84 Jun 7 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “The myths mined by Mr Scargill” [Ronald Butt article] |
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84 Jun 11 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Compromise ruled out by Scargill" [Scargill will accept nothing but total victory] |
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84 Jun 12 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Pit package promises higher pay and output for job cuts” [NCB prepares new plan] |
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84 Jun 15 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “One in 3 defiant says NCB” [limited return to work by striking miners; one in three still working however] |
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84 Jun 18 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Steelmen to defy Scargill threat” [Steel unions to reject cutting down coal supplies] |
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84 Jun 20 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher refuses to yield over Orgreave mob” [criticises mob violence at Orgreave] |
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84 Jun 20 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Total blockade call as miners move against steel plants" [NUM call on transport unions to blockade steelworks] |
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84 Jun 21 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Kinnock blasts Scargill” [Kinnock criticises Scargill] |
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84 Jun 22 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “MacGregor in “no victory” warning to NUM” [insists NUM will not win in letter delivered to 178,000 miners] |
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84 Jun 23 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Government backs MacGregor tactic” [government gives public support to attempt to break strike] |
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84 Jun 23 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill at head of the funeral" [Scargill leads 8000 miners at Joe Green's funeral] |
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84 Jun 25 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Pits strike hits growth forecast” [strike reduced GDP growth] |
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84 Jun 26 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "'My greatest day" [Scargill interview by New Left Review on memories of Saltley] |
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84 Jun 28 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Steelmen defy Scargill” [Llanwern steel workers reject Scargill call to halt protection] |
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84 Jun 29 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "'Star chamber' move could split miners" [Scargill pursues new power to expel uncooperative pits from NUM] |
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84 Jun 30 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “No accord between NUM and steelmen” [no agreement on coal supplies to steelworks] |
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84 Jul 1 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (News of the World) |
Coal: “Exclusive: Arthur Scargill puts his case” [“If the miners lose, you will all suffer”] |
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84 Jul 2 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Ministers step up attacks on pit violence” [government condemns intimidation] |
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84 Jul 3 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Steel unions snub miners and pledge to keep up output; Coal Board says 2,000 men volunteer for redundancy” [Steel unions reject sympathetic action; 2000 accept redundancy] |
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84 Jul 4 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Lorry drivers defy union advice” [lorry drivers ignore calls to strike] |
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84 Jul 4 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NCB advert in Times” [How the miners have been misled (part 1)] |
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84 Jul 5 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NCB advert in Times” [How the miners have been misled (part 2)] |
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84 Jul 5 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Benn told: stop licking Scargill’s boots” [Benn questioned in Commons over support for Scargill and not steel leader] |
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84 Jul 5 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill as star of micro game" [company launches computer game featuring Scargill] |
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84 Jul 6 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Help the miners beat Scargill” [David Hart article] |
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84 Jul 6 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NCB advert in Times” [How the miners have been misled (part 3)] |
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84 Jul 7 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NCB advert in Times” [How the miners have been misled (part 4)] |
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84 Jul 8 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Coal: "Scargill sticks out for total victory" [amid NCB talks, Scargill declares "we are going to win"] |
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84 Jul 9 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Is Arthur cracking up” [Ian MacGregor said he is worried about Scargill’s mental health] |
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84 Jul 10 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Dock strike starts today as pit talks fail again; MacGregor in appeal to NUM” [Dock strike over supply of coal; appeal to accept settlement] |
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84 Jul 11 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Miners set to defy court over militant meeting” [miners leaders ignore high court ruling] |
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84 Jul 11 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NCB advert in Times” [How the miners have been misled (part 5)] |
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84 Jul 12 Th |
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Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill denounces 'blatant state interference' in miners' strike" [Scargill accuses state organs of anti-union conspiracy] |
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84 Jul 14 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NUM faces more legal action” [NUM faces legal action over plans to introduce “courts” for rebel action] |
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84 Jul 14 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Lies they tell about Scargill” [Union responds to Scargill rumours] |
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84 Jul 15 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Coal: "What drives Arthur Scargill?" [Andrew Stephen probes Scargill's background and philosophy] |
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84 Jul 16 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Coal board dismay over talks” [dismay over militant tone during negotiations] |
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84 Jul 17 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Crisis talks bring in 14 ministers” [MISC 101 secret meeting] |
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84 Jul 18 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NCB closes ranks on “final offer” to miners” [NCB supports MacGregor's no surrender policy] |
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84 Jul 20 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher makes Falklands link - Attack on enemy within” [coverage of “enemy within&rdquo speech] |
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84 Jul 20 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “There IS A War On” [Times leader article] |
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84 Jul 20 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: Peter Walker article for The Times (“Scargill’s challenge to us all”) [“contempt for parliamentary democracy and desire to seize power”] [released 2014] |
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84 Jul 23 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Pit talks halted for board's campaign” [NCB halts talks during back-to-work campaign] |
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84 Jul 25 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Working miners in secret campaign for a return to pits” [dissident pitmen tour coal fields in attempt to end strike] |
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84 Jul 27 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Labour MP seeks pit strike ballot” [MP calls for national ballot] |
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84 Jul 27 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Coal board’s offer rejected, strike may be stepped up” [miner leaders reject NCB offer] |
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84 Jul 27 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “We'll tighten the Knot, says Scargill” [miners reject peace offer] |
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84 Jul 30 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Unions seek TUC campaign to defeat Thatcher” [industrial action campaign proposed to bring down government] |
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84 Aug 1 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Seizure of NUM funds start today” [confiscation of funds to pay fines] |
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84 Aug 1 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher onslaught on Kinnock reunites Tories” [Thatcher speech re-establishes authority] |
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84 Aug 2 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (News of the World) |
Coal: “Scargill talks with Kinnock” [Scargill meets Kinnock at Commons] |
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84 Aug 3 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “MacGregor ready to withdraw “final” pit offer” [failure of back-to-work campaign; MacGregor expected to withdraw offer] |
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84 Aug 3 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher softens tone on mines” [PM sees no reason for strike continuing; inflation expected to reduce once ended] |
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84 Aug 3 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher postpones Far East trip to tackle strike crisis” [PM postpones trip] |
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84 Aug 6 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Coal board refuses to grant permits for private sector mining” [NCB doesn’t grant private open-cast permits] |
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84 Aug 6 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Rail unions to ask TUC for blockade to support miners” [attempt to seek halt to movement of coke, coal and iron] |
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84 Aug 8 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Rebels seek order for secret ballot on miners’ strike” [High court to be asked to enforce national ballot] |
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84 Aug 8 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Figured out" [top Scargill researcher quits] |
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84 Aug 9 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Union coordinated picket violence, says police chief” [police blames NUM for violence] |
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84 Aug 9 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Pitted fruit" [NUM begged not to accept illegal LSE SU donation] |
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84 Aug 11 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “National docks strike threatened as union tries to stop coal ship; secret committee attacks NUM” [breakdown in NUM/Steel talks; secret Lancashire working miner group criticises NUM] |
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84 Aug 11 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Miners to ask TUC for total support as funds run out” [NUM appeals to TUC for funds] |
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84 Aug 11 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Strike 'enforced by mobs'" [Walker says NUM are paying mobs to stop workers] |
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84 Aug 12 Su |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Coal: "Trials of a star-crossed trio" [horoscopes of MacGregor, Thatcher and Scargill] |
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84 Aug 14 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Drift back at Bilston Glen heartens NCB” [increasing return to work] |
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84 Aug 14 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Kinnock pours scorn on “big bang” protest” [Kinnock criticises idea of united union effort against government] |
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84 Aug 14 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Press tape story (Galvin incident) [Prior takes responsibility for mistakes] |
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84 Aug 15 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Pit moderates to help plan rolling return to work” [plan to use moderates to encourage return to work] |
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84 Aug 16 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Scots pit faces lost, coal board claims” [two mines to be abandoned due to strike neglect] |
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84 Aug 17 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Left attacks Kinnock on miners’ dispute” [left-wing criticisms of Kinnock for denunciations of picket violence] |
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84 Aug 17 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Are the pit rebels winning?” [Routledge article] |
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84 Aug 18 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Scargill and NCB in TV debate” [upcoming debate on Channel 4 news] |
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84 Aug 19 Su |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Coal: "Scargill intimidates TUC - MacGregor" [NCB head says Scargill using pickets to coerce other unions] |
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84 Aug 21 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Miners’ strike blamed for 0.5 percent fall in production” [strike led to decline] |
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84 Aug 21 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Murray told to head off TUC clash on miners” [TUC to appeal to NUM to discuss strategy] |
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84 Aug 22 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Mr Scargill and the TUC" [TUC worries about impact of coal strike on union movement] |
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84 Aug 23 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “TV clash Over peace formula” [Scargill/MacGregor debate] |
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84 Aug 24 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Docks employers predict vote for national strike” [sympathetic dock strike predicted] |
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84 Aug 25 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Rampage as rebels enter pit” [riot at Easington colliery] |
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84 Aug 26 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
Coal: "Scargill to TUC: don't betray me" [Scargill condemns "scab" labourers, while some "large and moderate" unions offer support to the NUM] |
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84 Aug 26 Su |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (News of the World) |
Coal: "Scargill hit by an egg at demo" |
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84 Aug 28 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill attacks TV pit strike coverage" |
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84 Aug 29 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Miners retreat on 10p union levy” [NUM withdraws request for level; fears lack of support] |
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84 Aug 31 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Miners meet TUC after ordering mass NCB picket” [union leaders meet TUC for first time since strike began] |
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84 Aug 31 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "A strike for Britain's future" [Scargill argues that pit closures "ignore Britain's energy requirements"] |
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84 Sep 3 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Walker challenges unions to refuse support for Scargill and strikers” [challenges TUC to reject minority views] |
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84 Sep 3 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Solidarity skin-deep” [Times leader article] |
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84 Sep 4 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Miners go into new peace talks with full TUC backing” [TUC suports three-point plan] |
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84 Sep 5 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Acrimony as coal peace process verges on collapse” [talks cancelled; PM rejects calls to recall parliament] |
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84 Sep 6 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Miners resubmit conditions for talks resumption” [NUM accepts talks on condition of accepting terms] |
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84 Sep 7 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Move to private pits suggested” [Adam Smith Institute supports moves to coal privatisation] |
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84 Sep 9 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
Coal: " 'Miners are fully aware of the forces massed against them' " [Scargill emphasises determination to force government to back down over strike] |
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84 Sep 9 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The News of the World) |
Coal: "David Owen: We cannot cave in to Scargill" |
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84 Sep 10 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Pits peace meeting breaks up after day of drama” [talks break after two hours] |
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84 Sep 10 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Kinnock traces Scargill 'errors'" [Kinnock attacks Scargill for "destroying the coal industry" and for holding two unsuccessful ballots in 1982 and 1983] |
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84 Sep 11 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Victory for Scargill “must be denied”” [David Owen - Scargill cannot be allowed to bludgeon government ] |
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84 Sep 12 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Peace talks saved by MacGregor compromise” [talks to resume after compromise] |
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84 Sep 12 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Shipments diverted to beat strike” [65 percent of imports and exports continuing despite dock strike] |
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84 Sep 14 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Pit cases stretching courts” [appeal to Lord Chancellor to reduce burdens of strike cases] |
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84 Sep 15 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Coal talks collapse over closure of uneconomic pits” [NUM accepts no closure of uneconomic pits] |
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84 Sep 17 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Violence must not pay” [Leader article] |
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84 Sep 18 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill is a 'tyrant' over ballot" [John Gummer calls for ballot before strike] |
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84 Sep 18 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill says £1,000 fine paid without his authority" [Scargill denies sanctioning payment of contempt of court fine] |
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84 Sep 20 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher would let coal strike last a year or longer” [government prepared for long strike] |
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84 Sep 22 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Bishop of Durham says MacGregor should be replaced” [criticises MacGregor] |
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84 Sep 22 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Bishop of Durham says MacGregor should be replaced” [criticises MacGregor] |
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84 Sep 22 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “TUC pledges cash support for miners” [TUC to raise 150,000 a week] |
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84 Sep 26 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Not by show of hands” [Leader article] |
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84 Sep 28 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Labour offers new peace fomula to end coal strike” [Labour peace initiative] |
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84 Sep 29 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Pit hopes still alive despite deputies’ 82 percent vote for strike” [power workers decline to agree to demands] |
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84 Oct 1 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Kinnock condones resolution on violence by police” [Kinnock forced to accept police use organised violence] |
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84 Oct 2 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Labour rejects Kinnock's reselection proposal” [Kinnock condemns violence, blames it for fall in support for Labour Party] |
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84 Oct 2 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “A haunting vote” [Leader article] |
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84 Oct 2 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill wins support for attacks on 'state violence against miners'" [Scargill attacks the policing of NUM pickets, while Eric Hammond is booed for criticising the lack of an NUM ballot before the strike] |
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84 Oct 2 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "High Court writ served on Scargill [contempt writ served] |
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84 Oct 2 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Falklands: “Belgrano: there was no alternative” (Lewin article) [“In war, opportunities must be taken while they exist; there may not be a second chance”] |
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84 Oct 3 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Daily Mirror) |
Coal: "Scargill defiant on jail threat" [Scargill promises to ignore contempt writ] |
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84 Oct 3 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Writ scope pass probe" [Labour Party investigation into how private investigator infiltrated Winter Gardens to serve writ to Scargill] |
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84 Oct 4 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NUM to discuss pit closures plan with Acas” [new discussions] |
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84 Oct 4 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Editor of Express expelled over writ” [Express editor has credentials withdrawn] |
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84 Oct 5 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Pym says Thatcher made strike worse” [government failure for employment strategy makes strike resolution difficult] |
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84 Oct 5 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Judge adjourns hearing but Scargill remains defiant" [Scargill continues not to attend his court hearing for contempt] |
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84 Oct 7 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
Coal: "Glory to the tales of Arthur" [Scargill upstages Kinnock at Labour Party conference] |
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84 Oct 8 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Runcie challenges Tory handling of miners’ strike” [Archbishop of Canterbury criticises government] |
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84 Oct 8 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill 'must obey Courts'" [Attorney General predicts punishment of Scargill for contempt of court] |
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84 Oct 9 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "King Arthur's real crime" ["Mr Scargill is above the law"] |
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84 Oct 10 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Police will not buckle nor will the government crack, says Brittan” [attacks on Scargill at conference] |
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84 Oct 10 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Judgement day for Scargill" [contempt of court charges and Labour MPs declaration of support] |
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84 Oct 11 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Miners undeterred by fines on Scargill and Union" [NUM reaffirms that they believe strike is official, despite High Court ruling to the contrary] |
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84 Oct 12 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Miners welcome Acas formula as basis for settlement” [NUM willing to accept formula on 1974 plan] |
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84 Oct 12 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Brighton Bomb: “To Kill the Cabinet” (“The story behind the Grand Hotel bombing”) [Brighton Evening Argus 40 page supplement] |
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84 Oct 12 Fr |
Press |
Key |
Thatcher memoirs |
Northern Ireland: The Brighton Bomb [memoirs extract] |
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84 Oct 13 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Scargill wrecks it” [Scargill turns down peace deal] |
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84 Oct 13 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Financial Times) |
Brighton Bomb: (“IRA bomb kills 3 at Brighton”) [“A sombre closing of Tory ranks”] |
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84 Oct 14 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sunday Times) |
Coal: "Scargill urged strike in '83" [High Court hears that Scargill had tried to order an unlawful nationwide strike without a ballot in 1983] |
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84 Oct 14 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Brighton Bomb: (“Intelligence warnings that were ignored”) [“Police told of possible attack”] |
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84 Oct 15 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Ministers face dilemma on cost” [ministers divided whether to raise electricity prices or cut spending over strike costs] |
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84 Oct 16 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Pit peace talks collapse after an hour at Acas” [discussions break down again] |
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84 Oct 17 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Wanted: a new plan for coal” [Leader article] |
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84 Oct 18 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher “no surrender” message on miners” [PM insists will not surrender] |
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84 Oct 18 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Police chief gives public apology to angry village” [Police chief apologises for police action in a Yorkshire village] |
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84 Oct 19 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Walker urges Kinnock aid on pit solution” [Walker seeks Labour support for Acas compromise] |
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84 Oct 21 Su |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Sunday Telegraph) |
Coal: "Cat food for Scargill" [tin of cat food thrown at Scargill in Sunderland] |
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84 Oct 22 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Why I threw tins at Arthur, by cats woman” [protestor explains why she threw cat tins at Scargill] |
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84 Oct 24 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Prospect for pits peace grows after Acas talks” [upcoming settlement talks] |
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84 Oct 24 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher riled by hit list talk” [MT annoyed by Kinnock asking whether she had a hit list of pits to close] |
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84 Oct 25 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Moves today to seize assets; paper reveal NCB concessions” [High court orders seizure of NUM asssets to pay fines; papers show NCB has moved considerably] |
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84 Oct 26 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Why I took swipe at Scargill” [Trade Unionist explains “why he tried to thump miners’ leader on the nose”] |
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84 Oct 27 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Yawning gulf over pit strike words” [Still far from agreement] |
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84 Oct 29 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “TUC tells miners not to accept aid from Libyans” [TUC criticises Scargill’s contacts with Libya] |
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84 Oct 31 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Dispute flares in TUC over pit peace talks” [dispute in TUC over role in negotiations] |
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84 Nov 1 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Conservative Newsline) |
Brighton bomb: “We Will Never Bow To Terrorism” (MT “demonstrated once again her tremendous qualities of leadership”) |
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84 Nov 1 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Not for pruning" [rose to be named after Scargill] |
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84 Nov 1 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "From Arthur with love" [House of Lords question over Scargill USSR trip] |
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84 Nov 2 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Coal board abandons hope of deal with Scargill” [NCB accepts there can be no deal with Scargill as president] |
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84 Nov 3 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Shultz (George) |
Cold War: Meeting MT at Mrs Gandhi’s funeral (Shultz memoirs) |
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84 Nov 4 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (News of the World) |
Coal: “Scargill in “six hour talk with Libyans”” [claim Scargill met Gaddafi official] |
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84 Nov 4 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (News of the World) |
Coal: "Scargill in 'six-hour talk with Libyans" discussion of Libyan government donation to NUM |
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84 Nov 4 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Scargill did discuss Libyan cash" discussion of Libyan government donation to NUM |
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84 Nov 5 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Union plans to boost pit strike” [NUM seeks to revitalise strike] |
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84 Nov 6 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Miners must not be allowed to succeed, says CBI chief” [CBI advises no surrender] |
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84 Nov 7 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher confidence in NCB chief” [MT maintains confidence in MacGregor; calls NUM to end strike] |
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84 Nov 8 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Writ claims funds used for picketing” [allegations NUM funds used for unlawful picketing] |
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84 Nov 9 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NUM moderates push for ballots” [pressure building for ballot] |
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84 Nov 12 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Times' use of picture is upheld" Scargill appeared in photograph apparently performing a Nazi salute |
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84 Nov 13 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Thatcher pledge to stamp out violence” [MT links IRA with strikers] |
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84 Nov 13 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Pit police face petrol bombs in 7-hour fury” [“unprecedented eruption of violence”] |
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84 Nov 15 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Give miners their say, Labour urges Scargill” [Labour front-bench support for consulting NUM members] |
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84 Nov 16 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NUM ignores Labour call for pit ballot” [NUM executive ignores Labour's call] |
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84 Nov 16 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Kinnock's “lack of guts” attacked by Thatcher” [MT criticises Kinnock] |
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84 Nov 17 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Kinnock to appear with Scargill" |
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84 Nov 19 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NCB ready for “surge” back to pits” [NCB expects large return] |
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84 Nov 20 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Scargill only wants conflict, Walker says” [Scargill does not care about the coal industry, says Walker] |
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84 Nov 21 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Strike abandoned in N Wales pits” [Coal leaders in North Wales formally end strike] |
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84 Nov 21 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Extra £750m set aside for strike” [Treasury plans strike funding] |
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84 Nov 22 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Bad Review" [Ramsgate bomb threats & allegations Scargill KGB agent] |
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84 Nov 22 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "'Scargill only wants conflict', Walker says" |
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84 Nov 24 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “NCB may withdraw job guarantees if strike continues” [no compulsory redundancies offer to be withdrawn] |
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84 Nov 26 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “Twin challenge to Kinnock over response to strike” [Kinnock challenged by left and Scargill |
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84 Nov 26 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: "Attack victims to seek new rules - new rules to oust Scargill" |
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84 Nov 27 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Coal: “TUC and miners’ leaders to seek way to reopen talks” [TUC and NUM aim to re-open negotiations] |
|
84 Nov 27 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Sun) |
Coal: “Scargill “the tyrant who hates democracy ”” [Thatcher and Brittan link Scargill with terrorists] |
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84 Nov 28 We |
Press |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Coal: ?Press Association report (1149Z) (“£4.6m of NUM Cash Frozen”) [declassified Dec 2014] |