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Coal: Extracts from speech by Leon Brittan (the ending of the miners' strike) ["The challenge to the rule of law in Britain has never been so great or so direct as during this dispute"] [declassified 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1335 f86
Editorial comments: The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: Privatized & state industries, Energy, Labour Party & socialism, Law & order, Trade unions, Strikes & other union action, 1984-85 coal strike