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PDF 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]
PDF 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]
PDF 83 Oct 15 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Keays statement forces Parkinson's resignation" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays)
PDF 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)
PDF 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)
PDF 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)
PDF 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)
PDF 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)
PDF 83 Oct 16 Su Press Major Commentary (The Sunday Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Exclusive" (response of Parkinson's family to Keays' accusations)
PDF 83 Oct 16 Su Press Major Commentary (The Sunday Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Parkinson: A Tale of Three Women" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays)
PDF 83 Oct 17 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Thatcher's key role on Parkinson marriage" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays)
PDF 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"]
Text 83 Oct 25 Tu Press Key Thatcher memoirs Grenada: Thatcher letter to Reagan ("deeply disturbed" at US plans) [memoirs extract]
Text 83 Oct 25 Tu Press Major Shultz (George) Cold War: US disappointment at MT’s line over Grenada (Shultz memoirs)
PDF 83 Nov 15 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Hungary: “Hungary visit for Thatcher” (MT announces visit in Guildhall speech)
PDF 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]
PDF 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]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Press Major Commentary (Financial Times) City: “Gower urges sweeping new powers to supervise City” [publication of report]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Press Minor Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Pit ban haults Scargill’s trip” [trip cancelled due to repairs for pit]
PDF 84 Feb 3 Fr Press Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Speech by Hungarian Prime Minister (Gyorgy Lázár)
PDF 84 Feb 4 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Scargill and Murray in clash on pay” [Scargill criticises Murray]
PDF 84 Feb 4 Sa Press Minor Commentary (The Times) Coal: "Scargill and Murray in clash on pay" [Scargill rejects potential for pay settlement]
PDF 84 Feb 4 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Hungary: “Kadar’s road from traitor to hero” (MT visit)
PDF 84 Feb 4 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Hungary: “Thatcher issues urgent plea on arms” (MT visit)
PDF 84 Feb 4 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Hungary: “True Blue on the Danube” (MT visit)
PDF 84 Feb 11 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Scargill is booed by his pit men” [booed over overtime ban]
PDF 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”)
PDF 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]
PDF 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]
PDF 84 Mar 8 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Miners may resort to flying pickets” [Upcoming NUM conference]
PDF 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]
PDF 84 Mar 9 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Miners’ leaders will back all areas that strike.” [miner’s leaders officially back strike]
PDF 84 Mar 10 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Strike likely to halt half of Britain's mines” [Strike looks likely to spread]
PDF 84 Mar 13 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Coal strike: Walker not to intervene” [Secretary of State for Energy not to intervene]
PDF 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]
PDF 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]
PDF 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]
PDF 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]
PDF 84 Mar 16 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: "A bitter war to lose" [report on dispute over pit closures]
PDF 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]
PDF 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”]
PDF 84 Mar 20 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Official strike called” [Derbyshire calls strike; Skinner blames police presence]
PDF 84 Mar 20 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Time for a ballot” [The Times calls for a national ballot]
PDF 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]
PDF 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]
PDF 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]
PDF 84 Mar 27 Tu Press Minor Commentary (The Times) Coal: "Miners' pension fund 'hazarded by Scargill'" [Scargill in court over NUM pension investments]
PDF 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]
PDF 84 Mar 28 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Chaos as miners choke motorway with 5mph crawl” [Miners do motorway protest]
PDF 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]

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Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

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