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| 84 Jun 20 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher refuses to yield over Orgreave mob” [criticises mob violence at Orgreave] |
| 84 Jun 22 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “MacGregor in “no victory” warning to NUM” [insists NUM will not win in letter delivered to 178,000 miners] |
| 84 Jun 23 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Government backs MacGregor tactic” [government gives public support to attempt to break strike] |
| 84 Jun 25 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Pits strike hits growth forecast” [strike reduced GDP growth] |
| 84 Jun 28 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Steelmen defy Scargill” [Llanwern steel workers reject Scargill call to halt protection] |
| 84 Jun 30 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “No accord between NUM and steelmen” [no agreement on coal supplies to steelworks] |
| 84 Jul 2 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Ministers step up attacks on pit violence” [government condemns intimidation] |
| 84 Jul 3 Tu | Press |
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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] |
| 84 Jul 4 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Lorry drivers defy union advice” [lorry drivers ignore calls to strike] |
| 84 Jul 4 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “NCB advert in Times” [How the miners have been misled (part 1)] |
| 84 Jul 5 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “NCB advert in Times” [How the miners have been misled (part 2)] |
| 84 Jul 5 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Benn told: stop licking Scargill’s boots” [Benn questioned in Commons over support for Scargill and not steel leader] |
| 84 Jul 6 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Help the miners beat Scargill” [David Hart article] |
| 84 Jul 6 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “NCB advert in Times” [How the miners have been misled (part 3)] |
| 84 Jul 7 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “NCB advert in Times” [How the miners have been misled (part 4)] |
| 84 Jul 10 Tu | Press |
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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] |
| 84 Jul 11 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Miners set to defy court over militant meeting” [miners leaders ignore high court ruling] |
| 84 Jul 11 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “NCB advert in Times” [How the miners have been misled (part 5)] |
| 84 Jul 14 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “NUM faces more legal action” [NUM faces legal action over plans to introduce “courts” for rebel action] |
| 84 Jul 16 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Coal board dismay over talks” [dismay over militant tone during negotiations] |
| 84 Jul 17 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Crisis talks bring in 14 ministers” [MISC 101 secret meeting] |
| 84 Jul 18 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “NCB closes ranks on “final offer” to miners” [NCB supports MacGregor's no surrender policy] |
| 84 Jul 20 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher makes Falklands link - Attack on enemy within” [coverage of “enemy within&rdquo speech] |
| 84 Jul 20 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “There IS A War On” [Times leader article] |
| 84 Jul 23 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Pit talks halted for board's campaign” [NCB halts talks during back-to-work campaign] |
| 84 Jul 25 We | Press |
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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] |
| 84 Jul 27 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Labour MP seeks pit strike ballot” [MP calls for national ballot] |
| 84 Jul 27 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Coal board’s offer rejected, strike may be stepped up” [miner leaders reject NCB offer] |
| 84 Jul 30 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Unions seek TUC campaign to defeat Thatcher” [industrial action campaign proposed to bring down government] |
| 84 Aug 1 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Seizure of NUM funds start today” [confiscation of funds to pay fines] |
| 84 Aug 1 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher onslaught on Kinnock reunites Tories” [Thatcher speech re-establishes authority] |
| 84 Aug 3 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “MacGregor ready to withdraw “final” pit offer” [failure of back-to-work campaign; MacGregor expected to withdraw offer] |
| 84 Aug 3 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher softens tone on mines” [PM sees no reason for strike continuing; inflation expected to reduce once ended] |
| 84 Aug 6 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Coal board refuses to grant permits for private sector mining” [NCB doesn’t grant private open-cast permits] |
| 84 Aug 6 Mo | Press |
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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] |
| 84 Aug 8 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Rebels seek order for secret ballot on miners’ strike” [High court to be asked to enforce national ballot] |
| 84 Aug 9 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Union coordinated picket violence, says police chief” [police blames NUM for violence] |
| 84 Aug 11 Sa | Press |
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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] |
| 84 Aug 11 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Miners to ask TUC for total support as funds run out” [NUM appeals to TUC for funds] |
| 84 Aug 14 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Drift back at Bilston Glen heartens NCB” [increasing return to work] |
| 84 Aug 14 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Kinnock pours scorn on “big bang” protest” [Kinnock criticises idea of united union effort against government] |
| 84 Aug 15 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Pit moderates to help plan rolling return to work” [plan to use moderates to encourage return to work] |
| 84 Aug 16 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Scots pit faces lost, coal board claims” [two mines to be abandoned due to strike neglect] |
| 84 Aug 17 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Left attacks Kinnock on miners’ dispute” [left-wing criticisms of Kinnock for denunciations of picket violence] |
| 84 Aug 17 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Are the pit rebels winning?” [Routledge article] |
| 84 Aug 18 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Scargill and NCB in TV debate” [upcoming debate on Channel 4 news] |
| 84 Aug 21 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Miners’ strike blamed for 0.5 percent fall in production” [strike led to decline] |
| 84 Aug 21 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Murray told to head off TUC clash on miners” [TUC to appeal to NUM to discuss strategy] |
| 84 Aug 23 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “TV clash Over peace formula” [Scargill/MacGregor debate] |
| 84 Aug 24 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Docks employers predict vote for national strike” [sympathetic dock strike predicted] |
| 84 Aug 25 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Rampage as rebels enter pit” [riot at Easington colliery] |
| 84 Aug 29 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Miners retreat on 10p union levy” [NUM withdraws request for level; fears lack of support] |
| 84 Aug 3 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher postpones Far East trip to tackle strike crisis” [PM postpones trip] |
| 84 Aug 31 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Miners meet TUC after ordering mass NCB picket” [union leaders meet TUC for first time since strike began] |
| 84 Sep 3 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Walker challenges unions to refuse support for Scargill and strikers” [challenges TUC to reject minority views] |
| 84 Sep 3 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Solidarity skin-deep” [Times leader article] |
| 84 Sep 4 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Miners go into new peace talks with full TUC backing” [TUC suports three-point plan] |
| 84 Sep 5 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Acrimony as coal peace process verges on collapse” [talks cancelled; PM rejects calls to recall parliament] |
| 84 Sep 6 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Miners resubmit conditions for talks resumption” [NUM accepts talks on condition of accepting terms] |
| 84 Sep 7 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Move to private pits suggested” [Adam Smith Institute supports moves to coal privatisation] |
| 84 Sep 10 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Pits peace meeting breaks up after day of drama” [talks break after two hours] |
| 84 Sep 11 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Victory for Scargill “must be denied”” [David Owen - Scargill cannot be allowed to bludgeon government ] |
| 84 Sep 12 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Peace talks saved by MacGregor compromise” [talks to resume after compromise] |
| 84 Sep 12 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Shipments diverted to beat strike” [65 percent of imports and exports continuing despite dock strike] |
| 84 Sep 14 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Pit cases stretching courts” [appeal to Lord Chancellor to reduce burdens of strike cases] |
| 84 Sep 15 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Coal talks collapse over closure of uneconomic pits” [NUM accepts no closure of uneconomic pits] |
| 84 Sep 17 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Violence must not pay” [Leader article] |
| 84 Sep 20 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher would let coal strike last a year or longer” [government prepared for long strike] |
| 84 Sep 22 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Bishop of Durham says MacGregor should be replaced” [criticises MacGregor] |
| 84 Sep 22 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “TUC pledges cash support for miners” [TUC to raise 150,000 a week] |
| 84 Sep 26 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Not by show of hands” [Leader article] |
| 84 Sep 28 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Labour offers new peace fomula to end coal strike” [Labour peace initiative] |
| 84 Sep 29 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Pit hopes still alive despite deputies’ 82 percent vote for strike” [power workers decline to agree to demands] |
| 84 Oct 1 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Kinnock condones resolution on violence by police” [Kinnock forced to accept police use organised violence] |
| 84 Oct 2 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Labour rejects Kinnock's reselection proposal” [Kinnock condemns violence, blames it for fall in support for Labour Party] |
| 84 Oct 2 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “A haunting vote” [Leader article] |
| 84 Oct 4 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “NUM to discuss pit closures plan with Acas” [new discussions] |
| 84 Oct 5 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Pym says Thatcher made strike worse” [government failure for employment strategy makes strike resolution difficult] |
| 84 Oct 8 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Runcie challenges Tory handling of miners’ strike” [Archbishop of Canterbury criticises government] |
| 84 Oct 10 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Police will not buckle nor will the government crack, says Brittan” [attacks on Scargill at conference] |
| 84 Oct 12 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Miners welcome Acas formula as basis for settlement” [NUM willing to accept formula on 1974 plan] |
| 84 Oct 15 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Ministers face dilemma on cost” [ministers divided whether to raise electricity prices or cut spending over strike costs] |
| 84 Oct 16 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Pit peace talks collapse after an hour at Acas” [discussions break down again] |
| 84 Oct 17 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Wanted: a new plan for coal” [Leader article] |
| 84 Oct 18 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher “no surrender” message on miners” [PM insists will not surrender] |
| 84 Oct 18 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Police chief gives public apology to angry village” [Police chief apologises for police action in a Yorkshire village] |
| 84 Oct 19 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Walker urges Kinnock aid on pit solution” [Walker seeks Labour support for Acas compromise] |
| 84 Oct 24 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Prospect for pits peace grows after Acas talks” [upcoming settlement talks] |
| 84 Oct 24 We | Press |
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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] |
| 84 Oct 25 Th | Press |
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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] |
| 84 Oct 27 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Yawning gulf over pit strike words” [Still far from agreement] |
| 84 Oct 29 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “TUC tells miners not to accept aid from Libyans” [TUC criticises Scargill’s contacts with Libya] |
| 84 Oct 31 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Dispute flares in TUC over pit peace talks” [dispute in TUC over role in negotiations] |
| 84 Nov 2 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Coal board abandons hope of deal with Scargill” [NCB accepts there can be no deal with Scargill as president] |
| 84 Nov 5 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Union plans to boost pit strike” [NUM seeks to revitalise strike] |
| 84 Nov 6 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Miners must not be allowed to succeed, says CBI chief” [CBI advises no surrender] |
| 84 Nov 7 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher confidence in NCB chief” [MT maintains confidence in MacGregor; calls NUM to end strike] |
| 84 Nov 8 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Writ claims funds used for picketing” [allegations NUM funds used for unlawful picketing] |
| 84 Nov 9 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “NUM moderates push for ballots” [pressure building for ballot] |
| 84 Nov 13 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher pledge to stamp out violence” [MT links IRA with strikers] |
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