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Value | Author/Source | Title |
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| 84 Sep 10 Mo | Press |
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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] |
| 84 Sep 9 Su | Press |
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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] |
| 84 Sep 9 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The News of the World) | Coal: "David Owen: We cannot cave in to Scargill" |
| 84 Aug 31 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "A strike for Britain's future" [Scargill argues that pit closures "ignore Britain's energy requirements"] |
| 84 Aug 28 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "Scargill attacks TV pit strike coverage" |
| 84 Aug 26 Su | Press |
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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] |
| 84 May 11 Fr | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "Scargill dispute halts paper" [quarrel between journalist unions stops Express going to print] |
| 84 May 15 Tu | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "20,000 in miners' protest march" [strikers gather in Mansfield for a mass demonstration] |
| 84 May 27 Su | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (Sunday Times) | Coal: "Scargill: has to rest" [a horoscope for Scargill] |
| 84 Jun 11 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "Compromise ruled out by Scargill" [Scargill will accept nothing but total victory] |
| 84 Jun 20 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "Total blockade call as miners move against steel plants" [NUM call on transport unions to blockade steelworks] |
| 84 Jun 23 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "Scargill at head of the funeral" [Scargill leads 8000 miners at Joe Green's funeral] |
| 84 Jun 29 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "'Star chamber' move could split miners" [Scargill pursues new power to expel uncooperative pits from NUM] |
| 84 Jun 26 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "'My greatest day" [Scargill interview by New Left Review on memories of Saltley] |
| 83 Jul 5 Tu | Press |
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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”] |
| 84 Jul 5 Th | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "Scargill as star of micro game" [company launches computer game featuring Scargill] |
| 84 Jul 12 Th | Press |
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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] |
| 84 Jul 8 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Sunday Times) | Coal: "Scargill sticks out for total victory" [amid NCB talks, Scargill declares "we are going to win"] |
| 84 Jul 15 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Sunday Times) | Coal: "What drives Arthur Scargill?" [Andrew Stephen probes Scargill's background and philosophy] |
| 84 Aug 8 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "Figured out" [top Scargill researcher quits] |
| 84 Aug 9 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "Pitted fruit" [NUM begged not to accept illegal LSE SU donation] |
| 84 Aug 11 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "Strike 'enforced by mobs'" [Walker says NUM are paying mobs to stop workers] |
| 84 Aug 12 Su | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (Sunday Times) | Coal: "Trials of a star-crossed trio" [horoscopes of MacGregor, Thatcher and Scargill] |
| 84 Aug 19 Su | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (Sunday Times) | Coal: "Scargill intimidates TUC - MacGregor" [NCB head says Scargill using pickets to coerce other unions] |
| 84 Aug 26 Su | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (News of the World) | Coal: "Scargill hit by an egg at demo" |
| 84 Aug 22 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: "Mr Scargill and the TUC" [TUC worries about impact of coal strike on union movement] |
| 84 Jul 20 Fr | Press |
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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] |
| 84 Mar 6 Tu | Press |
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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 |
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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 |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Miners may resort to flying pickets” [Upcoming NUM conference] |
| 84 Mar 8 Th | Press |
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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] |
| 84 Mar 9 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Miners’ leaders will back all areas that strike.” [miner’s leaders officially back strike] |
| 84 Mar 10 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Strike likely to halt half of Britain's mines” [Strike looks likely to spread] |
| 84 Mar 13 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Coal strike: Walker not to intervene” [Secretary of State for Energy not to intervene] |
| 84 Mar 13 Tu | Press |
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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 |
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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 |
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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] |
| 84 Mar 16 Fr | Press |
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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 19 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Police set to match pickets man for man” [8000 officers mobilised; cost 500,000 pounds a day] |
| 84 Mar 20 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Have the miners been nailed?” [“Control of the flying pickets could be a benchmark in curbing industrial disputes”] |
| 84 Mar 20 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Official strike called” [Derbyshire calls strike; Skinner blames police presence] |
| 84 Mar 20 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Time for a ballot” [The Times calls for a national ballot] |
| 84 Mar 23 Fr | Press |
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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] |
| 85 Feb 26 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Reticent Scargill arrives in Moscow” [Scargill talks with Soviet officials; refuses to say how much money donated] |
| 84 Mar 27 Tu | Press |
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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 |
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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 28 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Chaos as miners choke motorway with 5mph crawl” [Miners do motorway protest] |
| 84 Mar 28 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “NUM moderates vote to force national meeting” [moderates vote to force recall of NUM executive] |
| 84 Mar 31 Sa | Press |
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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 Apr 2 Mo | Press |
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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 |
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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] |
| 84 Apr 4 We | Press |
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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 5 Th | Press |
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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 6 Fr | Press |
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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 |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Police deny any phone taps on NUM officials” [Home Secretary denies hone hacking] |
| 84 Apr 9 Mo | Press |
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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 |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Emergency debate on police operation” [House of Commons to debate police action] |
| 84 Apr 10 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher endorses police conduct in miners’ dispute” [Thatcher praises police] |
| 84 Apr 13 Fr | Press |
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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 |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Rotting coal stock claims denied” [NCB denies claims coal stocks wasting on ground] |
| 84 Apr 18 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher ready to tackle total pit shutdown” [Government prepared contingency plans for national strike] |
| 84 Apr 18 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Scottish pledge to strike for miners” [Scottish union leaders pledge a 24 hour unlawful stoppage] |
| 84 Apr 25 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Scargill spurns MacGregor offer on closures” [Scargill rejects compromise] |
| 84 Apr 26 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Ronald Butt: With friends like Scargill” [Butt article] |
| 84 Apr 26 Th | Press |
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Major | 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] |
| 84 Apr 27 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Unease over Labour levy for miners” [Unease within Labour Party over subsidies] |
| 84 Apr 28 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Powell critical of archbishop backing miners.” [Enoch Powell accuses Archbishop of York of hatespeech “religious bankruptcy&rdquo] |
| 84 Apr 28 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “The company they keep” [Leader comment] |
| 84 May 2 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Rivals clash as 6,000 rebel pitmen jeer union chiefs” [Clash between working strikers and area leaders] |
| 84 May 2 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Letters to the editor” [Letters from archbishop of York and Ian Gow] |
| 84 May 3 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Flying policemen versus flying pickets” [Police flown in from Hampshire] |
| 84 May 4 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Convoys of coal beat the pickets” [Coal convoys getting through pickets] |
| 84 May 7 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Scargill says only 8 weeks’ coal left” |
| 84 May 9 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “1,500 fail to halt coal lorries at Hunterston” [Clash with strikers and mounted police] |
| 84 May 11 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Police preparing clampdown on pit violence” [Police considering limits on picket numbers after violence] |
| 84 Jun 12 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Pit package promises higher pay and output for job cuts” [NCB prepares new plan] |
| 84 May 12 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher prepared for long strike” [MT emphasizes to conference long strike plans, rejects 8 week claims] |
| 84 May 14 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “SDP backs working miners” [SDP critical of miners use of intimidation] |
| 84 May 15 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Walker resists pressure to call coal leaders together” [many months of coal stocks, rejects negotiations] |
| 84 May 17 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Scargill’s wife on picket charge” [Scargill’s wife banned from picketing] |
| 84 May 18 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Police teams to fight intimidation of working miners” [teams of detectives being formed] |
| 84 May 18 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher defends decision of NCB to import coke” [Defends NCB importing 175,000 tonnes of coal from US] |
| 84 May 19 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Unions must obey law, Kinnock says” [Criticised Thatcher for intervention; unionists should not scorn legality] |
| 84 May 19 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Whose Plan For Coal?” [Editorial] |
| 84 May 21 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Pit strikers would vote to return now, mines survey indicates” [pithead polls tend towards end to strike] |
| 84 May 23 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Scargill to meet coal board” [leader and NCB to meet for first time since strike began] |
| 84 May 26 Sa | Press |
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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] |
| 84 May 29 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Coal board aims at turning talks into all-out peace drive” [Two sides prepare for negotiations] |
| 84 May 30 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher had secret plan to handle strike” [Government had plans for strike three years ago] |
| 84 May 31 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Scargill’s arrest and pit riot shatter peace hope” [hopes for settlement fade with violence; Scargill arrested] |
| 84 Jun 1 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Thatcher sees no early settlement” [Thatcher sees no prospect of settlement; insists she will not intervene] |
| 84 Jun 4 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Unions angry over Government’s strike vote scheme” [anger over intent to tighten law on strike ballots] |
| 84 Jun 7 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “The myths mined by Mr Scargill” [Ronald Butt article] |
| 84 Jun 15 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “One in 3 defiant says NCB” [limited return to work by striking miners; one in three still working however] |
| 84 Jun 18 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Steelmen to defy Scargill threat” [Steel unions to reject cutting down coal supplies] |
| 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] |
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