Miners strike - Eldon Griffiths speech on police
- Title
- Miners strike - Eldon Griffiths speech on police
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- 24 May 1984
- Year of production
- 1984
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- Duration
- 00:02:07
- Description
- Speech by the Parliamentary spokesman for the Police Federation and Conservative MP Eldon Griffiths, to the Police Federation conference in Scarborough, in which he defends the controversial police tactics used during the ongoing miners strike and refutes claims made by NUM leader Arthur Scargill of police brutality.
- Contributors
- Eldon Griffiths
- Keywords
- Trade unions; Government; Labour disputes; Police; Conservative Party; Violence; Arthur Scargill; Conferences; NUM; Policing practice; Coal miners; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Police Federation; Scarborough; Strikes (events)
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