Miners strike - Leaked letters on government’s involvement
- Title
- Miners strike - Leaked letters on government’s involvement
- Genre
- Press conference
- TX Date
- 6 Jun 1984
- Year of production
- 1984
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- Duration
- 00:03:35
- Description
- Press conference with Conservative Party Chairman John Gummer, defending Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over letters leaked to the Daily Mirror and appearing in an article by Paul Foot that had details about the government’s involvement in the miners dispute.
- Contributors
- John Gummer
- Keywords
- Elections; Politics; Trade unions; Government; Newspapers; Daily Mirror; Margaret Thatcher; Press; Coal mining; Conservative Party; NUM; Coal miners; NCB; Europe; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Paul Foot; Strikes (events)
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LBC/IRN, "Miners strike - Leaked letters on government’s involvement". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0004200277013 (Accessed 04 Jun 2025)