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Miners strike - Scargill after ACAS meeting (1985)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by NUM leader Arthur Scargill after a meeting with ACAS in regard to the coal miners’ strike.
Miners strike - Back to work figures (1985)
- Genre
- Speech
Excerpt of speech by NCB Chairman Ian MacGregor at the Institute of Directors annual conference at which he reveals coal mine workers back to work figures in the current strike.
Miners strike - Miners continue back to work (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the increasing numbers of coal miners returning to work despite lack of an agreement with the NCB, as the strike draws to a bitter end, and the NUM wanting to accept a previous NCB offer. With...
Neil Kinnock on London rate capping (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock’s response to the newly instated rate capping law during a speech given to local London councillors. Speakers are Neil Kinnock and Lambeth Council (Labour) leader...
Peter Walker on miners strike (1985)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Energy Secretary Peter Walker on violence at NUM miners’ strike picket lines and hopes for the future of the coal industry following end of dispute.
Authorised telephone surveillance (1985)
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- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on Parliamentary debate on new legislation following allegations of telephone tapping by MI5 of subjects who do not pose a threat to national security. With Commons speeches from Home Secretary Leon...
Scargill announcing end of miners strike (1985)
- Genre
- Speech
NUM President Arthur Scargill announcing the decision by a special delegates conference that there should be a return to work by striking miners. Scargill states the battle to seek an amnesty for those who...
End of miners strike (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Vox pop
Rob Goldstone reports on the end of the miners’ strike with the decision by the NUM special delegates conference for a return to work with no amnesty for those dismissed during the dispute. Includes...
End of miners strike with retrospective on dispute (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Report on the end of the miners’ strike including opposition from miners in Kent, Yorkshire and Scotland to the NUM decision to return to work and on the cost to the economy. Includes interviews with Kent...
End of miners strike - Scottish miners continue strike (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on the decision by Scottish miners not to return to work at the end of the miners’ strike, whilst the NCB’s Scottish area director Albert Wheeler is refusing an amnesty for those dismissed during...