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69 results found for '"Ian MacGregor"' in Keywords.
Miners strike - Arthur Scargill on accusations of prolonging dispute (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, claims it is the National Coal Board and Government who are prolonging the coal strike despite claims made by the Coal Board’s Ian MacGregor...
End of miners strike with retrospective on dispute (1985)
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- 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...
Ian MacGregor at end of miners strike (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the speech by NCB Chairman Ian MacGregor to the Coal Industry Society at the end of the miners’ strike in which he stated there could be no talk of victory or defeat, and spoke of his intention...
Ian MacGregor possible dismissal (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Energy Secretary Peter Walker where he denies the Government is intending to dismiss National Coal Board Chairman, Ian MacGregor. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Neil Mainland).
NCB bribery allegations (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour Party coal spokesman Alex Eadie who with sixty other Labour MPs, has signed a motion calling for the suspension of National Coal Board Chairman Ian MacGregor following allegations...
Retirement of Sir Ian MacGregor from National Coal Board (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the retirement of Sir Ian MacGregor from the National Coal Board, looking at the struggle between him and Arthur Scargill; his nickname, The Butcher; his influence in British Steel and the mines....
Ian MacGregor accused of cooking the books (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers) accuses National Coal Board chairman Sir Ian MacGregor of effectively cooking the books (he says MacGregor...
Ned Smith on Ian MacGregor coal strike book (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
The National Coal Board’s former Director-General of Industrial Relations, Ned Smith, reacts to a book on the coal strike by former NCB boss Sir Ian MacGregor. He claims the book is rewriting history; on...
Sir Robert Haslam says no pay pledges to sacked miners (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with newly-appointed British Coal Chairman, Sir Robert Haslam, who talks about pay agreements for miners. He says there will be no pledges to miners sacked during the dispute and comments on his...