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- The Miners’ Strike of 1984 was a turning point in British history. Miners left their pits to fight the attempt of the Thatcher government to close the collieries, break the miners’ union and the labour movement in general, and open the way to a free market economy in which deregulated financial capitalism would be set free by the Big Bang of 1986.
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Mar 24, 2024 · Why was it so important? It was the most divisive, and consequential, industrial dispute in postwar British history. Between 6 March 1984 and 3 March 1985, some 140,000 out of...
- The Week UK
Mar 2, 2024 · The miners' strike of 1984-85 was a defining moment in the history of British coal mining and the biggest industrial dispute in post-war Britain. It pitted thousands of miners and their trade...
- Georgina Morris
Jun 21, 2022 · The miners’ strike of 1984-85 was the longest and most acrimonious industrial dispute in Britain’s modern history. But it was more than that: to the communities involved, from Scotland and South Wales to Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, it often felt like an undeclared civil war, pitting village against village, family against family – even ...
Jan 3, 2014 · The main revelation is that, at the depths of the conflict, with the dockworkers also out on strike, Thatcher considered declaring a state of emergency and getting troops to help transport coal...
Feb 13, 2024 · Many are speaking for the first time, and with extraordinary candour, to explore one of the most divisive conflicts in a generation. Published: 13 February 2024. From the team behind the BAFTA ...
Jun 16, 2014 · How the miners’ strike of 1984-85 changed Britain for ever. Thirty years later questions still haunt many of those who took part. Could the outcome have been different?
The strike was the miners’ main weapon, and immediately provoked confrontation with employers, who were also ready to use the lockout to break miners’ resistance. Flying pickets like military detachments were organised to force out miners at other pits.
