Arthur Scargill says Thatcher gagged scientists

Title

Arthur Scargill says Thatcher gagged scientists

Genre

Speech

TX Date

2 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:20

Description

NUM President Arthur Scargill speech at his two day future for coal conference in Sheffield in which he accuses the Government of gagging a number of leading scientists to prevent them from participating. Scargill says they’d initially agreed to attend but then withdrew, due to Government pressure. Originally on Radio Hallam

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; Radio Hallam

Keywords

Government; Margaret Thatcher; Conferences; NUM; Coal industry; Political corruption; Sheffield; Freedom of speech; Scientists; British Coal

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