TUC conference - Neil Kinnock on miners strike

Title

TUC conference - Neil Kinnock on miners strike

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Sep 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:36

Description

Report on the speech by Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock at the TUC conference in Brighton (with excerpts) about violence during the miners’ strike, work of shadow energy spokesman Stan Orme and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s handling of the dispute. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Neil Kinnock

Keywords

Trade unions; Government; Labour Party; Strikes; Labour disputes; TUC; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Violence; Conferences; NUM; Coal miners; NCB; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Brighton; Peter Walker; Strikes (events); Stan Orme

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