Labour conference - Arthur Scargill on miners strike

Title

Labour conference - Arthur Scargill on miners strike

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:37

Description

Report on a speech by NUM President Arthur Scargill at a fringe meeting at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool (with excerpts) where he refuses to condemn the miners’ strike violence and calls for fairer press coverage. He also criticises NCB Chairman Ian MacGregor. Comes after the strike was declared illegal by the courts. Male commentator not identified.

Further information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Scargill

Contributors

Arthur Scargill

Keywords

Politics; Trade unions; Labour Party; Strikes; Labour disputes; Political conferences; Liverpool; Violence; Political parties; Conferences; NUM; Coal miners; NCB; Legal decisions; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Press coverage; Trade union members; Ian MacGregor; High courts; Strikes (events)

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