Miners strike - Latest developments

Title

Miners strike - Latest developments

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

11 Nov 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:04:09

Description

Report on latest developments in the miners’ strike including resurfacing of controversy over NUM looking for funds from Libya; comments by junior defence minister Adam Butler. With comment from former Kent NUM President Jack Dunn, on ITV (male interviewer not identified); current Kent NUM President Jack Collins; Home Secretary Leon Brittan; Labour home affairs spokesman Gerald Kaufman. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

David Basnett; Gerald Kaufman; Leon Brittan; Jack Dunn; ITV; Jack Collins

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; TUC; Kent; Arthur Scargill; NUM; Finance; Coal miners; NCB; Muammar al-Gaddafi; Libya; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Cabinet ministers; Strikes (events); Adam Butler

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