Margaret Thatcher secretly considered calling out the troops at the height of the miners' strike amid fears union action could destroy her Conservative government, according to newly released files.
Newly-released cabinet papers appear to show Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government did have a secret "hit list" of more than 70 pits earmarked for closure, In what could be a case of vindication at last for the former miners' leader, Arthur Scargill.
The government and the National Coal Board said at the time they wanted to close 20 collieries. But the documents reveal a plan to shut 75 over three years.
And it's also confirmed today that Mrs.Thatcher considered sending in troops to break the year-long miners' strike in the 80's. David Hirst reports.
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