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Tebbit: Miners' strike 'a terrible sore' on politics, 30 years on

On the 30th anniversary of the miners' strike, Lord Tebbit, who was then trade and industry minister, has described the industrial action as "a terrible sore" on modern British politics.

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Timeline of the 1984-85 miners' strike

  • March 12 1984 - National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) chief Arthur Scargill unites various strikes into nationwide industrial action, without a ballot.
  • June 18 - The battle of Orgreave - 5,000 riot police took on 5,000 protestors, who pelted officers with bricks and stones.
  • September - Thousands of miners and police clash once more at Malty Colliery near Rotherham. Protestors have been out of work for six months and the lack of income was starting to take its toll.
  • November - A growing number of miners decide to return to work as Christmas looms. Violence on the picket lines becomes more widespread.
  • March 3 1985 - Delegates at an NUM conference decide 98 to 91 to end the strike.

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