Michael Foot – a great intellectual, not such a great party leader
Michael Foot – a great intellectual, not such a great party leader
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Ken Livingstone in the 1980s
Ken Livingstone – always at the centre of controversy – meeting Irish Republicans and Soviet representatives
Thatcher: the lady is not for turning
At the 1980 Conservative Party conference Margaret Thatcher declared that the lady was not for turning but turn she did on economic policy
Jobs Express led to jobs creation!
The Jobs Express took hundreds of young unemployed people around Britain in 1981 and some companies along the way offered jobs
Give Us A Future say 80s jobless youth
Contrary to what many think, youth in the 80s were often jobless and in dire poverty with one terrible training schemes to provide an income
Four Coventry heroes in the Ghost Town
Four Coventry black British heroes of the late 1970s and early 1980s should be immortalised argues author Tony McMahon
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – and an 80s womens group
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – and an 80s womens group at Liverpool University
When Thatcher gave into the miners…
When Thatcher gave into the miners…in 1981. The NUM defeated Thatcher that year.