The Miners Strike and my student union year
In the academic year 1984-85, I was Deputy President of Liverpool University student union during the miners strike of that year
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Anti Tory art from the early 1980s
The 1980s saw an avalanche of anti Tory art encompassing songs, images, movies and plays in a creative expression of Thatcher hatred
Crashing the National Grid in the miners strike
During the 1984-85 miners strike, there was an idea that the national grid could be crashed if we all simultaneously used electrical appliances
Miners Strike posters from my archives
Miners Strike posters and papers from my 80s archives
Miners produce their own version of The Sun and News of the World
During the 1984/85 miners strike, the tabloid newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch – The Sun and the News of the World – took a very hostile stance towards the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). Murdoch was about to take on his own print unions so organised labour was in his sights. The Sun put the…
My student union election poster from 1982 – Liverpool Guild of Undergraduates
My student union election poster from 1982 – Liverpool Guild of Undergraduates
When Thatcher caved in to the miners
In 1981, Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher caved into the miners but was simply biding her time for a future showdown
Thatcher downfall expected in 1984
In its end of year edition in 1979, The Economist predicted the imminent downfall of Margaret Thatcher but instead she endured for another decade
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