Jobs Express in 1981 – unemployed protest
Youth unemployment skyrocketed between 1979 and 1983 and hundreds of youth travelled the country on the Jobs Express to highlight their plight
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1981 riots: Enoch Powell plays the race card
Veteran right-winger Enoch Powell placed the race card cynically after the 1981 riots trying to blame those from the New Commonwealth
When Red Ron met Maggie Thatcher
Scottish Labour MP Ron Brown confronted Margaret Thatcher during a visit to Scotland in 1982 as Tony McMahon discovers
1981 riots blamed on left-wing agitators
During the 1981 riots there were attempts by the media and politicians to blame left-wing agitators for the violence that erupted in UK cities
The Falklands War – the view from 1982
The Falklands War in 1982 rescued the then unpopular Thatcher government and led to the general election victory of 1982 as Tony McMahon reports
Bigoted judges in the 1970s and 1980s
The 1970s and 1980s saw some bigoted judges make outrageous comments on homosexuality, race and trades unions as Tony McMahon reports
Steel Pulse – Buzzcocks- China Street – against the Nazis
Steel Pulse – Buzzcocks- China Street – against the Nazis
1979 General Election – James Callaghan fights back
1979 General Election – James Callaghan fights back – but it’s too little, too late
1979 UK General Election changes history
The 1979 general election saw Margaret Thatcher swept to power in the United Kingdom ushering in an era of polarisation as well as free market economics
2Tone bands and the 1981 Coventry riot
1981 saw a riot in Coventry after the murder of Asian teenager Satnam Singh Gill that led to The Specials putting on a unity gig in the city