She called them "the enemy within" and the 1984-85 miners' strike was the most divisive confrontation of Margaret Thatcher's 11 years in power.

She called them "the enemy within" and the 1984-85 miners' strike was the most divisive confrontation of Margaret Thatcher's 11 years in power. It was a vicious, violent industrial dispute that ...

Newly released government papers reveal how Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher secretly met the wives of working miners during the strike of 1984-85.

Littlebrook is an unlikely symbol of modern Britain. But the power plant played a critical role helping the Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher break the miners’ strike of 1984/85.

Margaret Thatcher ’s ­government deliberately delayed the pit closures which caused the Miners’ Strike until after the 1983 election, ­bombshell documents reveal.

Newly-released government papers reveal how Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher secretly met the wives of working miners during the strike of 1983/84.

Margaret Thatcher came to power hellbent on smashing the coal miners, it was confirmed today. The late Prime Minister wanted to get her revenge on the National Union of Mineworkers for bringing ...

ON September 26, 1984, Margaret Thatcher made a surprise visit to York. She was almost half way through her premiership – and her visit to the city also came roughly half-way through the miners ...

Margaret Thatcher had regular updates on coal stocks and the dispute's progress. Margaret Thatcher secretly met the wives of working miners during the strike of 1984-85, newly released government ...

Margaret Thatcher came within days of declaring a state of emergency and calling out the military just four months into the miners' strike, Cabinet papers released on Friday show.

Documents released by the National Archives reveal that Margaret Thatcher secretly considered using the army to break the looming strike miners' strike.