Margaret Thatcher was a British politician who, alongside Ronald Reagan, helped usher in the era of neoliberalism.

Miners Lost But Thatcher Eventually Defeated Ultimately, the miners’ strike was defeated after a year. The national Trade Union Confederation refused to take action, and solidarity strikes in other ...

The erosion in workers' rights following the miners' strike has seen low-paid, insecure work become the norm for Britain's young people.

“50 years ago today Margaret Thatcher was elected Leader of the Conservative Party. A former Doncaster Conservative MP says people need to forget the Miners' Strike and stop hating Margaret ...

The key players were Margaret Thatcher, Arthur Scargill and the miners he led on strike, or instead broke away in Britain’s last large-scale industrial battle.

The decision proved costly, since a national ballot was required by law. Without it, the Labour Party and much of the media did not support the strike – and the miners were badly divided.

A personal and political insights of the miners strike by George Kerevan It was difficult in post-war Scotland not to have some family connection with mining.

The strike was a major industrial action within the coal industry that aimed to prevent mine closures which the Tory government under Margaret Thatcher was initiating.

As miners’ families were starved into submission, Margaret Thatcher became one of the most hated figures in post-war Scotland, but union leader Arthur Scargill was also despised by many ...

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