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Left MP Ian Lavery accused Prime Minister David Cameron of showing the ugly face of the "nasty party" yesterday in a row over Margaret Thatcher's dirty war on the miners.
Mr Cameron arrogantly tossed aside Labour MPs' demands for an apology and full-scale inquiry into the Thatcher government's secret plotting during the 1984-5 miners strike.
The union-hating PM declared that if anyone needed to make an apology for their role in the miners' strike, it should be former miners' union leader Arthur Scargill.
IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
MARY DAVIS welcomes a remarkable documentary about the general strike — politically spot on, and featuring accounts from the strikers themselves — that is available for screenings