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SHADOW Scottish secretary and former miner Dave Anderson called on the Scottish government yesterday to “shine a light on the truth” and hold a Scottish inquiry into police brutality during the 1984-85 miners’ strike.
Speaking to a gathering of ex-miners, the Labour MP said he was “outraged” at last week’s decision by Home Secretary Amber Rudd to rule out an inquiry into the conduct of the police during clashes at Orgreave.
Mr Anderson, who was a miner for 20 years and also served as a National Union of Mineworkers lay officer, said that Margaret Thatcher’s government had “used all the agents of the state against the strike and put into motion a chain of events that are still hurting communities today.”
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
KIM JOHNSON MP places the campaign in the context of the history of the working-class battles of the 1980s, and explains why, just like Orgreave and the Shrewsbury Pickets before it, justice today is so important for the struggles of tomorrow
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents
