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A chance to right historic wrongs – but will the chance be seized?
The Miners Strike Pardons Bill coming before the Scottish Parliament is a golden opportunity to address injustices committed against working people – but it does not go nearly far enough, says RICHARD LEONARD MSP
an injured miner is helped away after a scuffle at the same pit, also 1984
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BEING a member of Parliament is a huge privilege. As history shows, opportunities for bringing about change through parliamentary means don’t come along very often.
In the coming weeks members of the Scottish Parliament will have the chance, their only chance, to right some of the wrongs of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.
Of course, we cannot turn back the clock. All those lives destroyed because of the brutality of that dispute cannot be restored.
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