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Thatcher was warned to break off relations with a self-serving millionaire who trumpeted himself as the architect of the miners’ defeat in 1984-85, papers released under the 30-year rule show.
Officials feared that property developer David Hart was exploiting his connections with No 10 for his own ends, warning the Tory prime minister that he would end up causing her “grave embarrassment.”
Hart established himself as a go-between between Thatcher and National Coal Board chairman Ian MacGregor.
MIKE QUILLE applauds an excellent example of cultural democracy: making artworks which are a relevant, integral part of working-class lives
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
The Gala’s core message of working-class solidarity offers renewed hope and provides the antidote to the anti-worker policies of Reform UK, argues IAN LAVERY MP
