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UK: Thatcher had secret plan to use army at height of miners' strike - Papers released to the National Archives reveal that in 1984 the prime minister made preparations to use troops to move coal to power stations)

03 February 2014

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"Margaret Thatcher was secretly preparing to use troops and declare a state of emergency at the height of the miners' strike – out of fear Britain was going to run out of food and grind to a halt, government papers released today reveal."

See the full story: Thatcher had secret plan to use army at height of miners' strike - Papers released to the National Archives reveal that in 1984 the prime minister made preparations to use troops to move coal to power stations (Guardian, link)

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