Policing of the miners' strike 1984-1985 - impact on communities: independent review

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4. See, for example, Phillips, J. (2015) The closure of Michael Colliery in 1967 and the politics of deindustrialization in Scotland. Twentieth Century British History, http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/104495/7/104495.pdf

5. http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=9054&mode=html#iob_81837

6. Even NCB Chairman Sir Ian MacGregor used similar language to describe the Strike in his autobiography, "The Enemies Within" with chapters entitled 'Coal; War is Declared' and 'Battle Commences'

7. https://www.gov.scot/publications/impact-of-policing-on-communities-during-the-miners-strike/

8. The Terms of Reference specified that dealing with challenges to individual convictions is a matter for the High Court of Justiciary or the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.

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49. In publicly available sources, the exact numbers vary as to the following: number of miners, numbers arrested, convicted, dismissed, reinstated. Accordingly, we have included in Appendix A details from the different sources.

50. Brown-Rees Report, pages 3/6

51. 1986 S.L.T. 244

52. (referring to the period of 20 years since it started) "The SCCRC has now reviewed over 2600 applications and in that time referred 140 cases (an average of 7 cases a year) back to the appeal court for further consideration…Of the 127 cases already decided at appeal, 83 have been successful, with 44 convictions quashed and 39 sentences reduced." – SCCRC Annual Report 2019.

53. Attorney General's Report dated 4 June 1984, page 8.

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58. Yuill and Dodds were the Scottish hauliers used by British Steel to supply Ravenscraig; from May 1984 they were the only hauliers to do so – http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/12th-may-1984/5/pressure-builds-for-coal-hauliers

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92. Paragraph 19 of Note by the Home Office appended to Attorney General's Report of 4 June 1984.

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95. NAS, SEP 4/6048, Sit Reps, 4 and 9 May 1984

96. NAS, SEP 4/6028, W. Baird, SHHD to David Connelly, IDS, and Gordon Murray, Dover House, regarding intelligence from R. Priddle, Department of Energy, 8 May 1984.

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103. Mutual aid is the provision of policing assistance from one force to another and is usually provided in response to or in anticipation of a major incident or event.

104. See, for example, the Fife Constabulary Debrief Report

105. The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) was the professional voice of police leadership (Chief Constables, Deputy Chief Constables and Assistant Chief Constables) in Scotland. ACPOS was merged into Police Scotland, and ceased to operate on 1st April 2013.

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