In the early summer of 1984, 8,000 miners and supporters gathered to picket a coke works in South Yorkshire. They were met by a force of 6,000 police officers
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Government launches Orgreave inquiry, 40 years after clashes at miners’ strike
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Explainer: Why now and what are the crucial questions it seeks to answer?
• Sources include the documentary film Strike: An Uncivil War, on Netflix, and Robert Gildea’s book, Backbone of the Nation.
