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- 1 2 Simon Garfield, "Why would a miner strike in 1995?", The Independent , 29 June 1995
- ↑ "Orders of the Day — Coal Industry Bill", parliament.uk, 15 January 1992
- ↑ "The Labour Party Elections 1996"
- ↑ Andy McSmith, Faces of Labour: The Inside Story, p.130
- ↑ Peter Lazenby, "The fallen giant", Yorkshire Evening Post , 21 November 2002
- ↑ "An era over as Scargill bows out", The Scotsman , 30 July 2002
- ↑ "Mining union chief to stand down", BBC News , 12 July 2007
- ↑ "About GMB and Politics", GMB
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