ACTION SOCiAList THE UNFREE PRESS are having a carnival over the miners' strike. Each paper competes with the other in a barrage of lies, spite. Top prize for rank bad journalism goes to the self-proclaimed 'Voice of the Peopie' Express.
As 55,000 miners struck, Lne Express discovered Battling Bob' — no, he is not some collie out of a Lassie film but He ot ine ncadile al the 5.000 strikers got a slagg ing. The Express affirms that this is in line with their of the facts. Mind you, the hacks on the Express do tend to select their facts!
On page 9 of last Monday's edition the Sun touched the strings of my heart with the story of this man who earned £35,000 a year but was not wealthy.
No, this was not some miner in a high productivity pit, but poor old Nige!
Lawson, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Sun funmy enough was less syllpathetic to the miners who gel a nell ot a lot less.
accused them of making the name of the miners stink in lne nathat would accompany a real cruise launch.
operation was commanded by attendance'.
lest site at Salisbury Plain.
Despite the limited number of vehicles which took part in the operation, and the fact that it was carried out in the dead night, it was an undoubted victory dealers. The limited number Greenham Common were kept away from the Blue Gate from which the launmisrepresentation and - the Daily tion's nostrils.' Obviously should put up with Lucy their lot like Nigel does Then we had the whimper of Liberalism. The Guar dian editorial like all non-conformist newspapers - started with a little homily explaining what a 'dirty, dangerous ultimate, distressful trade... ' mining But d support ine doesn't SUDDOr miners. Maybe the Express and the rest snarl and bite but the Guardian yelps and snaps and it dutifully told the miners this was a dispute it did 'not believe they indeed should win.
Funnily enough the miners never thought the Guardian would think anything otherwise. launcher on the roads of southern England was carried out. The Ministry of Defence, if they were indeed in charge, were playing it cautiously. Only a few vehicles were involved, not the massive convey The United States Air powerless to make any attempt to stop it. This latest government victory means a verv sobie assessical Ul the Greenham situation is needed.
Without doubt, the government decided a long Time ago that the peace camp wa. embarrassment which had Half the miners want to work -but Scargill and Co make the going tough The only miner in
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Greenham in danger LAST WEEK the first test run of a Cruise missile
Force officers, but there were British personnel in The convoy was alleged to have gone to 'West London, but in fact probably went to the Molt's cher convoy left, and were