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Sunday 24 Februar ssemble 11.30 HYDE PARK, SPEAKERS CORNER (nearest tube Marble Arch)

The main speakers include Betty Heathfield, Peter Heathfield, Tony Benn, Ron Todd, Brenda Dean, Bill Keys, Tony Dubbins, Anne Lilbure, Stan Orme.

Called by LCDTU No. 90 22 February 1985 AT HER TUC on The issue is still..

All has been executive. sell out hide the weeks ago. government.

COLIN stead to government ranks closures NO PIT after the NUM.

CLOSURES maximum meeting with the Monday, Thatcher repeated her demand for a total surrender by the NUM.

Norman Willis's diplomacy of the last week had not caused Thatcher to shift one inch on the essential issue of pit closures.

Willis's sole achievement to try to bring pressure to bear on the NUM Arthur Scargill was completely correct in calling for the NUM executive to throw out the deal Willis brought to the executive The executive made an error in involving itself in negotiating over what is simply a proposal for a The reality of the situation is that Thatcher's continuing hard line over the miners is not able to increasing problems which are hitting her government With the crisis of the pound, the withdrawal of Nigel Lawson's proposal for a 'giveaway' budget. Thatcher's slide in the opinion polls, and the Ponting verdict the government's position is visibly weaker than it was even a fev The reality is that if the TUC leadership had been campaigning on the, policies adopted by last autumn's congress the govern. ment would be in deep trouble But instead Willis has been repeating Murray's miserable performance over GCHQ in the last "talks' the TUC had with the Exactly as over GCHO the TUC has not been mobilising forces to defeat Thatcher but innegotiate compromise with her. As this is a which only understands the language of force the result every time is a sabotage of the struggle Fortunately the NUM is a very different kettle of fish to the TUC general council. The return to work has been brought back under control and there is no chance of serious coal production being restarted outside the scab areas. While Norman Willis has been moving to isolate Scargill the of the NUM are not prepared to accept either the pit For the victimisations which Thatcher and MacGregor are demanding All the TUC's different forms of words are not going to alter the basic issue. Are pits going to close the strike or not? The government demands the NUM becomes directly complicit in selling out the jobs of its members. The miners continue to fight against it. The task of the labour movement is not working out deals but delivering solidarity to That should start with the turn out for the demonstration on 24 February and turning 6 March, the high point of the TUC's 'democracy week' into a massive show of solidarity between the miners and the defence of local government

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Socialist Action ACTiON 22 February 1985