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A unique insight into one of Britain's most dramatic struggles, the 1984-85 miners strike. In 1984, a Conservative government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared war on the unions, taking on the strongest in the country, the National Union of Mineworkers. Following a secret plan, the government began announcing the closure of coal mines, threatening not just an industry, but whole communities and a way of life.