PM Thatcher to resist IRA and miners' pickets
01 January 1991
PM Thatcher to resist IRA and miners' pickets
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Public order
In her annual speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet at Guildhall,
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said that the Government would
"resist the threats" of both the IRA and the miners' pickets,
and disclosed that the police and courts might be given greater
powers to control public order.
Financial Times 84/11/13 p10; Guardian p1,32; Times p1
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