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Margaret Thatcher branded the leaders of the 1984-85 miners strike “the enemy within.” With the publication of this book, the full irony of that accusation became clear. Seumas Milne revealed for the first time the astonishing lengths to which the government and its intelligence machine were prepared to go to destroy the power of Britain’s miners’ union. There was an enemy within. It was the secret services of the British state, operating inside the NUM itself.
Milne revealed for the first time the astonishing lengths to which the government and its intelligence machine were prepared to go to destroy the power of Britain’s miners’ union. Using phoney bank deposits, staged cash drops, forged documents, agents provocateurs and unrelenting surveillance, M15 and police Special Branch set out to discredit Scargill and other miners’ leaders. Planted tales of corruption were seized on by the media and both Tory and Labour politicians in what became an unprecedentedly savage smear campaign.
Milne revealed for the first time the astonishing lengths to which the government and its intelligence machine were prepared to go to destroy the power of Britain’s miners’ union. Using phoney bank deposits, staged cash drops, forged documents, agents provocateurs and unrelenting surveillance, M15 and police Special Branch set out to discredit Scargill and other miners’ leaders. Planted tales of corruption were seized on by the media and both Tory and Labour politicians in what became an unprecedentedly savage smear campaign.
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Seumas Milne is a columnist and Associate Editor on the Guardian and the paper’s former Comment Editor. He was previously the Guardian’s Labour Editor and a staff journalist on the Economist. He is the author of The Enemy Within and co-author of Beyond the Casino Economy.
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“Riveting. It knocks spots off the usual ‘whodunnit.’”—Guardian
“One of the most remarkable demolition jobs ever.”—Spectator
“An astonishing book.”—The Nation
“The most important expose of contemporary political Britain I have read.”—John Pilger
“A tribute to detailed journalistic investigation ... strips away the myths and lies.”—New Statesman
“A real-life thriller.”—Evening Standard
“Ground-breaking ... Milne reveals the extreme lengths to which the Conservative government was willing to go to crush the miner’s union.”—Independent
“One of the most remarkable demolition jobs ever.”—Spectator
“An astonishing book.”—The Nation
“The most important expose of contemporary political Britain I have read.”—John Pilger
“A tribute to detailed journalistic investigation ... strips away the myths and lies.”—New Statesman
“A real-life thriller.”—Evening Standard
“Ground-breaking ... Milne reveals the extreme lengths to which the Conservative government was willing to go to crush the miner’s union.”—Independent
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- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0860914615
- ISBN 13 9780860914617
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages360
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