On October 28, Scottish National Party (SNP) government Justice Secretary, Humza Yousaf, announced a pardon for Scottish miners convicted of certain offences during the 1984-85 nationwide strike. A ...
LONDON (AP) — Scottish industrialist Sir Ian MacGregor, who helped crush a year-long coal miners’ strike and break the power of Britain’s unions in the mid-1980s, has died. He was 85. The former ...
Andrew Fisher’s childhood home was a Scottish miners’ hut with a dirt floor and no running water. He had been kicked in the head by a cow as a small boy and was profoundly deaf. Hard work and driving ...