A People's History of Scotland (48 page)

34
Andy Beckett,
When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the 1970s
, pp. 502–5

35
Esther Breitenbach, ‘Feminist Politics in Scotland from the 1970s to 2005', in Pat Thane and Esther Breitenbach (eds),
Women and Citizenship in Britain and Ireland in the 20th Century: What Difference Did the Vote Make?
, Continuum, 2010, p. 154

36
Private correspondence, October 2013

37
Ibid.

38
Mark Kirby et al.,
Sociology in Perspective
, Heinemann, 2000, p. 86

39
Roger Davidson and Gayle Davis,
The Sexual State: Sexuality and Scottish Governance, 1950–80
, Edinburgh University Press, 2012, p. 75

14. The Thatcher Years

1
T. M. Devine,
The Scottish Nation 1700–2000
, p. 594

2
‘Fighting Plant Closure – Women in the Plessey Occupation 1982',
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, accessed 9 October 2012

3
Ibid.

4
Reevel Alderson, ‘Lee Jeans Women Remember Seven-Month Sit-in Success', BBC News Scotland, February 2011,
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12366211
, accessed 1 October 2012

5
Ibid.

6
Ibid.

7
Pat Clark, ‘The 1981 Lee Jeans Occupation: Women Showed How to Win,
Socialist Worker
, 26 March 2005

8
Ibid.

9
Ibid.

10
Reevel Alderson, ‘Lee Jeans Women Remember Seven-Month Sit-in Success'

11
Ibid.

12
‘Nostalgia: Henry Robb Shipyard Strike',
scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/features/nostalgia/nostalgia-henry-robb-shipyard-strike-1-2881055
, accessed 23 April 2013

13
Andrew Taylor,
The NUM and British Politics
, Ashgate, 2005, p. 188

14
Times
, 11 and 19 February 1981

15
Scottish Miner
, February 1981

16
Economist
, 21 February 1981

17
Times
, 24 and 27 November 1982

18
Glasgow Herald
, 14 May 1983

19
Times
, 21 June 1983.

20
Terry Brotherstone and Simon Pirani, ‘Were There Alternatives? Movements
from Below in the Scottish Coalfield, the Communist Party, and the Development of Thatcherism, 1981–1985',
Critique
, 36 (2005), p. 110

21
Glasgow Herald
, 15 September 1983

22
Glasgow Herald
, 16 and 21 September 1983;
Scotsman
, 14 October 1983

23
Glasgow Herald
, 24 September 1983.

24
Alex Callinicos and Mike Simons,
The Great Strike: the Miners' Strike of 1984–5 and Its Lessons
, Socialist Worker Publications, 1995, p. 43

25
Ibid., p. 46

26
Ibid., p. 41

27
Ibid., p. 109

28
‘Miners Strike over Threatened Pit Closures', BBC
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, 12 March 1984,
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29
Martin Adeney and John Lloyd,
The Miners Strike 1984–1985: Loss Without Honour
, Routledge, 1988, p. 96

30
Jon Winterton and Ruth Winterton,
Coal, Crisis and Coalfield: The 1984–1985 Miners Strike in Yorkshire
, p. 70

31
‘25 Years On: Miners' Strike Changed Course of My Life',
Glasgow Herald
, 9 March 2009,
heraldscotland.com/25-years-on-miners-strike-changed-course-of-my-life-1.904570

32
Robert Duncan,
The Mine Workers
, p. 259

33
Alex Callinicos and Mike Simons,
The Great Strike: The Miners' Strike of 1984–5 and Its Lessons
, p. 15

34
Ibid., p. 88

35
Joan Burnie, ‘The pits are gone … but the ghosts from 1984 still haunt Fallin',
Daily Record
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36
Robert Duncan,
The Mine Workers
, p. 265

37
Ibid.

38
Alex Callinicos and Mike Simons,
The Great Strike: The Miners' Strike of 1984–5 and Its Lessons
, pp. 86–92

39
Robert Duncan,
The Mine Workers
, p. 263

40
Joan Burnie, ‘The pits are gone … but the ghosts from 1984 still haunt Fallin'

41
Ibid.

42
Alex Callinicos and Mike Simons,
The Great Strike: The Miners' Strike of 1984–5 and Its Lessons
, p. 9

43
Guardian
, 17 April 2013

44
Los Angeles Times
, 22 March 1987,
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45
Ibid.

46
Charles Woolfson and John Foster,
Track Record: The Story of the Caterpillar Occupation
, Verso, 1988, pp. 115–16 and p. 50

47
Ibid., pp. 50–51

48
Ibid., pp. 115–16

49
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50
Charles Woolfson and John Foster,
Track Record: The Story of the Caterpillar Occupation
, p. 264

51
Bernadette Meaden,
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, Wild Goose Publications, 1999, p. 30

52
Ibid., pp. 32–33

53
Mary-Wynne Ashford,
Enough Blood Shed: 101 Solutions to Violence, Terror and War
, New Society Publishers, 2006, pp. 80–81

54
Norman Stone, ‘Can the Tories Govern Scotland?',
Sunday Telegraph
, 14 June 1987

55
Ewen Cameron,
Impaled Upon a Thistle: Scotland Since 1880
, Edinburgh University Press, 2010, p. 322

56
Ibid.

57
Michael Lavalette and Gerry Mooney, ‘“No Poll Tax Here”: The Tories, Social Policy and the Great Poll Tax Rebellion', in Michael Lavalette and Gerry Mooney (eds),
Class Struggle and Social Welfare
, Routledge, 2013, p. 213

58
Ibid.

59
Ibid., p. 217

60
Ibid., p. 218

61
Ibid., p. 219

62
Ibid.

63
Ibid.

64
Glasgow Herald
, 14 November 1989

65
Ian MacWhirter, ‘That Bloody Woman',
New Statesman
, 26 February 2009

66
Ian MacWhirter, ‘Will Scotland Rise Up Against “English” Tory Rule?' 10 October 2009,
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67
Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins,
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, SAGE, 2001, p. 194

68
Ibid., p. 195

69
Neal Ascherson, ‘The Warnings That Scotland's Patient Nationalism Could Turn Nasty',
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70
Kevin Williamson, ‘Rebel Inc: 20 Years On & Ready For More',
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71
Richard Zumkhawala-Cook,
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, McFarland, 2008, p. 16

72
Paul Foot, ‘Seize the Time',
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73
Michael Gardiner,
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, Edinburgh University Press, 2005, p. 182; and James Campbell,
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, New Amsterdam, 1990, p. 107

74
Kevin Williamson, ‘Rebel Inc: 20 Years On & Ready For More' John McGrath,
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, Nick Hern Books, 2002, p. 65

75
Ibid., pp. 73–74

76
James Kelman,
And the Judges Said
…, Secker and Warburg, 2002, p. 40

77
Peter Kravitz, ‘Essay: As It Never Was',
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78
Peter Kravitz (Introduction),
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, Vintage, 1997, p. xxi

79
Ibid.

80
Ibid., p. xxiii

81
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82
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83
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84
Tom Leonard,
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85
Simon Kövesi,
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86
Ian Brown, ‘Processes and Interactive Events: Theatre and Scottish Devolution', in Steve Blandford (ed.),
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87
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88
Attila Dosa,
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, p. 183

89
James Kelman
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90
Aaron Kelly,
Irvine Welsh
, Manchester University Press, 2005, p. 20

91
Ibid., p. 45

92
Irvine Welsh,
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, Vintage, 2004, p. 18

93
Ibid., p. 218

94
Aaron Kelly,
Irvine Welsh
, pp. 11–12

95
Ibid., pp. 84–85

96
Irvine Welsh, ‘Scottish Independence and British Unity',
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97
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99
Grant Pooke,
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100
Ibid., p. 88

101
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102
Simon McKerrel, ‘Modern Scottish Bands (1970–1990): Cash as Authenticity',
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103
Ibid.

104
Ibid.

105
Michael Gray, ‘Death of Gerry Rafferty',
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106
‘Margaret Thatcher Is Back but Should Scots Ever Forgive the Iron Lady?',
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107
Christopher Harvie,
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, Routledge, 2004, p. 228