SIT IN: At the surface building at Killoch pit during the Miners’ Strike of the 1980s
CUMNOCK and Doon Valley’s representative in Holyrood has welcomed the review into the policing of the Miners’ Strike in the 1980s.
However, Jeane Freeman – MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley – has called on the UK government to launch a full, independent review.
Commenting on the announcement, Ms Freeman said: “Representing the historic Cumnock and Doon Valley coalfields, I know too well the turmoil these strikes brought in the 80s and there are still scars and bad feelings from that period with questions that still need to be answered.”
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