Welcome to the land of the free were that 'Mrs Thatcher said she would have no objection if the newspapers concerned found it possible to rubbish the trade unions in this period.
Meeting Basnett named the newspapers as the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the Daily Express, The Times, and the Times.
Editors or senior editorial staff on these have Basnett's allegation.
Yet the comment from the Prime Minister's office last weekend was a give away. denial, merely the 'very odd'. charactensue me sookesperson acaca.
Government officials do not treat lightly a claim that the media's most virulent АТ1 ТО АЛІС СПІ СПІТАРАТ DIP 0ПАЛО ПО0 1926 General Strike was Street.
That Fleet Street was unanimous in its denunciation of the 'Day of Shame' is no secret. That every conceivable propaganda device barons in their efforts to demobilise the TUC's (half-hearted) call to action and to demoralise trades unionists is yesterday's news.
But the revelation that the Tory press editors sat down with the Tory Prime Minister to plan a huge 'rubbishing' operation of the mass covernment Dolcies certanvis news. Anyung out an outright denial can be taken as tacit confirmation.
The conspiracy - that is the word for the secret planning of such operations -manuals of the CIA governments were up to such activities long President Nixon's lavourite agency was establisnea Thatcher's government has a great deal to conspire about. On Saturday it was announced that the rate of inflation leapt to 21.8 percent last month double the rate of a year ago, when the Tories took office, and twice the present average in other Westerr countries.
Prices I nere sno chance or it stopping tnere. barner lasi week, buried under the barrage against the Day of Action, price increases that will hit every working crass nome were announced Gas charges are up by a giant 29 per cent. For the second time Taisca, mis ume by lu per cent.
Under the Tories' instructions, these nationalised industries have to make a profit shelled out to the rich in tax cuts.
Thatcher's is the most class-conscious government for decades To defeat the working class it needs LO De weak response, between one and two million people took action on 14 May.
There is one thing the Tories' conspiracies can'1 stand up to — a general strike to kick them out:
There is one thing the Tories' conspiracies can't stand up to - a general strike to kick them out.
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