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Many would demonstration been organised. But the Scottish leadership rejected that course. Led by general secretary Jimmy willne, a memder or tae Communist Party unev well Has cao meeting with Thatcher totel her she should mend her ways and impose import controls.
Even STUC thought this Wan bit far. Tom Dougan, Scottish regional organiser of the engineering union, tried to get the meeting called off but was unsucessful rightly pointed out: "How can we expect to get help for the FIVE HUNDRED noisy demonstrators greeted prime minister Thatcher when she arrived at Holiday Inn last Wednesday, among them were jobless from the person Witte hai created their misery? What we want to do is concetrate on getting her out of office.
This was the spirit in which Edinburgh Lell MP Ron Brown stood in Thatcher's path at the top _of the hotel steps and in his own "told her she was welcome in Scotland she unal should get back to her bunker' For his pains, Brown Was tloored scullly men and dragged away to a police shouting, *Is this Poland?' He was held for six and then charged with committing a breach of the peace Later conv benn came down in between signing police copies of his book and going to speak to the Trades Council. He told the there occaust soluanav was the key to resisting the
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demanding payment of their claim and steelworkers fighting redundancies and closure at BSC Clydebridge and Parkhead
Labour MP Ron Brown being dragged off by the demonstrators that he was