Ebbie the miner's leader said that there were secret gvt plans to close 70 mines and put tens of thousands of miners out of work. Government spokesmen at the time denounced him as a liar. It turns out though that he in fact was completely correct. The same released gvt papers show that the same thatcher gvt was putting pressure on the then Scottish secretary and looking for ways to cut Scottish spending without informing the electorate