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* 11 July - A further wave of rioting
breaks out in Bradford, West
Yorkshire.
* 13 July - The IRA hunger strike
death toll reaches six when Martin
Hurson dies.
* 13 July - Margaret Thatcher
announces that police will be able to
use rubber bullets, water cannons and
armored vehicles against urban
rioters. Labour leader Michael Foot
blames the recent wave of rioting on
the Conservative government's economic
policies, which have seen unemployment
rise by more than 70% in the last two
years.
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