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* 14 December - Arthur Scargill,
president of the NUM, is fined £250
and ordered to pay £750 for his
involvement in the rioting at Orgreave
coking plant on 29 May this year. He
decides against appealing his
convictions, despite his lawyers
advising him to do so.
* 16 December - Mikhail Gorbachev of
the Soviet Union visits Britain.
* 18 December - The government
announces the privatisation of the
Trustee Savings Bank.
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