He can either cower down and take his beating, or he can stand and fight, and hope to maybe land a few punches. That violence strengthened the stature of the Coal Board and the Thatcher government. SCARGILL'S GIRL TO WED MAN WHO SHUT LAST PIT; Mum-in-law's office attack. The names of all incoming telephone callers are recorded on a central log. He said he had been in the job five months and hopes to deliver strong consumer-friendly messages and services as I get a good hold on this fantastic company which has a lot of things to do to regain the position it once held.. Just to hammer the point home, it was in block capitals: "SCARGILL ALIVE! Arthur Scargill, the union boss who led the 1984 miner's strike, reacted to the death of Margaret Thatcher by pointing out he was still alive, it has emerged. And Scargill, 60, has been dividing his time between a granny flat over his union's HQ in Barnsley, Yorks, and his pounds 300,000 London apartment. He founded the Socialist Labour Party in 1996, after he left the Labour Party. When the suggestion was put to Mr Cole, why didnt he say the idea was out of the question, not least because the public would want to see an officers face? At the top, surrounded by sunbeams, is the single word "socialism": the destination that, some would say, decisively disappeared from view midway through the 1980s. He played a significant role in the unofficial strike of UK miners in 1969. Scargill remains its leader, which may account for its lamentably low profile; after all, if your figurehead is also a media recluse, the world may not be yours for the taking. Why should the leader of the Socialist Labour Party (a Corbyn ally naturally) be allowed to pocket a million? Arthur Scargill is a Capricorn and was born in The Year of the Tiger Life. Scargill was involved in a High Court case in 1978 that set a precedent in UK labour law, known as Roebuck v NUM (Yorkshire Area) No 2. In January 2014, the Prime Minister, David Cameron stated, "I think if anyone needs to make an apology for their role in the miners' strike it should be Arthur Scargill for the appalling way that he led the union. He is best known for leading the UK miners' strike (198485), a major event in the history of the British labour movement. He told yesterday how he first met his future mother-in-law, Anne Scargill, five years ago when she was involved in the Women Against Pit Closures protest. But an issue like that it wasn't easy to come to a compromise. "Goodbye to all that? Anne Scargill (left) and Betty Cook at the National Union of Mineworkers headquarters in Barnsley. He was the representative of the Yorkshire miners. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian, Margaret Thatcher didn't expect it, but miners' wives galvanised the '84 strike, Labour calls on government to apologise over miners' strike, Thelong, slow death of the UK coal industry, Thatcher had secret plan to use army at height of miners' strike, Theclosure of Maltby colliery in pictures, the horrific police violence seen at the Orgreave coking plant. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian, Chris Kitchen, general secretary of the NUM, at the union's headquarters in Barnsley. I have since received an email from Alex Cruz, the chief executive and chairman of BA, apologising for my experience. [37] The prosecution brought by the Certification Officer was rejected in July 1991 on the grounds that it would be inappropriate to use the material provided in confidence to Lightman's enquiry. The strike began on 12 March 1984, and became known for being one of the most violent events in British labour history. This had great implications for regional relations in the NUM; the executive was described as dominated by "Gormley's rotten boroughs", since every region even quite small ones had one delegate, and the larger regions had only a few more (Scotland and South Wales had two delegates each, Yorkshire had three). Many of us started in the 1950s in the Young Communist League. Many of the details are too complex and arcane to comprehensively explain, let alone understand, though some of what has emerged from all this tussling has been manna from heaven to those sections of the press who would have their readers believe that Scargill's reputation is beyond repair. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? ", There follows the most illustrative of anecdotes. One of them is from the nearby Wombwell Main pit, and tells its own story. They brought down Jim Callaghans Government. So does his son-in-law. In Fridays column I wrote about the difficulty forces were having in finding officers good enough to step up to Chief Constable with both Lincolnshire and the Met struggling to find the right calibre of applicant. The editor of the Daily Mirror at the time, Roy Greenslade, wrote an article in The Guardian in May 2002 to apologise to Scargill for the false claims about paying off the mortgage and for putting too much trust in Roger Windsor, who at the time had still not repaid the 29,500 that he had taken from the Miners' Welfare Fund and that the Lightman Report had asked that he repay. I don't know how far he's got. Feedback |
I said: 'I'll pass it on. A motion from the Kent area was passed by the NUM conference to move the head office to a coalfield. It was all or nothing. "They asked me to relay that to him. One he enjoys showing the world: The great trade unionist, the great Socialist, the great fighter against the evils of capitalism, the man who would walk 1,000 miles across broken glass to stop the sell-off of council properties. Jeremy Hunt is mocked over toe-curling 'inflation explainer' video by ordering How much will YOUR broadband go up in price? Its energy is that of Mother Gaia. Lord Tebbit, one of Lady Thatchers closest allies, said: The trades union generals had brought down Ted Heaths Government. "The gentleman was not for turning.". Airport staff at Leeds-Bradford Airport identified Scargill attempting to travel under a false name (Arthur Fenn) wearing a disguise on 20 July, and turned him away to purchase a genuine ticket with his true identity. "He's estranged from his ex-wife. The NUM's general secretary is 47-year-old Chris Kitchen. For his three-year contract his pay has gone up from 300,000 at the BBC to 1.2million at C4 plus the ability to do more commercial deals than would have been possible at the Corporation. At the top, surrounded by sunbeams, is the single word "socialism": the destination that, some would say, decisively disappeared from view midway through the 1980s. But apparently not. And Stefni warned Margaret's parents that Mr Logan is a "sly, deceitful toe-rag''. "At least Women Against Pit Closures tried to do something to prevent it happening. A lot of conflict followed between the government and Scargill`s union. He did not take the Eleven-Plus exam and went to Worsbrough Dale School (now called the Elmhirst School). Copyright 1998 Gale, Cengage Learning. Scargill recalled how after becoming a miner, the poor working conditions and "people who should never have been working, having to work to live on that first day I promised myself I would try one day to get things changed". Staff members suddenly taken ill, or with long-standing medical appointments, require his personal consent to be absent from the office. I cannot find parliamentary language to use to describe Arthur Scargill.. He lives a normal sort of a life. Like Anne Scargill and Betty Cook, Capstick will be appearing at this year's commemorative events, across Yorkshire and elsewhere. IN Fridays column I was critical of my British Airways flight to New York where both the food and service were poor. Arthur Scargill opinion Leon Brittan was the shadowy power behind Margaret Thatcher's war on the miners Leon Brittan Arthur Scargill returns to Orgreave site where he was ''knocked unconscious. They brought into office the Government of Lady Thatcher. Advertisement Further Reading on Arthur Scargill The best work on Scargill was Michael Crick, Scargill and the Miners (1985). Former Scargill loyalist Jimmy Kelly, a miner at the Edlington Main pit near Doncaster in the 1980s, said he was astonished to learn of the attempt to buy the flat. Scargill won widespread applause for his response to the disaster at Lofthouse Colliery in Outwood, West Yorkshire, at which he accompanied the rescue teams underground and was on site for six days with the relatives of the seven deceased. He has his relatives around him, his two grandsons ". "[44] However, in December 2012, Scargill lost a similar case concerning rent on his flat in the Barbican, London. I'm not interested in any woman in the who le world.. SCARGILL LEAVES HIS WIFE AFTER 37 YEARS; My marriage is over he tells pals. Scargills trickery and hypocrisy coupled with the startling revelation that Labours Shadow minister for preventing violence Sarah Champion was arrested and put in a police cell accused of assault after a violent row with her husband back in 2007 and you can see Socialisms mantra is simple: Do as I say not as I do. It's too soon to say.". [9] Scargill saw this strike as a turning point in the union's attitude to militancy.[10]. He is best known for leading the UK miners' strike (1984-85), a major event in the history of the British labour movement. [21] Many politicians, including the then Labour leader Neil Kinnock, believed Scargill had made a huge mistake in calling the strike in the summer rather than in the winter. Those who walk a Life Path with Number 6 gift the world with unconditional love, healing and nurturing. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Arthur Scargill celebrated that he had outlived his old foe Lady Thatcher when he heard of her death, it was revealed last night. The man's had 30 years of decent living out of the union, and he's got a pension that's second to none. Im shocked.. And when Iput the phone down, I came and sat in the house, and the television was on, and it came on that Margaret Thatcher had died. [19] The NUM had previously held three ballots on a national strike, all of which rejected the proposal: 55% voted against in January 1982, and 61% voted against in both October 1982 and March 1983.[20]. Even Muslim groups think the idea is mad. It turned into a confrontation with the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher in which the miners' union was defeated. He took a part-time course as well at the University of Leeds. 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