[14], The vast majority of head-office staff took redundancy rather than move to Sheffield. Some historians have provided interpretations and explanations of the defeat. Arthur Scargill destroyed many lives with his attitude and his . He studied security videotapes and saw Mrs Scargill sneaking along a corridor with a tube of glue in her hands. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The staff at headquarters issued a press statement in January 1983 to deny this and to list twelve grievances against Scargill's treatment of his staff. 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. Joining the NUM at the age of 19 in 1957, Scargill was one of its leading activists by the late 1960s. On the first step, it says "nationalisation"; after that comes "the five-day week", "social security", "family allowances", "health and peace", and "prosperity and happiness". ", "It's Thatcher's legacy, isn't it?" Rivals: Arthur Scargill (left), the militant former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers, was the Tory prime minister Margaret Thatcher's (right) most bitter enemy during the miners' strike of 1984. Unlike the strikes in the 1970s, the later strike ended with the miners' defeat and the Thatcher government was able to consolidate its fiscally conservative programme. So I knew Arthur didn't know. Frederik White with his wife Jennifer and 16-month-old daughter Nicky. [14] The section under "staff procedures" details how Scargill monitored head office staff: Mr. Scargill's vendetta against Head Office staff has at times descended to the most puerile and paranoic [sic] levels. In May 2009, he was a candidate for the Socialist Labour Party for one of London's seats in the European Parliament. The flat on the 25th floor had previously been rented to him as a perk of his job as leader of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). I have since received an email from Alex Cruz, the chief executive and chairman of BA, apologising for my experience. In the 2001 general election, he ran against Peter Mandelson in Hartlepool. "He's OK," says Capstick. Had he done the humble thing and walked away with what he were entitled to, his reputation would still be intact.". Soon, he also made his first attempt to win political office in a local council election, though he was defeated. One of them is from the nearby Wombwell Main pit, and tells its own story. After all hes 78 and the old fraud must go some time. Scargill joined the Labour Party in 1962. It was a major political victory for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party. But an issue like that it wasn't easy to come to a compromise. Loyal Anne Scargill, 57, has moved out of the couple's luxury pounds 200,000 bungalow. And this is why. [3] Born In: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK, education: The Elmhirst School (1953), University of Leeds, See the events in life of Arthur Scargill in Chronological Order, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pit_Closure_Rally_(6008227201).jpg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQjEopv9ZgQ. After the miners' strike in 1984, there were accusations that Arthur Scargill had misappropriated National Union of Mineworkers funds and that money which sh. It is now worth around 2million. One of them is from the nearby Wombwell Main pit, and tells its own story. Its energy is that of Mother Gaia. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. ", There follows the most illustrative of anecdotes. They need this like a hole in the head', They expected, particularly Master Scargill, to bring down her Government, too. Two killed by 'armed' chickens: Men bleed to death after being sliced by knives fixed to roosters at Law student, 26, was told 'you sound like you're feeling a bit sorry for yourself' by nurse before dying, Safety first! "I'm just curious as to why some of the stuff we're finding out and bringing to light wasn't brought to light years ago," he says. That house sits on the edge of Worsbrough, close to the pit village where Scargill was born. People have said things about him and his affairs, and it's only fair that he should be given a chance to respond. 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This was a complete reversal of the policy that was promised by the Labour Government before it was put into office this represents a betrayal of the mining industry. Like me you wont have heard of Ms Tandoh since she last appeared in the show a couple of years back and the only reason she would have made any impression was a suggestion she was flirting with Mr Hollywood. He left school in 1953 at fifteen years old to work as a coal miner at Woolley Colliery, where he worked for nineteen years.[2][3]. It began in Yorkshire, and eventually spread to the rest of the country. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/arthur-scargill-50638.php. I cant wait for us to exit the single market as it will mean German cars will be so expensive they wont sell any here and we could then start our own car industry with the chance of making it a success now Red Robbo is so old he cant destroy companies any more. Why should the leader of the Socialist Labour Party (a Corbyn ally naturally) be allowed to pocket a million? 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. That couldnt be true as she announced after the series ended she was gay. [53], Scargill still occasionally gives interviews and makes appearances. [57] Scargill supported the 2022 United Kingdom railway strike, joining an RMT picket line in Wakefield on 21 June 2022. The strike began on 12 March 1984, and became known for being one of the most violent events in British labour history. Meryl Streep is the invented wife of Arthur Scargill who believes his commitment to the miner's rights is straining their marriage and taking a toll on their daughter. As late as 2009, it was said that Scargill was estranged not just from Anne, but his daughter, Margaret, and her husband and, by extension, his twin grandsons. The hidden ingredient in your supermarket loaf that might put you off bread for good. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian, Chris Kitchen, general secretary of the NUM, at the union's headquarters in Barnsley. : A Review of Literature on the 1984/5 Miners' Strike. We stood and fought against enormous odds, and not just for the pits for our way of life. 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. "Analysing the British miners' strike of 19845.". He called for the cotton mills, steel plants and mines to be re-opened and that under EU rules, the government had not been able to subsidise the coal mines. His major innovation was organising "flying pickets" involving hundreds or thousands of committed strikers who could be bussed to critical strike points to shut down a target. a zero-hours contract. In 2016 it was reported that the grandfather of two was living in a three-bedroom detached country house in Yorkshire owned by his. They were released from prison in November 1989. It turned into a confrontation with the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher in which the miners' union was defeated. MINERS' leader Arthur Scargill has left his wife after 37 years, it was revealed last night. He felt that the Labour Party had betrayed the basic principles of the party`s constitution. It was all or nothing. When remembering this, she brims with the same rage she must have felt at the time. ", Howell, David, et al. Several dispirited strikers decided to return to work after around a year, and the strike ended in a failure. On 25 August 2010, it was reported that Scargill had been told that he no longer qualified for full membership of the NUM under union rules that he had helped draw up, but was only eligible for "life", "retired" or "honorary" membership, none of which carried voting rights. He injured himself acouple of years ago playing penalty shoot-out with his grandkids. Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis, dies at . . 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. In 1973, Scargill was elected to the full-time post of compensation agent in the Yorkshire NUM. Herein, she says, lies a direct link to what she did three decades ago. Mr Capstick told ITV News: Id been talking to Arthur some ten minutes earlier so I sent him a text message, a very short one, just said Thatcher dead. They brought into office the Government of Lady Thatcher. He also represented the Barnsley Co-op at Cooperative congresses. It's the last place Ivisit in Yorkshire before I turn the car round and head south: a low, long, stone-clad cottage only 50 or so yards from the M1, with a silver 4x4 parked outside, and a modest set of gates. Arthur Scargill's name is on the list of union officials that adorns one wall, but that is it: among the banners, memorabilia and countless images of the strike, he is nowhere to be seen. He tells me he's writing a book. He had no means of calling a strike in Yorkshire.[27]. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. [56], In July 2021 he spoke at the Rebel Town Festival in Jarrow. Milne, Seumas. " You've been found out. Im shocked.. Even his own union are up in arms at the purchase. Dr Margaret Scargill has announced her plans to marry former Grimethorpe Colliery under-manager James Logan. But one name is missing: that of Scargill's ex-husband, who will forever be synonymous with the events of 1984 and 85, but has seemingly resolved to sit through the anniversary in silence. His father was also a loyal member of the Communist Party. Every Monday, she says, she helps out a local church project that gives free breakfasts to whoever shows up. He listens to all this with an air of mild amusement. Lady Thatchers victories over Mr Scargill in the miners strike and Argentine dictator General Galtieri in the Falklands war were hailed by her supporters as the two key moments of her premiership when they paid tribute in Parliament on Wednesday. The daughter of National Union of Mineworkers' president Arthur Scargill is to marry the man who helped close down the last pit in the NUM's South Yorkshire heartland, it was disclosed. [9] Scargill saw this strike as a turning point in the union's attitude to militancy.[10]. 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