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Advertisement Further Reading on Arthur Scargill The best work on Scargill was Michael Crick, Scargill and the Miners (1985). Scargill never balloted NUM members for a strike; this was seen as an erosion of democracy within the union, but the role of ballots in decision-making had been made very unclear after previous leader, Joe Gormley, had ignored two ballots over wage reforms, and his decisions had been upheld after appeals to court were made. 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. In the 2001 general election, he ran against Peter Mandelson in Hartlepool. "It was Thatcher's legislation, actually giving council tenants the right to buy their own houses. ", Old Labour party constiturion, Clause 4 part IV, Yorkshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers, "Arthur Scargill joins Battle of Saltley Gate 40th anniversary celebration", "The Nottinghamshire Miners, The Union of Democratic Mineworkers and the 198485 Miners' Strike: Scabs or Scapegoats? Arthur Scargill was born on 11th January 1938, in Worsbrough Dale, in South Yorkshire, England, into a family of coal miners. Scargill subsequently decided to move to Sheffield, and said that he had spoken to each member of staff to ask them to move to Sheffield. He regularly attended Workers' Educational Association (WEA) classes and Co-operative Party educational programmes, and in 1962, undertook a three-year, part-time course at the University of Leeds, where he studied economics, industrial relations and social history. 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TOY shop in Bromsgrove, Worcs Hoyti Toyti, Beauty salon in Catterick, North Yorks Saving Face, Wool shop in Redcar, North Yorks Wool N Knit Be Nice, Chippie in Bedminster, Bristol Smileys Plaice, Seen on a lorry Cant Move Heaven But Can Move Earth, Mac computer repair shop in Penzance, Cornwall Apple Crumble, On the side of a van in Cam, Gloucs Copse And Loggers. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/arthur-scargill-50638.php. Arthur Scargill at a mass rally in 1984, during his time as NUM leader (PA) Margaret Thatcher: . His mother, Alice (ne Pickering), was a professional cook. Half our time is spent discussing the strike and its aftermath; for the remainder, the two of them talk about what has happened to the place where they live since then. "Well, you've knocked on my door," he says. They're at it again! As the militant leader of the miners, Arthur Scargill fought Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s. There aretwo security cameras fixed to the front wall, and all the blinds are closed. Joining the NUM at the age of 19 in 1957, Scargill was one of its leading activists by the late 1960s. He played a significant role in the unofficial strike of UK miners in 1969. Arthur Scargill, I ask you. You will be appalled to learn he has achieved his 20-year ambition. They had one daughter named Margaret. They still pay 3,500 a year towards the upkeep of his Yorkshire home as they believed it was his main home. [14], Scargill was a very vocal opponent of Thatcher's Conservative government, frequently appearing on television to attack it. Copyright 1998 Gale, Cengage Learning. 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. The intended title, she and Cook tell me, is Only a Miner's Daughter, and it will tell the story of her entire life, with a seeming focus on the strike. So how is he? What would have become of our democracy had they succeeded?. Downstairs in the NUM's waiting room there are flyers and posters advertising other events, complete with long lists of invited speakers. I were 42, me. 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. Yet that has not stopped the ardent communist exploiting one of her flagship policies. Robert Taylor depicts Scargill as an 'industrial Napoleon' who called a strike 'at the wrong time' on the 'wrong issue', and adopted strategies and tactics that were 'impossibilist', with 'an inflexible list of extravagant non-negotiable demands' that amounted to 'reckless adventurism' that was 'a dangerous, self-defeating delusion'. 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. [15] However, Scargill's statements in the years after becoming NUM president divided left-wing opinion with his support of the Soviet Union, most notably when he refused to support the TUC's positions on the Solidarity union in Poland or on the Soviet shooting down of the Korean Air Lines Flight 007. It was alleged that, of the money donated from Libya, Scargill took 29,000 for his own bridging loan and 25,000 for his home in Yorkshire, but gave only 10,000 to the striking Nottinghamshire miners. "In the strike, he were never at home We didn't spend much time together that year," she says. 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. This eventually led to the strike of 1984, when the government announced that they intend to close 20 coal mines. I cannot find parliamentary language to use to describe Arthur Scargill.. By Tom Whitehead and Tomwhitehead. British trade unionist Arthur Scargill marching with his wife Anne and other miners' wives during a protest in London, UK, 12th August 1984. "He's estranged from his ex-wife. It turned into a confrontation with the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher in which the miners' union was defeated. "Five years ago, when I first started, if we got 30 or 40, we thought we'd got a lot," she says. . Does she think she ever will talk about him? Baroness Thatcher was very lucky,' he said. 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. Its main image is of a solitary miner, with arms aloft, climbing a staircase to the clouds. All net worths are calculated by applying a proprietary algorithm. In 1961, Scargill was elected a member of the Woolley NUM Branch Committee. 21 Feb 2012. He keeps a home close to the pit village where he was born, and is said to be close to Nell Myers, the American-born woman who was the NUM's national press officer during the strike, and continues to assist Scargill in his political and media dealings. The power is amazing. Since 2010, Scargill has been battling its current leadership, on issues pertaining to Scargill himself, and matters relating to both the people now in charge of the union, and a small handful of miners who have tried to dislodge them. If reports are true that British women volunteers are flocking to the Calais Jungle specifically to have sex with migrants, expect the camp to grow from the current 10,000 to the size of Africa in no time at all. Hair salon in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester Hairess, Driving school in Worcester Jules Control. He became a member of the Woolley NUM Branch Committee, in 1961. Scargill was divorced from his activist wife Anne in 2001. But apparently not. Its the next paragraph I found most interesting. Let them eat cake! The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The couple plan to marry later this year. It is only after I leave the NUM's HQ for the last time that one striking fact hits home. Several dispirited strikers decided to return to work after around a year, and the strike ended in a failure. Shankland's and Hancock's life sentences for murder were reduced to eight years for manslaughter on appeal. They were released from prison in November 1989. [14], The vast majority of head-office staff took redundancy rather than move to Sheffield. A smile. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian, Chris Kitchen, general secretary of the NUM, at the union's headquarters in Barnsley. The hidden ingredient in your supermarket loaf that might put you off bread for good. 'To say that is in no way to diminish her achievements and accomplishments. The fight was a political one, as well. Prince Albert of Monaco is the first Euro monarch to confirm he and his wife Keep calm and carry on! He was 17 at the time of the strike, and an active picketer, in Yorkshire and elsewhere. During this time, he earned the esteem of significant sections of the left and the British working class, who saw him as honest, hard-working and genuinely concerned with their welfare,[12] and he was also respected for improving the administration of the compensation agent's post. In 1973, Scargill was elected to the full-time post of compensation agent in the Yorkshire NUM. I hate all women. Privacy policy | [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. A lot of conflict followed between the government and Scargill`s union. 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. "They asked me to relay that to him. The strike became a symbolic struggle, as the NUM was one of the strongest unions in the country, viewed by many, including Conservatives in power, as having brought down the Heath government in the union's 1974 strike. [3] The couple had a daughter together, Margaret Scargill, in 1962 who is now a practicing GP. He smiles. And now he's ditched all that. It's always those lower down who are suffering. 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. The militant former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers. It's Mr (coffee) Bean! [45], For years the NUM had been paying 34,000 annual rent for the flat on Scargill's instructions, without the knowledge of NUM members or many senior officials; Scargill claimed the NUM should continue funding his flat for the rest of his life, and thereafter for any widow who survived him. Cabinet papers released earlier this year proved that when, at the start of the strike, Scargill claimed that there were secret plans to shut around 70 pits in the face of endless official denials, he was unquestionably correct. The one who very secretly tried for two decades to buy a council flat in Londons fashionable Barbican so he could pocket a fortune. It was a major political victory for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party. Its energy is that of Mother Gaia. "It's strange, because Arthur was a media person. 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. Back in 1993 he first tried to acquire the flat under Margaret Thatchers right-to-buy scheme. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. It just said: 'Thatcher dead.' He had also refused to speak to the media, after Margaret Thatcher`s death in 2013, though he was offered a sum of 16,000. Feedback | He soon started demanding an improvement in the working conditions, and wrote letters to several agencies and newspapers. But it emerged last night that Ken Capstick, treasurer of the Socialist Labour Party which Arthur Scargill leads, sent the former union boss a text message on Monday reading: Thatcher Dead. [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]. When remembering this, she brims with the same rage she must have felt at the time. He was the representative of the Yorkshire miners. "I am writing a book, but he'snot mentioned in it. So I sent an email, and the 7,000 was rejected. He stood as an independent communist, as he had never joined the Communist Party formally. {{ #verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ ^verifyErrors }}Something went wrong. 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. Beaming Queen Consort Camilla visits the University of Aberdeen as she returns to Take note, Prince Harry! 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. 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. We've got food banks now, but they're doing clothing banks for children and babies as well.". This page was last edited on 12 January 2023, at 23:47. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Princess of Wales recycles 1,600 orange Gabriella Hearst top and skirt and 349 Adorable moment the Princess of Wales and a little girl dressed as Snow White play with some sand during a No rest for Anne! Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. We stood and fought against enormous odds, and not just for the pits for our way of life. 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.. "The way I would put that is this," he says. The judge, Sir SydneyTempleman held that it was unfair that Scargill was on the appeal panel in the NUM for journalists being disciplined for appearing as witnesses against a libel action by Scargill himself. Wheat it and weep! Why Arthur Scargill is reluctant to leave his 1.5m Barbican flat The National Union of Mineworkers is fed up of forking out for their former president, but he clearly likes his home among the. "I never, ever talk about my ex-husband," says Anne Scargill. [26], There is a prevailing view that Arthur Scargill, the NUM National President, called the strike. View our online Press Pack. They said: 'How about 15,000?' Every Monday, she says, she helps out a local church project that gives free breakfasts to whoever shows up. He had been a Communist and retained strong Marxist views and a penchant for denouncing anyone who disagreed with him as a traitor Scargill had indeed been elected by a vast margin and he set about turning the NUM's once moderate executive into a reliably militant group By adopting a position that no pits should be closed on economic grounds, even if the coal was exhausted more investment would always find more coal, and from his point of view, the losses were irrelevant he made sure confrontation would not be avoided. He very, very rarely came home, 'cos he was always in the offices or organising things. His comments followed a question in the Commons from Labour MP Lisa Nandy, who said the miners and their families deserved an apology for the mine closures. And yesterday, do you know what? An email came back: 'No.' It's too soon to say.". IN Fridays column I was critical of my British Airways flight to New York where both the food and service were poor. "[40] Scargill complained to the Advertising Standards Authority who criticised the advertisement as "highly distasteful". For other inquiries, Contact Us. Simon Cole, the Chief Constable of Leicestershire has followed the West Midlands Chief Constable and said he would consider Muslim officers wishes to wear burkas. I drove the picket bus. Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis, dies at . He played an important role in the miners' strike of 1972 and was involved in the mass picket at Saltley Gate in Birmingham. Scargill joined the organization in 1955, and within some months, he was able to become a member of the organization`s executive board. However, by the time he grew up, the family was able to move to a better and more comfortable home. [32] An internal NUM report by Gavin Lightman QC found that Scargill had used some of the Libyan money to pay for improvements to his bungalow but not to pay off his mortgage (as had been alleged),[33] and stated that Scargill's failure to make a full report on the Soviet money donated for the Welsh miners was "a remarkable breach of duty" and that he should repay the money back to the NUM. In 2014, it was reported that Scargill had become a recluse. If BA is ever to going to boast that its the Worlds Favourite Airline again it will have to hire staff who dont look at passengers as getting in the way of their decent nights sleep. Star Lenny a victim in privacy scandal; OPERATION MOTORMAN: Funnyman one of host of celebs in security breach. Mr Scargill first came to prominence in the early 1970s, when he was involved in a mass picket at the Saltley Gate coking plant in Birmingham. Arthur Scargill celebrated that he had outlived his old foe Lady Thatcher when he heard of her death, it was revealed last night. Scargill says that if he had succeeded, the property would have been eventually returned to the union; the NUM's leadership insists there is no evidence to back up this claim. On a nearby mantelpiece is a small pink calendar, filling up with dates: academic seminars, radio shows, outdoor festivals and more. But his victory is in the struggle itself. Cold, hard facts about how freezing winter weather can harm your health. Wilsher, Peter, Donald Macintyre, and Michael CE Jones, eds. [9][11], A few months later, the president of the Yorkshire NUM died unexpectedly, and Scargill won the election for his replacement; the two posts were then combined and he held them until 1981. The names of all incoming telephone callers are recorded on a central log. He founded the Socialist Labour Party in 1996, after he left the Labour Party. In Grimethorpe, 100% of the miners were on strike. He did not take the Eleven-Plus exam and went to Worsbrough Dale School (now called the Elmhirst School). Do send more to kelvin@the-sun.co.uk. We now know, for example, that until late 2012, the NUM paid 34,000 a year in rent for his council flat in the Barbican in London and that in 1993, he tried to use the Right to Buy scheme pioneered by Thatcher to buy it. He contested twice, in the 1997 general election, as well as the 2001 general election. . [4] He joined the Young Communist League in 1955, becoming its Yorkshire District Chair in 1956 and shortly after a member of its National Executive Committee. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. [17], The government announced on 6 March 1984 its intention to close 20 coal mines, revealing as well the plan in the long-term to close over 70 pits. [9] Scargill saw this strike as a turning point in the union's attitude to militancy.[10]. He was succeeded by Ian Lavery. [9] He had challenged Sam Bullough, the President of the Yorkshire area NUM, to act on the working hours of surface workers, given that the union's conference had passed a resolution that their hours be shortened the previous year. Dr Margaret Scargill has announced her plans to marry former Grimethorpe Colliery under-manager James Logan. Hanging on a door facing the back garden is a fluorescent jacket. His application was blocked at the time as it was not his primary residence. So does his son-in-law. Scargill's girl to wed pit axeman; Doc Margaret falls for 'enemy'. He reaches for his phone and shows me what he received. 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! Even his own union are up in arms at the purchase. Scargill was often accompanied by his then wife Anne Harper to speak at picket lines and to media appearances; Harper was simultaneously involved in founding and leading the National Women Against Pit Closures movement. 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. 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. Having been elected president of the NUM in 1981, Scargill held that position for just over 20 years. A former Labour Party member, Scargill is now leader of the Socialist Labour Party (SLP), founded by him in 1996. 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). Arthur Scargill wins 13,000 damages from National Union of Mineworkers. 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. 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. And he's done very well out of it.". He went on to be elected president of the NUM from. The media characterised the strike as "Scargill's strike" and his critics accused him of looking for an excuse for industrial action since becoming union president. The 84-year-old British politician has done well thus far! That violence strengthened the stature of the Coal Board and the Thatcher government. In 1958, he attended the World Federation of Trade Unions youth congress in Prague. His father`s name was Harold and his mother`s name was Alice. [47], In 1996, Scargill founded the Socialist Labour Party after the Labour Party abandoned the original wording of Clause IV advocating the public democratic ownership[48] of key industries and utilities from their constitution. Arthur's dad lived with us as well: there were me, Arthur, Margaret [their daughter] and Arthur's dad. [53], Scargill still occasionally gives interviews and makes appearances. [58][59] Scargill's appearance on the picket line was alluded to by Prime Minister Boris Johnson the next day at Prime Minister's Questions, accusing the Labour Party of "literally holding hands with Arthur Scargill". Angry Stefni Logan revealed that her father James had dated his estranged wife Heather while romancing Dr Margaret Scargill. 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 yesterday. "I've never, ever said owt. Darlington, "There is no alternative: Exploring the options in the 1984-5 miners' strike. She queried it and as a loyalty bonus they reduced to 655. Labours Lord Gilbert hailed Lady Thatchers good fortune in facing Mr Scargill. Would you not love to have Arthur Scargill as your opponent in any debate, a man who is frightened to go to his own members to get them to vote for a strike that he called? ", R.R. They divorced in 2001. They'll probably be 10 or 11 now.". It began in Yorkshire, and eventually spread to the rest of the country. Im massively in favour of the council sales and can well remember a friends father buying then selling his council house in Bromley, South East London, and having a fabulous retirement in Poole on the money. The Yorkshire native is the son of a miner, who. says Scargill. 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. In 1965 he was elected Branch Delegate from Woolley to the Yorkshire NUM Area Council, and in 1969 was elected a member of the Yorkshire NUM Area Executive Committee. [53] He was not attending any of the events to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the 1984 strike at the NUM. (2004) "Al Richardson (19412003): An Appreciation", David Howell, et al. Although he never worked at Barrow Colliery in his home village, he was involved in the politics of the branch, where the membership was much more left-wing than in the conservative Woolley Colliery. Allies of Scargill counter that there is a clear and present danger that the funds will be misused, and as the union's membership shrinks, they want its handsome holdings to somehow be ploughed back into former mining communities. IVE heard from Ron The Guvnor who on receiving his car renewal of 755 for his BMW an increase of 300 without a claim told his insurers they had a good chance of appearing in my column unless there was a reduction. Here as elsewhere in post-industrial Yorkshire, the surrounding landscape attests to what arrived instead. "The gentleman was not for turning.". Arthur Scargill faces 200,000 bill after losing court battle with his old union The former Yorkshire miners' leader Arthur Scargill was facing a bill of more than 200,000 last night. "But we've had to move to new premises. 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. Arthur Scargill celebrated that he had outlived his old foe Lady Thatcher when he heard of her death, it was revealed last night. He then started working as a coal miner. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Arthur Scargill is now 76. "He's OK," says Capstick. The comments below have been moderated in advance. 'No.' Scargill admitted there was 'bad blood' between him and the NUM general secretary Chris Kitchen, who said, "I honestly do believe that Arthur, in his own world, believes that the NUM is here to afford him the lifestyle that he's become accustomed to. But an issue like that it wasn't easy to come to a compromise. Five seconds later, the door creaks open, and there he is: the man who onceparried the huge forces of British industrial history, dressed in a white-and-blue check shirt and light blue denim trousers. DESPITE all the weeping and wailing about Sports Direct, a little known fact is that Karen Byers, the head of ops and credited by founder Mike Ashley as the brains behind the company, started with the firm 25 years ago on. 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