. 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. I drove the picket bus. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Scargill had condemned the killing at the time. I hope Thatcher's death was degrading and painful, tweets From the Iron Chancellor to the Iron Lady: Angela Merkel 'Thatcher is to blame for Britain's poor relationship with Royal Family will find it 'impossible' to compromise with Sussexes, Man ordered to take off a Jesus Saves t-shirt at Mall of America, Russian pro-war fanatic warns Britain could be 'wiped off the map', BBC Breakfast celebrates forty years of hilarious bloopers, Ken Bruce will be joining the Greatest Hits Radio family in April, As it happened: UK Government blocks Scotland's new gender law, Bungling helicopter pilot blows over stadium roof injuring eight, Kamala opts out of kneeling with Biden for Warriors photo op, Shamima Begum never considered turning back during journey to ISIS. [54] He gave a rare television interview to ITV News at that time. Arthur had told me that under no circumstances was he going to give an interview. Further afield, amid great stretches of empty space, you find places that seem to be clinging on by their very fingertips, such as the former pit village of Goldthorpe, stranded halfway between Barnsley and Doncaster. 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). His mother, Alice (ne Pickering), was a professional cook. Along with Tony Benn, veteran left-wing MP from the Labour Party, he campaigned to free the two strikers Russell Shankland and Dean Hancock, who were convicted of killing a taxi driver named David Wilkie. Even his own union are up in arms at the purchase. As the anniversary of the 1984 miners' strike approaches, its figurehead Arthur Scargill has become a recluse, at war with the current NUM leadership. He played a significant role in the unofficial strike of UK miners in 1969. Scargill was divorced from his activist wife Anne in 2001. So I knew Arthur didn't know. 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. One of them is from the nearby Wombwell Main pit, and tells its own story. Downstairs in the NUM's waiting room there are flyers and posters advertising other events, complete with long lists of invited speakers. "Well, you've knocked on my door," he says. "[44] However, in December 2012, Scargill lost a similar case concerning rent on his flat in the Barbican, London. Many of us started in the 1950s in the Young Communist League. I presume Ms Tandohs bile is based on the fact she was NFI (not flipping invited) or more seriously NEFC (never even flippin considered) for the role at C4. says Scargill. That house sits on the edge of Worsbrough, close to the pit village where Scargill was born. I don't know how far he's got. Scargill and his wife Anne, herself a miner's daughter and an active organizer of miners' groups, had one daughter, Margaret. The strike started in Yorkshire, and he was not present at the delegate Council meeting in Barnsley. Loyal Anne Scargill, 57, has moved out of the couple's luxury pounds 200,000 bungalow. To be paid 400,000-a-year to eat cake for an hour makes it the least onerous and most highly paid TV job with the exception of football pundit. Peter, Gibbon. 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). A former Labour Party member, Scargill is now leader of the Socialist Labour Party (SLP), founded by him in 1996. Here as elsewhere in post-industrial Yorkshire, the surrounding landscape attests to what arrived instead. {{ #verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ ^verifyErrors }}Something went wrong. In 1973, Scargill was elected to the full-time post of compensation agent in the Yorkshire NUM. I have since received an email from Alex Cruz, the chief executive and chairman of BA, apologising for my experience. Scargill was the only child of his parents. Arthur Scargill (born 11 January 1938) [1] is a British trade unionist who was President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1982 to 2002. His time at the top of the union saw not just the strike and his union's defeat, but the rapid decline of the British coal industry not least in the early 1990s, when the-then trade minister Michael Heseltine announced that 31 ofthe UK's remaining 50 deep collieries were to shut. Shankland's and Hancock's life sentences for murder were reduced to eight years for manslaughter on appeal. By 1984 however the police were ready and neutralized the tactic with superior force. 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". Jeremy Hunt is mocked over toe-curling 'inflation explainer' video by ordering How much will YOUR broadband go up in price? Soon, he also made his first attempt to win political office in a local council election, though he was defeated. He's also claimed that "many" people now believe that Scargill has turned out to be as bad as Margaret Thatcher. 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. 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. 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. [56], In July 2021 he spoke at the Rebel Town Festival in Jarrow. Back then, Scargill was the wife of a man who would soon be among the two or three most famous people in the country, but what she did during the strike pushed her conclusively out of his shadow. The strike ended on 3 March 1985 following an NUM vote to return to work. The miners` strike of 1974 eventually brought down the Conservative government of Edward Heath. 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. ARTHUR SCARGILL has two faces. Scargill must be very proud that his campaigning had the convictions downgraded to manslaughter and both men released from prison in November 1989. . [53], Scargill still occasionally gives interviews and makes appearances. Who is Arthur Scargill? He was defeated on both occasions. He contested twice, in the 1997 general election, as well as the 2001 general election. Scargill, the former militant leader of. Its energy is that of Mother Gaia. On his first day, he was horrified to see the working conditions. 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". But his brain is as active as ever. "I've never, ever said owt. In 1961, Scargill was elected a member of the Woolley NUM Branch Committee. Let them eat cake! Well, he is, indispatches [laughs].". To his remaining allies, this fact confirms that his reputation still burns bright: Scargill was right, they say, and this verdict extends beyond the fate of the British coal industry, to every key aspect of his leadership of the NUM. He listens to all this with an air of mild amusement. He had no means of calling a strike in Yorkshire.[27]. His eyes have sunk a little into his face; the voice is deeper and huskier than it once was. . I've never criticised Arthur for what he did during the strike, because I didn't know the ins and out of it at the time. He was responsible for leading two pivotal miners' strikes: one in 1937 and another in the mid-1980s. [41], In 1993, Scargill tried to use Thatcher's flagship Right to Buy scheme to buy a flat on the Barbican estate in central London. And as Iwas in the area, it would be remiss of me not to knock on his door. He stood as an independent communist, as he had never joined the Communist Party formally. "I am writing a book, but he'snot mentioned in it. 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. . Every Monday, she says, she helps out a local church project that gives free breakfasts to whoever shows up. "I shall never, ever forgive the police for doing that to me," she says. Arthur Scargill's life path number is 6 Life Path Number 6 represent 'The Nurturer'. In the 1997 general election, he ran against Alan Howarth, a defector from the Conservative Party to Labour, who had been given the safe seat of Newport East to contest. Punnies always start Monday with a smile. In 2014, it was reported that Scargill had become a recluse. Scargill was born in Worsbrough Dale near Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire. He became a member of the Woolley NUM Branch Committee, in 1961. 21 Feb 2012. He studied security videotapes and saw Mrs Scargill sneaking along a corridor with a tube of glue in her hands. IN Fridays column I was critical of my British Airways flight to New York where both the food and service were poor. [31] In addition, it was alleged that he had taken 1,000,000 of cash donated by the Soviet Union for the Welsh miners and placed it in a Dublin bank account for the "International Miners' Organisation", where it stayed until a year after the strike had finished. The council chamber at the Barnsley HQ of theNational Union of Mineworkers is a jaw-dropping sight: a huge, oak-panelled room, draped with banners that were once kept at collieries across Yorkshire and beyond. After all hes 78 and the old fraud must go some time. 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! After the miners' strike in 1984, there were accusations that Arthur Scargill had misappropriated National Union of Mineworkers funds and that money which sh. Angry Stefni Logan revealed that her father James had dated his estranged wife Heather while romancing Dr Margaret Scargill. A lot of other people on the National Executive at that time went on and became very respectable Labour MPs in Parliament. A smile. 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. They cut it by 255. 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! [9] When Bullough (unwell at the time) attempted to rule Scargill as "out of order", he was voted out by the area's delegates and a strike was declared across Yorkshire on the issue. Some of the cash was provided by his daughter Dr Margaret Scargill. It's Mr (coffee) Bean! Some scholars have concluded that Scargill's decisive tactical error was to substitute his famous flying picket for the holding of a national strike ballot. a zero-hours contract. In Grimethorpe, 100% of the miners were on strike. Arthur Scargill is now 76. 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. He lost on both occasions, winning 2.4% of the vote in Hartlepool at the 2001 general election. Written authorization is required for the purchase of tea and coffee. He gained fame for using the tactic to win the Battle of Saltley Gate in 1972, and made it his main tactical device in the 1984 strike. [8], Scargill was a leader of the unofficial strike in 1969, which began in Yorkshire and spread across the country. 10 Dec 2012. Capstick also reiterates something he has said in the past: that somehow, for all that the miners lost the strike, "the victory was in the struggle itself". offers Cook. Mr Scargill replied simply: 'Scargill Alive! He arrived at the colliery to find he could not get into his office because someone had super-glued the door shut. [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. It just said: 'Thatcher dead.' You will be appalled to learn he has achieved his 20-year ambition. He smiles. 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. 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.. 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. 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". 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. 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. This was the verdict of the rather strange former Bake Off star Ruby Tandoh on Paul Hollywoods decision to go with the show when it moves from the BBC1 to C4. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Joining the NUM at the age of 19 in 1957, Scargill was one of its leading activists by the late 1960s. "It's strange, because Arthur was a media person. 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. 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. Arthur Scargill is being investigated by his former unionover the purchase of one of his properties Sources at the development in the Barbican say Mr Scargill is rarely seen at the 2million. There aretwo security cameras fixed to the front wall, and all the blinds are closed. He felt that the Labour Party had betrayed the basic principles of the party`s constitution. Published: 23:21 GMT, 11 April 2013 | Updated: 01:49 GMT, 12 April 2013. ", Howell, David, et al. With the promise of at least 5 in cash, its sign reads thus: "We buy your unwanted clothes, shoes, socks, belts, handbags, paired footwear.". [43] In February 2012, Scargill won 13,000 in a court action against the NUM, primarily for car expenses, and for the earlier temporary denial of membership. "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. But I can't promise you there'll be any chance of an interview.' And yesterday, do you know what? And did we win that? Arthur Scargill, I ask you. Those who walk a Life Path with Number 6 gift the world with unconditional love, healing and nurturing. He did not take the Eleven-Plus exam and went to Worsbrough Dale School (now called the Elmhirst School). He is 84 years old and is a Capricorn. 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. Three decades on from 1984, Kitchen says there are many aspects of the strike and its aftermath that have yet to be thrashed out in public: the precise details of what the Thatcher government were up to, the horrific police violence seen at the Orgreave coking plant, the involvement of MI5 and some matters relating to Arthur Scargill. The Yorkshire native is the son of a miner, who. Prince Albert of Monaco is the first Euro monarch to confirm he and his wife Keep calm and carry on! Scargill, along with veteran left-wing Labour MP Tony Benn, campaigned to free strikers Russell Shankland and Dean Hancock from prison. He was on television all the time: a charismatic character. Frederik White with his wife Jennifer and 16-month-old daughter Nicky. 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. "The way I would put that is this," he says. ", "It's Thatcher's legacy, isn't it?" Though he continued his work as a miner, he also studied various subjects including economics, social history and industrial relations. And Stefni warned Margaret's parents that Mr Logan is a "sly, deceitful toe-rag''. 6 teaches true compassion and empathy. Star Lenny a victim in privacy scandal; OPERATION MOTORMAN: Funnyman one of host of celebs in security breach. Thereafter Scargill led the NUM through the 19841985 miners' strike. "Five years ago, when I first started, if we got 30 or 40, we thought we'd got a lot," she says. In the 1981 election for NUM president, Scargill secured around 70% of the vote. 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. 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Advertisement Further Reading on Arthur Scargill The best work on Scargill was Michael Crick, Scargill and the Miners (1985). 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. Feedback | In May 2009, he was a candidate for the Socialist Labour Party for one of London's seats in the European Parliament. "But we've had to move to new premises. 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. He also had an important role in the `Battle of Saltley Gate, that closed Birmingham`s Saltley coke depot. He has his relatives around him, his two grandsons ". 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