Its main image is of a solitary miner, with arms aloft, climbing a staircase to the clouds. Copyright 1998 Gale, Cengage Learning. "It was Thatcher's legislation, actually giving council tenants the right to buy their own houses. 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. Herein, she says, lies a direct link to what she did three decades ago. In Grimethorpe, 100% of the miners were on strike. He had no means of calling a strike in Yorkshire.[27]. Arthur Scargill was married to Anne Scargill, who is herself the daughter of a miner. 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. [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. I sent a message it was 10,000. The two men had been convicted of the murder of David Wilkie, a taxi driver, by throwing a block of concrete from a bridge onto his car. 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. The 84-year-old British politician has done well thus far! [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. 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". They divorced in 2001. "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. He contested twice, in the 1997 general election, as well as the 2001 general election. [53] Following Margaret Thatcher's death in April 2013, ITN made Scargill several offers for a five-minute interview, with the final offer reaching 16,000, but Scargill refused all the offers and did not speak to any media organisation. 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. He led an unofficial strike in 1969, and played a key organising role during strikes of 1972 and 1974, the latter of which played a part in the downfall of Edward Heath's Conservative government. 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. Cold, hard facts about how freezing winter weather can harm your health. 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. For other uses, see, Early political and trade union activities. 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. Scargill had, before becoming president, favoured moving the head office of the NUM out of London, which he described as a "prostituting place". He stood as an independent communist, as he had never joined the Communist Party formally. He tells me he's writing a book. Coles worker fights a woman allegedly trying to steal groceries, Motorists slowly drive down snowy hill in treacherous conditions. [16] One branch of the NUM, at Annesley in Nottinghamshire, put forward a vote of no confidence in Scargill in autumn 1983 following his comments on these matters, but Scargill defeated this at a December meeting and won a vote of confidence instead. A smile. 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". 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. He injured himself acouple of years ago playing penalty shoot-out with his grandkids. [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. A motion from the Kent area was passed by the NUM conference to move the head office to a coalfield. He also became known in the 1972 strike, where he was the spokesman for the Yorkshire miners. 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. 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. 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! News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. 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. [29], In 1998, Scargill and his wife, Anne, separated.[30]. The secretary at this time was a very good friend of mine called Jimmy Reid, and we're still close friends. "The gentleman was not for turning.". Advertisement Further Reading on Arthur Scargill The best work on Scargill was Michael Crick, Scargill and the Miners (1985). The following year, he also became a member of the Labour Party. 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. 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 sneak has tried to pocket a smallfortune while proclaiming to be the great fighter against the evils of capitalism and the elite. But he will not be drawn any further. One by one, he bats away the standard criticisms of Scargill's leadership of the strike: that it was ill-advised to commence the strike in the spring, that he should have held a national ballot ("The miners weren't calling for a ballot the people who were calling for a ballot were our enemies"), and that in returning to work without an agreement, the miners were left in an impossible position. 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? 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. By Tom Whitehead and Tomwhitehead. [55], In 2017, Scargill spoke at an event in Cardiff setting out how British manufacturing could be rebuilt after Britain had left the European Union. [31] There was much criticism of Scargill within the NUM from the Welsh and Scottish areas, who briefly considered splitting from the NUM. It's too soon to say.". 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. The names of all incoming telephone callers are recorded on a central log. We were busy. In May 2009, he was a candidate for the Socialist Labour Party for one of London's seats in the European Parliament. 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. ", Gildart, Keith. He stepped down from leadership of the NUM at the end of July 2002, to become the honorary president. It just said: 'Thatcher dead.' And yesterday, do you know what? We stood and fought against enormous odds, and not just for the pits for our way of life. But his daughter visits him regularly. [56], In July 2021 he spoke at the Rebel Town Festival in Jarrow. he 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. In 1958, he attended the World Federation of Trade Unions youth congress in Prague. McIlroy, J. Arthur Scargill destroyed many lives with his attitude and his . 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. MINERS' leader Arthur Scargill has left his wife after 37 years, it was revealed last night. They still pay 3,500 a year towards the upkeep of his Yorkshire home as they believed it was his main home. "But we've had to move to new premises. [6] In 1970, he was elected a member of the regional committee of the Co-operative Retail Services in Barnsley and a delegate to its national conference. And make it a prerequisite of hiring that the next ones give an undertaking that they do not believe female Muslim officers should wear the full Islamic dress. 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. 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 reaches for his phone and shows me what he received. He also represented the Barnsley Co-op at Cooperative congresses. Scargill was born in Worsbrough Dale near Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire. 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. Its main image is of a solitary miner, with arms aloft, climbing a staircase to the clouds. Soon, he also made his first attempt to win political office in a local council election, though he was defeated. We went in search of Yorkshire's living legend and found him, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Arthur Scargill leads picketing miners at Orgreave, 1984. It's always those lower down who are suffering. He studied at the Worsbrough Dale School, till he was fifteen. 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 is 84 years old and is a Capricorn. Instead she went on aspokesmansaid.com and Axa covered her for 343, a saving of 424. 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. "Goodbye to all that? He became a member of the Woolley NUM Branch Committee, in 1961. Kitchen has said he believes Scargill is out to destroy the NUM. Its main street leads to a huge expanse of rubble and weeds; on the way there, you pass a branch of a business called The Recycle Shop. He was 17 at the time of the strike, and an active picketer, in Yorkshire and elsewhere. [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. One of the main planks of his platform was to give more power to union conferences than to executive meetings, on the grounds that the former were more democratic. Even Muslim groups think the idea is mad. But so far, Arthur Scargill is conspicuous by his absence. I've always said that if Arthur can no longer control the NUM, he'll try and destroy it. That's what I believe". I drove the picket bus. After all hes 78 and the old fraud must go some time. 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. Their life sentences were eventually reduced to eight years. After the miners' strike, Scargill was elected to lifetime presidency of the NUM by an overwhelming national majority, in a controversial election in which some[who?] So I knew Arthur didn't know. He studied security videotapes and saw Mrs Scargill sneaking along a corridor with a tube of glue in her hands. The Enemy Within", Verso 2014. Chris Kitchen said: "I would say it's time to walk away, Mr Scargill. He also stated regarding Brexit that "we should just invoke the first clause of Article 50 and that means we could leave the EU tomorrow". 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). The NUM's general secretary is 47-year-old Chris Kitchen. We now have a situation where the government and the establishment have a funeral on their hands which they wish they didnt have. However, in 1979, the Conservatives were able to win again under Margaret Thatcher, and destroy the majority of the Labour Party. Mr Scargill staged the nationwide walkout without holding a strike ballot, an omission which fatally undermined public support for the NUM. Anne, in 2001 and reportedly refused to attend the wedding of his daughter Margaret. Arthur Scargill is a British trade unionist who used to be the president of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). 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. [52], The Guardian in February 2014 said that Scargill had become a recluse. [60][61], London Assembly elections (entire London city), "Scargill" redirects here. On the appointment of Ian MacGregor as head of the NCB in 1983, Scargill stated, "The policies of this government are clear to destroy the coal industry and the NUM". [18], Miners were split between those who supported the strike and those who opposed it (see Union of Democratic Mineworkers). His eyes have sunk a little into his face; the voice is deeper and huskier than it once was. Most of Arthur's money comes from being a politician. 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. I thought: 'Well I've got to do it.' 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. He went on to be elected president of the NUM from. Back at the NUM I have an appointment to meet Betty Cook and Anne Scargill, to discuss the 30th anniversary of the miners' strike of 1984-5, which began in Yorkshire during the opening days of March 1984. Frederik White with his wife Jennifer and 16-month-old daughter Nicky. One of them is from the nearby Wombwell Main pit, and tells its own story. Milne, Seumas. " On a nearby mantelpiece is a small pink calendar, filling up with dates: academic seminars, radio shows, outdoor festivals and more. says Scargill. The fight was a political one, as well. How will she write a book like that while somehow keeping him out of the story? "I was either on a picket line, or in a soup kitchen. The couple plan to marry later this year. Here as elsewhere in post-industrial Yorkshire, the surrounding landscape attests to what arrived instead. 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. There aretwo security cameras fixed to the front wall, and all the blinds are closed. 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.. A lot of other people on the National Executive at that time went on and became very respectable Labour MPs in Parliament. The miners` strike of 1974 eventually brought down the Conservative government of Edward Heath. They brought down Jim Callaghans Government. 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. He may still lose. Feedback | It began in Yorkshire, and eventually spread to the rest of the country. Arthur Scargill is a Capricorn and was born in The Year of the Tiger Life. [14], Scargill was a very vocal opponent of Thatcher's Conservative government, frequently appearing on television to attack it. The power is amazing. In the 1981 election for NUM president, Scargill secured around 70% of the vote. Scargill's girl to wed pit axeman; Doc Margaret falls for 'enemy'. Scargill had condemned the killing at the time. Anne Scargill (left) and Betty Cook at the National Union of Mineworkers headquarters in Barnsley. That house sits on the edge of Worsbrough, close to the pit village where Scargill was born. 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. 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. That violence strengthened the stature of the Coal Board and the Thatcher government. His father was also a loyal member of the Communist Party. Or are the Scargills effectively hoping to make a quick return by flogging the joint immediately and trousering 1million tax free? "I don't know what a deal would have been," he says. It is now worth around 2million. His policy alienated most of the Nottinghamshire miners, undermined his position with the leaders of the trade union movement, hurt the union's reputation in British public opinion, and led to violence along the picket line. [33], In July 1990, the NUM executive voted unanimously to sue Scargill and general secretary Peter Heathfield. "I am writing a book, but he'snot mentioned in it. One of his closest associates is Ken Capstick, 73, who lives 20 minutes' drive from Barnsley in a quiet corner of Wakefield. He soon started demanding an improvement in the working conditions, and wrote letters to several agencies and newspapers. With the promise of at least 5 in cash, its sign reads thus: "We buy your unwanted clothes, shoes, socks, belts, handbags, paired footwear.". 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. 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. Another column reader, Sandra from Pinner, North West London, was quoted 767 to renew her car insurance by Direct Line. We did soup kitchens. It is only after I leave the NUM's HQ for the last time that one striking fact hits home. I hate all women. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian, Chris Kitchen, general secretary of the NUM, at the union's headquarters in Barnsley. I got my mobile phone, and I sent him a text. 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And with that, not for the first time, Arthur Scargill retreats, inside. The comments below have been moderated in advance. A former Labour Party member, Scargill is now leader of the Socialist Labour Party (SLP), founded by him in 1996. 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. As the anniversary of the 1984 miners' strike approaches, its figurehead Arthur Scargill has become a recluse, at war with the current NUM leadership. Jeremy Hunt is mocked over toe-curling 'inflation explainer' video by ordering How much will YOUR broadband go up in price? You couldnt make this up. He felt the need to fight for changes in the capitalist society, and vowed that he would work towards making the world more equitable. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. "I never, ever talk about my ex-husband," says Anne Scargill. The Yorkshire native is the son of a miner, who. The political power of the NUM and of most British trade unions was severely reduced. ", She then shoots me a look. having received a 500,000 discount. That's what I believe.". Hair salon in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester Hairess, Driving school in Worcester Jules Control. This eventually led to the strike of 1984, when the government announced that they intend to close 20 coal mines. Let them eat cake! "It's strange, because Arthur was a media person. My mother was strictly non-political. Back in 1993 he first tried to acquire the flat under Margaret Thatchers right-to-buy scheme. THE man set to marry the daughter of miners' leader Arthur Scargill was yesterday branded a love cheat - by his own daughter. Star Lenny a victim in privacy scandal; OPERATION MOTORMAN: Funnyman one of host of celebs in security breach. He wouldn't say another word. Even his own union are up in arms at the purchase. [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. If you're out for a wage increase, you can cut a deal. Arthur Scargill acquired a lease on the flat around 1982, when he became president of the NUM, as the the union was then based in London, though Scargill soon moved its headquarters to Sheffield . [8], Scargill was a leader of the unofficial strike in 1969, which began in Yorkshire and spread across the country. Baroness Thatcher was very lucky,' he said. Mr Logan, 42, is now business manager at the Ashville Medical Centre, in Barnsley, where Dr Scargill works as a GP. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/arthur-scargill-50638.php. . Arthur Scargill is now 76. All but two of the county's collieries have closed, and in their place are seemingly endless retail parks, the foundations of a local economy in which people work in shops to spend money in other shops. There, he met Russian leaders such as Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev. I think we should be told. His father, Harold, was a miner and a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. 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. Scargill joined the organization in 1955, and within some months, he was able to become a member of the organization`s executive board. 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". 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. 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. What I infer from that, I tell him, is that he believes the secret services deliberately turned a blind eye to some aspects of Scargill's life. Arthur Scargill at a mass rally in 1984, during his time as NUM leader (PA) Margaret Thatcher: . What can he tell me about Scargill's everyday life? I think people would be astounded if they knew that."[42]. SCARGILL'S GIRL TO WED MAN WHO SHUT LAST PIT; Mum-in-law's office attack. Scargill was the only child of his parents. ", 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? [9] At the subsequent enquiry, he used notebooks of underground working from the 19th century, retrieved from the Institute of Geological Sciences in Leeds, to argue that the National Coal Board could have prevented the disaster had they acted on the information available. : A Review of Literature on the 1984/5 Miners' Strike.". He did not take the Eleven-Plus exam and went to Worsbrough Dale School (now called the Elmhirst School). Arthur Scargill emerged from semi-retirement from politics to speak at a meeting of the Communist Party of Britain's wretched little pro-Brexit front organisation Leave Fight Transform (LeFT) in Brighton on 11 September, alongside Eddie Dempsey (the man who said Tommy Robinson supporters were right to hate the "liberal left") and other assorted xenophobes, nationalists and social . It was a defining moment in British industrial relations, and its defeat significantly weakened the trade union movement. 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. When remembering this, she brims with the same rage she must have felt at the time. 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