They lived in the house Scargill grew up in Worsborough, South Yorkshire. There, he met Russian leaders such as Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev. Campbell, Adrian, and Malcolm Warner. Let them eat cake! ", She then shoots me a look. 'To say that is in no way to diminish her achievements and accomplishments. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. How will she write a book like that while somehow keeping him out of the story? 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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. Anne, in 2001 and reportedly refused to attend the wedding of his daughter Margaret. He can either cower down and take his beating, or he can stand and fight, and hope to maybe land a few punches. He took a part-time course as well at the University of Leeds. 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. The following year, he also became a member of the Labour Party. There aretwo security cameras fixed to the front wall, and all the blinds are closed. So they shouldn't think they've scared me. He founded the Socialist Labour Party in 1996, after he left the Labour Party. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Feedback | Scargill and his wife Anne, herself a miner's daughter and an active organizer of miners' groups, had one daughter, Margaret. 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. After his return to Britain, he joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. MINERS' leader Arthur Scargill has left his wife after 37 years, it was revealed last night. But apparently not. He had no means of calling a strike in Yorkshire.[27]. It just said: 'Thatcher dead.' In 2012, the flat was valued at 1,500,000, and had 24/7 access to concierge services. Punnies always start Monday with a smile. 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. Labours Lord Gilbert hailed Lady Thatchers good fortune in facing Mr Scargill. You will be appalled to learn he has achieved his 20-year ambition. 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. His mother, Alice (ne Pickering), was a professional cook. They had one daughter named Margaret. [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. 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. David Wilkie, who died instantly, leaving behind a 2 year old daughter and his pregnant fiancee who gave birth 6 weeks later. 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. "Analysing the British miners' strike of 19845.". The miners` strike of 1974 eventually brought down the Conservative government of Edward Heath. 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". It's too soon to say.". On his first day, he was horrified to see the working conditions. Arthur Scargill, I ask you. Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis, dies at . His last formal tussle with Scargill came on 13 February, when Scargill took four matters to an Employment Appeal Tribunal, and was granted a future hearing. "I've never, ever said owt. In 1961, Scargill was elected a member of the Woolley NUM Branch Committee. 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. "At least Women Against Pit Closures tried to do something to prevent it happening. 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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 one who very secretly tried for two decades to buy a council flat in Londons fashionable Barbican so he could pocket a fortune. 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. He smiles. [33], In July 1990, the NUM executive voted unanimously to sue Scargill and general secretary Peter Heathfield. He also had an important role in the `Battle of Saltley Gate, that closed Birmingham`s Saltley coke depot. This page was last edited on 12 January 2023, at 23:47. The strike ended on 3 March 1985 following an NUM vote to return to work. Had he done the humble thing and walked away with what he were entitled to, his reputation would still be intact.". Scargill opposed civilian nuclear power and, during the first Wilson ministry, became highly critical of the government's energy policy. Joining the NUM at the age of 19 in 1957, Scargill was one of its leading activists by the late 1960s. Its main image is of a solitary miner, with arms aloft, climbing a staircase to the clouds. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. "He doesn't live lavishly, although he does like a glass of red wine. ", There follows the most illustrative of anecdotes. And he's done very well out of it.". Wilsher, Peter, Donald Macintyre, and Michael CE Jones, eds. 'No.' Either they won or we did.". He stepped down from leadership of the NUM at the end of July 2002, to become the honorary president. Mr Scargill replied simply: 'Scargill Alive! But I can't promise you there'll be any chance of an interview.' He was 17 at the time of the strike, and an active picketer, in Yorkshire and elsewhere. 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. [53] He was not attending any of the events to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the 1984 strike at the NUM. Wheat it and weep! He listens to all this with an air of mild amusement. Mr Scargill staged the nationwide walkout without holding a strike ballot, an omission which fatally undermined public support for the NUM. The political power of the NUM and of most British trade unions was severely reduced. 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. "Two Kinds of Reform: Left Leadership in the British National Union of Mineworkers and the United Mineworkers of America, 19821990. She queried it and as a loyalty bonus they reduced to 655. Arthur Scargill was born on 11th January 1938, in Worsbrough Dale, in South Yorkshire, England, into a family of coal miners. He felt that the Labour Party had betrayed the basic principles of the party`s constitution. What would have become of our democracy had they succeeded?. Arthur Scargill destroyed many lives with his attitude and his . Arthur Scargill wins 13,000 damages from National Union of Mineworkers. 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'. In 1964, he was also elected representative to the Yorkshire area meetings. 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. I don't know how far he's got. [9] Scargill saw this strike as a turning point in the union's attitude to militancy.[10]. They were released from prison in November 1989. Arthur Scargill faces an inquiry by his former union into his bargain purchase of a 2m council flat in one of London's most prestigious developments. My father was a Communist. 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. A former miner and vice-president of the Yorkshire NUM, he now serves as the treasurer of the Socialist Labour Party, the would-be challenger to Tony Blair that Scargill founded in 1996, whose membership has since dwindled to around 300. Peter, Gibbon. Why should the leader of the Socialist Labour Party (a Corbyn ally naturally) be allowed to pocket a million? 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. It turned into a confrontation with the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher in which the miners' union was defeated. Its main image is of a solitary miner, with arms aloft, climbing a staircase to the clouds. A lot of conflict followed between the government and Scargill`s union. "Goodbye to all that? But he will not be drawn any further. 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. In 2014, it was reported that Scargill had become a recluse. [51] Scargill criticised Poland's Solidarity calling it an "anti-socialist organisation which desires the overthrow of a socialist state", which Scargill saw as deformed but reformable. 'We now have a situation where the government and the establishment have a funeral on their hands which they wish they didnt have. 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. Or are the Scargills effectively hoping to make a quick return by flogging the joint immediately and trousering 1million tax free? Does she think she ever will talk about him? [49], After stepping down from leadership of the NUM, Scargill became active in the UK's Stalin Society[50] saying that the "ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin explain the real world". He has his relatives around him, his two grandsons ". [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. 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. "I never, ever talk about my ex-husband," says Anne Scargill. 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. 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. . "I would have thought that someone who was public enemy number one, with MI5 tapping his calls and following him, and everything else they were allegedly doing to him I'm very surprised he managed to live the life hedid and get away with what he did without being pulled up," he says. He also represented the Barnsley Co-op at Cooperative congresses. He very, very rarely came home, 'cos he was always in the offices or organising things. She and Cook, then a miner's wife were among the founders of an organisation called Women Against Pit Closures, and organised support for striking miners' families, as well as taking to picket lines: early on in the strike, she was hauled away from one such gathering in Nottinghamshire, and detained for hours at a police station, where she was eventually strip-searched. Jeremy Hunt is mocked over toe-curling 'inflation explainer' video by ordering How much will YOUR broadband go up in price? The couple plan to marry later this year. So our conscience is clear. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. 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. He soon started demanding an improvement in the working conditions, and wrote letters to several agencies and newspapers. (2004) "Al Richardson (19412003): An Appreciation", David Howell, et al. Its energy is that of Mother Gaia. It is now worth around 2million. In Grimethorpe, 100% of the miners were on strike. Is it time Harry & Meghan accept Clarkson's apology and move on? Photograph: Don Mcphee for the Guardian. 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. However, by the time he grew up, the family was able to move to a better and more comfortable home. "Now, good day to you." "Destroy everything, and create a 'me-me-me' class. His father was also a loyal member of the Communist Party. "He's OK," says Capstick. Elegant Princess of Wales is all smiles as she plays with children on visit to a nursery amid backlash over Thrifty Kate strikes again! 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. They've made me worse.'". "He's estranged from his ex-wife. Scargill's girl to wed pit axeman; Doc Margaret falls for 'enemy'. It was all or nothing. 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. 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. HAVING just been charged 349.20 to replace a rear brake light unit on my Mercedes ML 250. [56], In July 2021 he spoke at the Rebel Town Festival in Jarrow. "Don't you think I've done enough without him?". In 1973, Scargill was elected to the full-time post of compensation agent in the Yorkshire NUM. Arthur's dad lived with us as well: there were me, Arthur, Margaret [their daughter] and Arthur's dad. Written authorization is required for the purchase of tea and coffee. 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. If you're out for a wage increase, you can cut a deal. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Prince Albert of Monaco is the first Euro monarch to confirm he and his wife Keep calm and carry on! It is only after I leave the NUM's HQ for the last time that one striking fact hits home. Despite years of bitter battling with the Tories as they closed practically every mine in the early eighties, the bizarre u-turn by for the former union leader has been welcomed by the Conservatives. If you were on the minimum wage it would take 100 years to earn the 1,500,000 you needed to buy that flat. A secret record is kept of the time at which all workers arrive and leave each day. 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. 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. [7], Scargill became involved in the Yorkshire Left, a group of left-wing activists involved in the Yorkshire region of the NUM, its largest region. [39], During the media controversy, the antiperspirant Mitchum used Scargill's image, without his consent, under the slogan "Mitchum, for when you're really sweating! 10 Dec 2012. Arthur Scargill is a Capricorn and was born in The Year of the Tiger Life. I received one almost instantly saying Scargill alive! and hes very much alive. a zero-hours contract. I have since received an email from Alex Cruz, the chief executive and chairman of BA, apologising for my experience. 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. All rights reserved. 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. "Leadership in the Miners Union-Scargill, Arthur Rise to Power. The union now has just under 1,800 members, who work at a small handful of deep pits and open-cast mines, but its financial holdings are said to total around 20m, which Scargill's supporters say lies at the heart of their current battles. 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. The NUM is not your personal bank account and never will be again. They need this like a hole in the head.. Capstick a genial, soft-spoken man, whose disposition rather belies the rock-solid certainties of his politics talks to me for well over two hours. However, in 1979, the Conservatives were able to win again under Margaret Thatcher, and destroy the majority of the Labour Party. You couldnt make this up. The Enemy Within", Verso 2014. View our online Press Pack. His application was blocked at the time as it was not his primary residence. https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Dear+Arthur+Scargill%2c+before+you+let+your+daughter+marry+my+love-+rat-a060693318. We stood and fought against enormous odds, and not just for the pits for our way of life. 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