He is 84 years old and is a Capricorn. They lived in the house Scargill grew up in Worsborough, South Yorkshire. Arthur Scargill celebrated that he had outlived his old foe Lady Thatcher when he heard of her death, it was revealed last night. [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. Is it time Harry & Meghan accept Clarkson's apology and move on? "Now, good day to you." 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. 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. [33], In July 1990, the NUM executive voted unanimously to sue Scargill and general secretary Peter Heathfield. For reasons that are not entirely clear as he has a home in Yorkshire he has now bought the flat for 1,050,000 (where did he get that money from?) People have said things about him and his affairs, and it's only fair that he should be given a chance to respond. Former miners' leader Arthur Scargill loses his High Court fight to have the NUM continue to meet the costs of his London flat for his lifetime. 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. 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. [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. To my mind there should be no criticism of Mr Hollywood for following the money and I suspect if you had been in the same position you too would have gone. The sneak has tried to pocket a smallfortune while proclaiming to be the great fighter against the evils of capitalism and the elite. [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". Does she think she ever will talk about him? Not very often the CEO of such a large company would admit there was work to be done and it means my gripe must be mirrored in their customer research. Anne Scargill (left) and Betty Cook at the National Union of Mineworkers headquarters in Barnsley. But my father never forced me to be involved in politics at all.[5]. 6 teaches true compassion and empathy. says Scargill. Self defense expert shares live-saving hacks for evading ALL kinds of attacks - from cutting Do not sell or share my personal information. They still pay 3,500 a year towards the upkeep of his Yorkshire home as they believed it was his main home. "Yes. He was succeeded by Ian Lavery. Many of us started in the 1950s in the Young Communist League. IN Fridays column I was critical of my British Airways flight to New York where both the food and service were poor. Peter, Gibbon. I've had hundreds and hundreds of pounds offered for my story, and I'm not washing my dirty linen in public.". I drove the picket bus. They're all talking about the bedroom tax, and not being able to afford a good meal." Most viewed. 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. 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. It was all or nothing. He was the representative of the Yorkshire miners. . 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". But his brain is as active as ever. 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. In 2014, it was reported that Scargill had become a recluse. 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 is a British trade unionist who used to be the president of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). The secretary at this time was a very good friend of mine called Jimmy Reid, and we're still close friends. 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. He stepped down from leadership of the NUM at the end of July 2002, to become the honorary president. In the 2001 general election, he ran against Peter Mandelson in Hartlepool. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Arthur's dad lived with us as well: there were me, Arthur, Margaret [their daughter] and Arthur's dad. 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. "[46] Kitchen says that Scargill "has had 30 years of decent living out of the union, and he's got a pension that's second to none. He did not take the Eleven-Plus exam and went to Worsbrough Dale School (now called the Elmhirst School). The fight was a political one, as well. Scargill joined the Labour Party in 1962. He then started working as a coal miner. They've made me worse.'". 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. When remembering this, she brims with the same rage she must have felt at the time. Former Scargill loyalist Jimmy Kelly, a miner at the Edlington Main pit near Doncaster in the 1980s, said he was astonished to learn of the attempt to buy the flat. . [57] Scargill supported the 2022 United Kingdom railway strike, joining an RMT picket line in Wakefield on 21 June 2022. There, he met Russian leaders such as Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev. 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. You couldnt make this up. Mention of him draws a quick response. His father`s name was Harold and his mother`s name was Alice. [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. 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. He wouldn't say another word. 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. 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 felt that the Labour Party had betrayed the basic principles of the party`s constitution. In 2014, it was reported that Scargill had become a recluse. 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. However, in 1979, the Conservatives were able to win again under Margaret Thatcher, and destroy the majority of the Labour Party. It began in Yorkshire, and eventually spread to the rest of the country. Hundreds of strikers were arrested, including Scargill and his wife. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian, Chris Kitchen, general secretary of the NUM, at the union's headquarters in Barnsley. David Wilkie, who died instantly, leaving behind a 2 year old daughter and his pregnant fiancee who gave birth 6 weeks later. And he's done very well out of it.". He tells me he's writing a book. [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. Before I set off for Yorkshire, I email her to request an interview with him, citing the fact that my own grandfather was a coalminer and union activist, and many of my close relatives were actively involved in the strike. 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. 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. having received a 500,000 discount. Mr Capstick told ITV News: Id been talking to Arthur some ten minutes earlier so I sent him a text message, a very short one, just said Thatcher dead. For other inquiries, Contact Us. "I was either on a picket line, or in a soup kitchen. Those who walk a Life Path with Number 6 gift the world with unconditional love, healing and nurturing. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. So that was my initial introduction into socialism and into political militancy. I suggest to this Conference that we have coal mines with us but they did something about this problem: they closed them down. Prince Albert of Monaco is the first Euro monarch to confirm he and his wife Keep calm and carry on! Either they won or we did.". But an issue like that it wasn't easy to come to a compromise. The man's had 30 years of decent living out of the union, and he's got a pension that's second to none. 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 . The NUM's general secretary is 47-year-old Chris Kitchen. She queried it and as a loyalty bonus they reduced to 655. In 1974, he was instrumental in organising the miners' strike that led Prime Minister Edward Heath to call a February general election.[13]. Herein, she says, lies a direct link to what she did three decades ago. [26], There is a prevailing view that Arthur Scargill, the NUM National President, called the strike. He may still lose. They had one daughter named Margaret. British trade unionist Arthur Scargill marching with his wife Anne and other miners' wives during a protest in London, UK, 12th August 1984. "Destroy everything, and create a 'me-me-me' class. 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. 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. Campbell, Adrian, and Malcolm Warner. MINERS' leader Arthur Scargill has left his wife after 37 years, it was revealed last night. 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. 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. He was on television all the time: a charismatic character. 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 don't see much difference betweenthe way Arthur has lived his life and thecapitalist system he built areputation for fighting in that he's allout for his self. 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. 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. 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. The strike started in Yorkshire, and he was not present at the delegate Council meeting in Barnsley. They divorced in 2001. 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. Their life sentences were eventually reduced to eight years. Hero of the working classes, Arthur Scargill, has joined the Conservative Party after they allowed the opening of a new coal mine in Cumbria. They came back to me, and said: 'We'll up it to 10,000.' Photograph: Don Mcphee for the Guardian. 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. However, by the time he grew up, the family was able to move to a better and more comfortable home. Terms of use |
But so far, Arthur Scargill is conspicuous by his absence. There was some controversy in February 1985 when Times journalist Paul Routledge engaged the Queen in discussion on the strike, and the Queen said that the strike was "all about one man", which Routledge objected to. Written authorization is required for the purchase of tea and coffee. Well, he is, indispatches [laughs].". [35] Negotiations between Scargill and the NUM took place in France. I had a job at the Co-op. After the miners' strike in 1984, there were accusations that Arthur Scargill had misappropriated National Union of Mineworkers funds and that money which sh. Chris Kitchen said: "I would say it's time to walk away, Mr Scargill. After his return to Britain, he joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. By Tom Whitehead and Tomwhitehead. Jeremy Hunt is mocked over toe-curling 'inflation explainer' video by ordering How much will YOUR broadband go up in price? [22][23], Many found Scargill inspiring; many others found him frankly scary. For other uses, see, Early political and trade union activities. They cut it by 255. Instead she went on aspokesmansaid.com and Axa covered her for 343, a saving of 424. View our online Press Pack. A smile. 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. "I never, ever talk about my ex-husband," says Anne Scargill. On a nearby mantelpiece is a small pink calendar, filling up with dates: academic seminars, radio shows, outdoor festivals and more. A lot of conflict followed between the government and Scargill`s union. We stood and fought against enormous odds, and not just for the pits for our way of life. You've been found out. In the 1981 election for NUM president, Scargill secured around 70% of the vote. Arthur Scargill, the son and grandson of coal miners, was born in Worsborough, South Yorkshire, in 1938. 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. Harper married Arthur Scargill, who was also an elected member of the Trade Union branch committee at Woolley Colliery, at Gawber Parish Church on 16 September 1961. 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. Its main image is of a solitary miner, with arms aloft, climbing a staircase to the clouds. "How can you come to a compromise so you, say, agree to close half the pits that were threatened? Labours Lord Gilbert hailed Lady Thatchers good fortune in facing Mr Scargill. Even his own union are up in arms at the purchase. The comments below have been moderated in advance. He contested twice, in the 1997 general election, as well as the 2001 general election. So what is Arthur Scargill's salary per year? [56], In July 2021 he spoke at the Rebel Town Festival in Jarrow. Hanging on a door facing the back garden is a fluorescent jacket. 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. Arthur Scargill's life path number is 6 Life Path Number 6 represent 'The Nurturer'. [14], Scargill was a very vocal opponent of Thatcher's Conservative government, frequently appearing on television to attack it. On his first day, he was horrified to see the working conditions. "Well, you've knocked on my door," he says. He felt the need to fight for changes in the capitalist society, and vowed that he would work towards making the world more equitable. ", Howell, David, et al. In 2016 it was reported that the grandfather of two was living in a three-bedroom detached country house in Yorkshire owned by his. From an early age, Arthur used to read books such as The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, where he learnt about starvation and injustice as well as courage as well as nobility of the working classes. "We're going backwards, aren't we?" 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). Baroness Thatcher was very lucky,' he said. I've always said that if Arthur can no longer control the NUM, he'll try and destroy it. 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. I think we should be told. Scargill had, before becoming president, favoured moving the head office of the NUM out of London, which he described as a "prostituting place". Copyright 2023 Farlex, Inc. |
"He's estranged from his ex-wife. It is only after I leave the NUM's HQ for the last time that one striking fact hits home. I don't know how far he's got. 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. The strike ended on 3 March 1985 following an NUM vote to return to work. 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. Privacy policy |
A secret record is kept of the time at which all workers arrive and leave each day. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. : A Review of Literature on the 1984/5 Miners' Strike.". Scargill had condemned the killing at the time. "But we've had to move to new premises. We've got food banks now, but they're doing clothing banks for children and babies as well.". I thought: 'Well I've got to do it.' Scargill, along with veteran left-wing Labour MP Tony Benn, campaigned to free strikers Russell Shankland and Dean Hancock from prison. Staff members suddenly taken ill, or with long-standing medical appointments, require his personal consent to be absent from the office. [37] Scargill reached an agreement to repay money to the NUM shortly after this. I hate all women. Arthur Scargill celebrated that he had outlived his old foe Lady Thatcher when he heard of her death, it was revealed last night. 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. He went on to be elected president of the NUM from. Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis, dies at . "It's so hypocritical it's unreal," he said. Among those matters, he says, is Scargill's attempt to use Right to Buy,and the NUM's claim that Scargill somehow managed to buy his current house when he was not being paid by the union. He belonged to a poor family, who lived in a house with neither electricity nor plumbing. His father, Harold, was a miner and a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Punnies always start Monday with a smile. Mr Scargill replied simply: 'Scargill Alive! 'No.' I've always said that if Arthur can no longer control the NUM, he'll try and destroy it. 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. Scargill, the former militant leader of. He claimed that the government had a long-term strategy to destroy the industry by closing unprofitable pits, and that it listed pits it wanted to close each year. In 1973, Scargill was elected to the full-time post of compensation agent in the Yorkshire NUM. His first point was that he is not an accountant (I got that wrong) but an engineer by training and that he has worked in the airline industry all his life. 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. He stood as an independent communist, as he had never joined the Communist Party formally. 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. 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. 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. 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. He says union of Mineworkers ( NUM ) 'Well I 've got to it... 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