Written authorization is required for the purchase of tea and coffee. We got 111. That violence strengthened the stature of the Coal Board and the Thatcher government. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/arthur-scargill-50638.php. They're all talking about the bedroom tax, and not being able to afford a good meal." The strike ended on 3 March 1985 following an NUM vote to return to work. Do send more to kelvin@the-sun.co.uk. says Scargill. 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. Just to hammer the point home, it was in block capitals: "SCARGILL ALIVE! Joining the NUM at the age of 19 in 1957, Scargill was one of its leading activists by the late 1960s. It's Mr (coffee) Bean! They're at it again! 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'. Arthur Scargill is a Capricorn and was born in The Year of the Tiger Life. He wouldn't say another word. 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. He left school in 1953 at fifteen years old to work as a coal miner at Woolley Colliery, where he worked for nineteen years.[2][3]. 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. Thereafter Scargill led the NUM through the 19841985 miners' strike. "Goodbye to all that? I were 42, me. By 1984 however the police were ready and neutralized the tactic with superior force. 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. But apparently not. I had a job at the Co-op. They made a final offer of 16,000." A smile. Many of us started in the 1950s in the Young Communist League. 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. 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. 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. "I've never, ever said owt. It began in Yorkshire, and eventually spread to the rest of the country. 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. 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). "It's sad to be inthis position. "He doesn't live lavishly, although he does like a glass of red wine. And then there is the real Arthur Scargill. Mr Scargill replied simply: 'Scargill Alive! This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. [54] He gave a rare television interview to ITV News at that time. "I am writing a book, but he'snot mentioned in it. He became a member of the Woolley NUM Branch Committee, in 1961. SCARGILL'S GIRL TO WED MAN WHO SHUT LAST PIT; Mum-in-law's office attack. In 1961, Scargill was elected a member of the Woolley NUM Branch Committee. So I sent an email, and the 7,000 was rejected. He was 17 at the time of the strike, and an active picketer, in Yorkshire and elsewhere. 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. [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. In 2012, the flat was valued at 1,500,000, and had 24/7 access to concierge services. The miners` strike of 1974 eventually brought down the Conservative government of Edward Heath. So they shouldn't think they've scared me. "I don't know what a deal would have been," he says. I've always said that if Arthur can no longer control the NUM, he'll try and destroy it. "How can you come to a compromise so you, say, agree to close half the pits that were threatened? But so far, Arthur Scargill is conspicuous by his absence. I think we should be told. The fight was a political one, as well. Some of the cash was provided by his daughter Dr Margaret Scargill. They came back to me, and said: 'We'll up it to 10,000.' I cannot find parliamentary language to use to describe Arthur Scargill.. 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. As the anniversary of the 1984 miners' strike approaches, its figurehead Arthur Scargill has become a recluse, at war with the current NUM leadership. Hero of the working classes, Arthur Scargill, has joined the Conservative Party after they allowed the opening of a new coal mine in Cumbria. He is 84 years old and is a Capricorn. [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". Hundreds of strikers were arrested, including Scargill and his wife. Its main image is of a solitary miner, with arms aloft, climbing a staircase to the clouds. [3] That's what I believe". Why should the leader of the Socialist Labour Party (a Corbyn ally naturally) be allowed to pocket a million? But my father never forced me to be involved in politics at all.[5]. [18], Miners were split between those who supported the strike and those who opposed it (see Union of Democratic Mineworkers). Arthur Scargill celebrated that he had outlived his old foe Lady Thatcher when he heard of her death, it was revealed last night. McIlroy, J. Arthur Scargill at a mass rally in 1984, during his time as NUM leader (PA) Margaret Thatcher: . It was alleged that, of the money donated from Libya, Scargill took 29,000 for his own bridging loan and 25,000 for his home in Yorkshire, but gave only 10,000 to the striking Nottinghamshire miners. He was responsible for leading two pivotal miners' strikes: one in 1937 and another in the mid-1980s. We did soup kitchens. Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }}, Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in, Please refresh your browser to be logged in, Extra 20% off selected fashion and sportswear at Very, 5 off first orders using this QVC discount code, Up to 20% off and extra perks with Booking.com Genius membership, 10% off all orders of 100+ and this Soak & Sleep discount code, Compare broadband packages side by side to find the best deal for you, Compare cheap broadband deals from providers with fastest speed in your area, All you need to know about fibre broadband, Best Apple iPhone Deals in the UK January 2023, Compare iPhone contract deals and get the best offer this January, Compare the best mobile phone deals from the top networks and brands. 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. [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. He was on television all the time: a charismatic character. 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. 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. He listens to all this with an air of mild amusement. 6 teaches true compassion and empathy. He felt that the Labour Party had betrayed the basic principles of the party`s constitution. 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. You've been found out. His father was also a loyal member of the Communist Party. View our online Press Pack. ", "It's Thatcher's legacy, isn't it?" To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. [52], The Guardian in February 2014 said that Scargill had become a recluse. "He's. "Don't you think I've done enough without him?". 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. [5] In 1957 he was elected NUM Yorkshire Area Youth Delegate, and attended the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow as a representative of the Yorkshire miners. Arthur Scargill celebrated that he had outlived his old foe Lady Thatcher when he heard of her death, it was revealed last night. Mr Logan, 42, is now business manager at the Ashville Medical Centre, in Barnsley, where Dr Scargill works as a GP. 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?) 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). The NUM's general secretary is 47-year-old Chris Kitchen. 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. [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. "One day last year, I was talking to him on the phone. 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. What can he tell me about Scargill's everyday life? Published: 23:21 GMT, 11 April 2013 | Updated: 01:49 GMT, 12 April 2013. We've got food banks now, but they're doing clothing banks for children and babies as well.". Darlington, "There is no alternative: Exploring the options in the 1984-5 miners' strike. [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! Beaming Queen Consort Camilla visits the University of Aberdeen as she returns to Take note, Prince Harry! Baroness Thatcher was very lucky,' he said. Several dispirited strikers decided to return to work after around a year, and the strike ended in a failure. "Yes. ARE our chief constables going quite potty? I sent a message it was 10,000. The doors to Parliament open to show Scargill's wife and daughter. He may still lose. The political power of the NUM and of most British trade unions was severely reduced. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. "There's definitely a disproportionate amount of time and money being spent fighting Arthur Scargill rather than looking after the members and protecting the union," he tells me. He was the representative of the Yorkshire miners. "He's OK," says Capstick. Does she think she ever will talk about him? IN Fridays column I was critical of my British Airways flight to New York where both the food and service were poor. Scargill was born in Worsbrough Dale near Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire. His eyes have sunk a little into his face; the voice is deeper and huskier than it once was. Soon, he also made his first attempt to win political office in a local council election, though he was defeated. They divorced in 2001. The strike began on 12 March 1984, and became known for being one of the most violent events in British labour history. One of them is from the nearby Wombwell Main pit, and tells its own story. [60][61], London Assembly elections (entire London city), "Scargill" redirects here. 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. 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. 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. It is now worth around 2million. A secret record is kept of the time at which all workers arrive and leave each day. His application was refused because the flat in the Barbican Estate's Shakespeare Tower was not Scargill's primary residence. In 1958, he attended the World Federation of Trade Unions youth congress in Prague. ", Howell, David, et al. I hate all women. Most viewed. Those are great saving stories. [38], Film director Ken Loach subsequently made "The Arthur Legend" as part of Channel 4's Dispatches series. That's what I believe.". ", Gildart, Keith. Meryl Streep is the invented wife of Arthur Scargill who believes his commitment to the miner's rights is straining their marriage and taking a toll on their daughter. Frederik White with his wife Jennifer and 16-month-old daughter Nicky. He stepped down from leadership of the NUM at the end of July 2002, to become the honorary president. Who is Arthur Scargill? 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. He then started working as a coal miner. 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. 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. I receive no reply. He very, very rarely came home, 'cos he was always in the offices or organising things. Many of the details are too complex and arcane to comprehensively explain, let alone understand, though some of what has emerged from all this tussling has been manna from heaven to those sections of the press who would have their readers believe that Scargill's reputation is beyond repair. Arthur Scargill, I ask you. In the 2001 general election, he ran against Peter Mandelson in Hartlepool. And as Iwas in the area, it would be remiss of me not to knock on his door. He had no means of calling a strike in Yorkshire.[27]. Arthur Scargill's name is on the list of union officials that adorns one wall, but that is it: among the banners, memorabilia and countless images of the strike, he is nowhere to be seen. Mr Scargill staged the nationwide walkout without holding a strike ballot, an omission which fatally undermined public support for the NUM. 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. His application was blocked at the time as it was not his primary residence. 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.. An email came back: 'No.' The names of all incoming telephone callers are recorded on a central log. [57] Scargill supported the 2022 United Kingdom railway strike, joining an RMT picket line in Wakefield on 21 June 2022. So that was my initial introduction into socialism and into political militancy. If you're out for a wage increase, you can cut a deal. IVE heard from Ron The Guvnor who on receiving his car renewal of 755 for his BMW an increase of 300 without a claim told his insurers they had a good chance of appearing in my column unless there was a reduction. Copyright 1998 Gale, Cengage Learning. His father, Harold, was a miner and a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. "In the strike, he were never at home We didn't spend much time together that year," she says. He is best known for leading the UK miners' strike (198485), a major event in the history of the British labour movement. 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. The secretary at this time was a very good friend of mine called Jimmy Reid, and we're still close friends. 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. All net worths are calculated by applying a proprietary algorithm. So how is he? If you were on the minimum wage it would take 100 years to earn the 1,500,000 you needed to buy that flat. 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?] [53], Scargill still occasionally gives interviews and makes appearances. Scargill led the union in the 19841985 miners' strike. I have since received an email from Alex Cruz, the chief executive and chairman of BA, apologising for my experience. Had he done the humble thing and walked away with what he were entitled to, his reputation would still be intact.". After his return to Britain, he joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. I think if it had been made public before then there'd have been a huge outcry. 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. Peter, Gibbon. I don't know how far he's got. He belonged to a poor family, who lived in a house with neither electricity nor plumbing. 'We now have a situation where the government and the establishment have a funeral on their hands which they wish they didnt have. He lost on both occasions, winning 2.4% of the vote in Hartlepool at the 2001 general election. Scargill was the only child of his parents. They had one daughter named Margaret. "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. The NUM is not your personal bank account and never will be again. [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". Scargill joined the organization in 1955, and within some months, he was able to become a member of the organization`s executive board. [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. Back in 1993 he first tried to acquire the flat under Margaret Thatchers right-to-buy scheme. When remembering this, she brims with the same rage she must have felt at the time. Though he continued his work as a miner, he also studied various subjects including economics, social history and industrial relations. [33], In July 1990, the NUM executive voted unanimously to sue Scargill and general secretary Peter Heathfield. [9] This performance strengthened his popularity with the Yorkshire miners. Arthur Scargill, the son and grandson of coal miners, was born in Worsborough, South Yorkshire, in 1938. (The Yorkshire Left had already decided to stand him as their candidate even before the strike.) He also represented the Barnsley Co-op at Cooperative congresses. . Arthur Scargill is now 76. 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. Some strikers also believed the strike was against the constitution and denounced Scargill. [14], The vast majority of head-office staff took redundancy rather than move to Sheffield. People have said things about him and his affairs, and it's only fair that he should be given a chance to respond. "[40] Scargill complained to the Advertising Standards Authority who criticised the advertisement as "highly distasteful". offers Cook. 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. In 2014, it was reported that Scargill had become a recluse. 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. Even if talent is thin on the ground could I suggest the Crime Commissioners of Leicestershire and West Midlands do us all a favour by throwing out their deranged Chief Constables. They brought down Jim Callaghans Government. Anne Scargill (left) and Betty Cook at the National Union of Mineworkers headquarters in Barnsley. He's also claimed that "many" people now believe that Scargill has turned out to be as bad as Margaret Thatcher. 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. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Labours Lord Gilbert hailed Lady Thatchers good fortune in facing Mr Scargill. 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. 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. "[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. Its energy is that of Mother Gaia. : A Review of Literature on the 1984/5 Miners' Strike.". Hanging on a door facing the back garden is a fluorescent jacket. Instead she went on aspokesmansaid.com and Axa covered her for 343, a saving of 424. [14], Scargill was a very vocal opponent of Thatcher's Conservative government, frequently appearing on television to attack it. [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. Thats what right-to-buy did for ordinary people. [17], The government announced on 6 March 1984 its intention to close 20 coal mines, revealing as well the plan in the long-term to close over 70 pits. All rights reserved. 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. 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. He was succeeded by Ian Lavery. Since 2010, Scargill has been battling its current leadership, on issues pertaining to Scargill himself, and matters relating to both the people now in charge of the union, and a small handful of miners who have tried to dislodge them. 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". Arthur Scargill was married to Anne Scargill, who is herself the daughter of a miner. Another column reader, Sandra from Pinner, North West London, was quoted 767 to renew her car insurance by Direct Line. [32] The documentary suggests that the claims against Scargill were untrue. ", 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? When the suggestion was put to Mr Cole, why didnt he say the idea was out of the question, not least because the public would want to see an officers face? The following year, he also became a member of the Labour Party. [14] The section under "staff procedures" details how Scargill monitored head office staff: Mr. Scargill's vendetta against Head Office staff has at times descended to the most puerile and paranoic [sic] levels. There aretwo security cameras fixed to the front wall, and all the blinds are closed. He took a part-time course as well at the University of Leeds. The strike started in Yorkshire, and he was not present at the delegate Council meeting in Barnsley. DESPITE all the weeping and wailing about Sports Direct, a little known fact is that Karen Byers, the head of ops and credited by founder Mike Ashley as the brains behind the company, started with the firm 25 years ago on. "Five years ago, when I first started, if we got 30 or 40, we thought we'd got a lot," she says. 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. having received a 500,000 discount. 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. Hair salon in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester Hairess, Driving school in Worcester Jules Control. "We're going backwards, aren't we?" Prince Albert of Monaco is the first Euro monarch to confirm he and his wife Keep calm and carry on! 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