An email came back: 'No.' 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. ", She then shoots me a look. 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. There's more to this new Arthur Scargill chic than mere fashion nostalgia. They need this like a hole in the head.. And as Iwas in the area, it would be remiss of me not to knock on his door. ', Mr Scargill replied simply: Scargill Alive!. In 1973, Scargill was elected to the full-time post of compensation agent in the Yorkshire NUM. They were released from prison in November 1989. 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. [53] He was not attending any of the events to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the 1984 strike at the NUM. 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. offers Cook. "Goodbye to all that? Beaming Queen Consort Camilla visits the University of Aberdeen as she returns to Take note, Prince Harry! 'We now have a situation where the government and the establishment have a funeral on their hands which they wish they didnt have. Scargill had condemned the killing at the time. Who is Arthur Scargill? View our online Press Pack. I cannot find parliamentary language to use to describe Arthur Scargill.. Those are great saving stories. 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. Loyal Anne Scargill, 57, has moved out of the couple's luxury pounds 200,000 bungalow. says Scargill. It was all or nothing. IN Fridays column I was critical of my British Airways flight to New York where both the food and service were poor. One of them is from the nearby Wombwell Main pit, and tells its own story. So that was my initial introduction into socialism and into political militancy. Hundreds of strikers were arrested, including Scargill and his wife. Arthur Scargill is now 76. They said: 'How about 15,000?' Princess Royal honours Team GB curling stars and Scottish police chief at Palace of Peter Andre launches scathing attack on Prince Harry as he says Duke of Sussex is 'publicly trashing his Heartbreak for Kate: Auschwitz survivor Zigi Shipper, who dedicated his life to educating on the horrors of Charles's first royal RSVP! There, he met Russian leaders such as Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev. [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. 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. Does she think she ever will talk about him? 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. Does that include him? 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. 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. ", ITN, he claims, offered Scargill 7,000 for a five-minute interview. "One day last year, I was talking to him on the phone. This page was last edited on 12 January 2023, at 23:47. Soon, he also made his first attempt to win political office in a local council election, though he was defeated. 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. SCARGILL'S GIRL TO WED MAN WHO SHUT LAST PIT; Mum-in-law's office attack. And I got a reply." [34] Scargill accepted Lightman's statement that many of his actions suffered from a lack of professional advice, which he was unwilling to be bound by. The daughter of National Union of Mineworkers' president Arthur Scargill is to marry the man who helped close down the last pit in the NUM's South Yorkshire heartland, it was disclosed yesterday. The NUM is not your personal bank account and never will be again. So how is he? 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. Joining the NUM at the age of 19 in 1957, Scargill was one of its leading activists by the late 1960s. 10 Dec 2012. [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. I sent a message it was 10,000. Scargill must be very proud that his campaigning had the convictions downgraded to manslaughter and both men released from prison in November 1989. . 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. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. 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. Their life sentences were eventually reduced to eight years. You've been found out. And did we win that? He became a member of the Woolley NUM Branch Committee, in 1961. My father was a Communist. Even his own union are up in arms at the purchase. Chris Kitchen said: "I would say it's time to walk away, Mr Scargill. So does his son-in-law. It's Mr (coffee) Bean! It was a major political victory for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party. The sneak has tried to pocket a smallfortune while proclaiming to be the great fighter against the evils of capitalism and the elite. "Five years ago, when I first started, if we got 30 or 40, we thought we'd got a lot," she says. [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. We now have a situation where the government and the establishment have a funeral on their hands which they wish they didnt have. 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". He tells me he's writing a book. "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. Hair salon in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester Hairess, Driving school in Worcester Jules Control. Shankland's and Hancock's life sentences for murder were reduced to eight years for manslaughter on appeal. In May 2009, he was a candidate for the Socialist Labour Party for one of London's seats in the European Parliament. [3] Just to hammer the point home, it was in block capitals: "SCARGILL ALIVE! They still pay 3,500 a year towards the upkeep of his Yorkshire home as they believed it was his main home. 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. Let them eat cake! ARE our chief constables going quite potty? He did not take the Eleven-Plus exam and went to Worsbrough Dale School (now called the Elmhirst School). [35] Negotiations between Scargill and the NUM took place in France. 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". 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. And then there is the real Arthur Scargill. The NUM's general secretary is 47-year-old Chris Kitchen. . [3] The couple had a daughter together, Margaret Scargill, in 1962 who is now a practicing GP. I thought: 'Well I've got to do it.' The Yorkshire native is the son of a miner, who. Arthur Scargill wins 13,000 damages from National Union of Mineworkers. In the 2001 general election, he ran against Peter Mandelson in Hartlepool. The comments below have been moderated in advance. [8], Scargill was a leader of the unofficial strike in 1969, which began in Yorkshire and spread across the country. Do send more to kelvin@the-sun.co.uk. "The gentleman was not for turning.". Exciting, witty Arthur Scargill brought coalmining to a close in Britain far faster than would have happened had the NUM been led by some prevaricating, dreary old-style union hack. ", "It's Thatcher's legacy, isn't it?" 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?) Lord Tebbit, one of Lady Thatchers closest allies, said: The trades union generals had brought down Ted Heaths Government. Arthur Scargill is a Capricorn and was born in The Year of the Tiger Life. 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. He was on television all the time: a charismatic character. The NUM says the money is being used to defend what remains of the coal industry and help both its members and former miners. 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. [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 always those lower down who are suffering. 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. "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. "Goodbye to all that? Like me you wont have heard of Ms Tandoh since she last appeared in the show a couple of years back and the only reason she would have made any impression was a suggestion she was flirting with Mr Hollywood. In time he and his family moved to a more comfortable, modern home in the town where he grew up. 'To say that is in no way to diminish her achievements and accomplishments. Scargill was the only child of his parents. "[44] However, in December 2012, Scargill lost a similar case concerning rent on his flat in the Barbican, London. Coles worker fights a woman allegedly trying to steal groceries, Motorists slowly drive down snowy hill in treacherous conditions. It was a defining moment in British industrial relations, and its defeat significantly weakened the trade union movement. The political power of the NUM and of most British trade unions was severely reduced. Though he continued his work as a miner, he also studied various subjects including economics, social history and industrial relations. 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". 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. [37], The South Wales area leader, Des Dutfield, moved that Scargill should stand down and face re-election, but the motion was defeated. "They asked me to relay that to him. "It's sad to be inthis position. 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. [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. 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. HAVING just been charged 349.20 to replace a rear brake light unit on my Mercedes ML 250. He listens to all this with an air of mild amusement. 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?] 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. But his victory is in the struggle itself. [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. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. 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. A former Labour Party member, Scargill is now leader of the Socialist Labour Party (SLP), founded by him in 1996. And this is why. He stepped down from leadership of the NUM at the end of July 2002, to become the honorary president. 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. 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. One of them is from the nearby Wombwell Main pit, and tells its own story. The strike ended on 3 March 1985 following an NUM vote to return to work. But apparently not. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. 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. Here as elsewhere in post-industrial Yorkshire, the surrounding landscape attests to what arrived instead. He is best known for leading the UK miners' strike (1984-85), a major event in the history of the British labour movement. I had a job at the Co-op. [18], Miners were split between those who supported the strike and those who opposed it (see Union of Democratic Mineworkers). 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. In Grimethorpe, 100% of the miners were on strike. Frederik White with his wife Jennifer and 16-month-old daughter Nicky. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian, Chris Kitchen, general secretary of the NUM, at the union's headquarters in Barnsley. Most viewed. Is it time Harry & Meghan accept Clarkson's apology and move on? Scargill, the former militant leader of. He arrived at the colliery to find he could not get into his office because someone had super-glued the door shut. 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. "How can you come to a compromise so you, say, agree to close half the pits that were threatened? Thats what right-to-buy did for ordinary people. So I knew Arthur didn't know. They divorced in 2001. David Wilkie, who died instantly, leaving behind a 2 year old daughter and his pregnant fiancee who gave birth 6 weeks later. The Enemy Within", Verso 2014. Some historians have provided interpretations and explanations of the defeat. He also represented the Barnsley Co-op at Cooperative congresses. Back in 1993 he first tried to acquire the flat under Margaret Thatchers right-to-buy scheme. "Yes. Well, he is, indispatches [laughs].". Arthur Scargill soon got a response from a representative of The Daily Worker, who persuaded him to join the Young Communist League of Britain. Several dispirited strikers decided to return to work after around a year, and the strike ended in a failure. The secretary at this time was a very good friend of mine called Jimmy Reid, and we're still close friends. 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". Privacy policy | He stood as an independent communist, as he had never joined the Communist Party formally. "We're going backwards, aren't we?" 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. 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. Baroness Thatcher was very lucky,' he said. He did not. Arthur Scargill at a mass rally in 1984, during his time as NUM leader (PA) Margaret Thatcher: . [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! People have said things about him and his affairs, and it's only fair that he should be given a chance to respond. 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. "It's strange, because Arthur was a media person. The 84-year-old British politician has done well thus far! A smile. He was defeated on both occasions. However, by the time he grew up, the family was able to move to a better and more comfortable home. In a 1975 interview with New Left Review Scargill said: I was in the Young Communist League for about six or seven years and I became a member of its National Executive Committee responsible for industrial work. First, I ring the bell, to no avail, then usea door knocker in the shape of a miner's lamp. [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. [26], There is a prevailing view that Arthur Scargill, the NUM National President, called the strike. What can he tell me about Scargill's everyday life? But my father never forced me to be involved in politics at all.[5]. I receive no reply. [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. In the 1981 election for NUM president, Scargill secured around 70% of the vote. [36] In September 1990, the Certification Officer brought criminal charges against Scargill and Heathfield for wilfully neglecting to perform the union's duty to keep proper accounting records. Was it an investment by her so she cleans up when he dies? 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"If you've got a young lad at school and he's being bullied, and he comes out of school at the end of the day and the bully is waiting for him, to give him a good hiding the bully may be bigger than him, but he has a choice. 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.

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