No plagiarism, guaranteed! That's what I believe". If not, correct the error or revert back to the previous version until your site works again. Accessed October 11, 2018. [35] The Truth of Nacods Shameful Sell-out. The Guardian. If it wasnt for Thatchers continued support for the Nottinghamshire miners, the strike would have had their support which may have been vital in the success of the strike. [43] In February 2012, Scargill won 13,000 in a court action against the NUM, primarily for car expenses, and for the earlier temporary denial of membership. : S.n., 1996. The union is known for leading the longest as well as the most violent miners` strike in the history of British history. Page 57. I really do not care what you think of Mr Scargill today, where elseis a man supposed to go after he was betrayed by the system and vilified by the media to agullible population, a media that was run by the government of the day. Harpercollins Publishers, 2012. [34] Wakefield, Arthur, and Brian Elliot. However, In , He was right. Many people also argue that the police werent as brutal as some other accounts made them out to be and that they were just doing their jobs in maintaining law and order. Harpercollins Publishers, 2012. March 10, 2004. Shankland's and Hancock's life sentences for murder were reduced to eight years for manslaughter on appeal. If you go to your temporary url (http://ip/~username/) and get this error, there maybe a problem with the rule set stored in an .htaccess file. A household name in the seventies and eighties, it was easy to imagine the strike as a personal conflict between Scargill and his nemesis, Margaret Thatcher. London: Routledge, 2019. 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. [22] Milne, Seumas. 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". Milne explains how the strike was a last-ditch fight to defend jobs, mining communities and the NUM itself against a government prepared to bring into play unlimited resources and its entire panoply of coercive powers as and where necessary to break the union and its backbone of support[22]. London, 1984. After the Miners were beaten into submission in 1984and the rest of uscheated and swindled by that government and successive government afterwards. [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. /index.php [L] A History of Modern Britain. 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. His policy alienated most of the Nottinghamshire miners, undermined his position with the leaders of the trade union movement, hurt the union's reputation in British public opinion, and led to violence along the picket line. [8] Beckett, Francis, and David Hencke. Happily, his saintly wife spent her time, during his period of madness, doing all she could to bring practical help and comfort to the hardest hit families. Yet he was a trade union leader who helped lead a strike that brought down a Tory government (1974) and correctly understood that Thatcher was out to smash the unions and that they needed to fight back. [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. Scargill, Arthur. [19] Morgan, Kenneth O.Britain since 1945: The Peoples Peace. : Univ. 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. I then thought of things rather differently. I think people would be astounded if they knew that."[42]. The strike of 1984 was covered in detail by the press. [4] UK | Politics | Head to Head: The Miners Strike. BBC News. Bone figurines of waterbirds made about 16,000 B. C., which were found in Mal'ta in Siberia, share the symbolism of the wild gander . He cannot resist pointing out parallels in all times and places. If anyone of them has any cause for complaint they are simply showing the door because they have no unions to speak for to stand up for the rights of any working man or woman in this country. "It's so hypocritical it's unreal," he said. Chris Kitchen said: "I would say it's time to walk away, Mr Scargill. 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. National Archives: Margaret Thatcher Wanted to Crush Power of Trade Unions. The Guardian. 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. [28] Travis, Alan. The Truth of Nacods Shameful Sell-out. The Guardian. S.l. For addon domains, the file must be in public_html/addondomain.com/example/Example/ and the names are case-sensitive. Right click on the X and choose Properties. It was a major political victory for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party. Lawson also takes the mainstream media view that everything Thatcher did during the strike was to maintain law and order. That violence strengthened the stature of the Coal Board and the Thatcher government. Arrow, 1994. 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. the myth of workers' control arthur scargill the myth of workers' control arthur scargill on October 1, 2021 on October 1, 2021 ", 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? It was not , and will not ever be the liberator of the working Class, but their oppressors. However, many people argue that there was a lot of support for the strike so therefore it couldnt have been such an important factor in its failure in 1985. The Miners Strike Day by Day: The Illustrated 1984-85 Diary of Yorkshire Miner Arthur Wakefield. See also V. L. Allen, The Militancy of the British Miners (1981); N. Hagger, Scargill the Stalinist (1984); and "What Drives Arthur Scargill?"The Sunday Times of London (July 15, 1984).. This is given credence by striking miner, Arthur Wakefield; This time the police go berserk and the Riot Squad charge up the field with the Calvary they turn to where we are standing peacefully picketing and start hitting whoever they come across[34]. BATTLE FOR BRITAIN; on the 25th Anniversary of the Miners Strike, NORMAN TEBBIT, Reveals Why He Believes Defeat Would Have Been the Death of Democracy.. However, it can be argued that the government limited its role in upholding law and order in a dispute between the NUM and the NCB. [29], In 1998, Scargill and his wife, Anne, separated.[30]. This article about a political figure is a stub. The judge Sir Sydney Templeman held that it was unlawful that union members were disciplined by the NUM disciplinary panel, which Scargill chaired, for appearing as witnesses testifying against Scargill in a libel case. 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. The 84/5 miners strike brought great hardship, but achieved nothing. However, one of the most important factors in the failure of the miners strike has to be the lack of support especially from the Nottinghamshire miners and the falling through of the NACODs strike. You've been found out. (2004) "Al Richardson (19412003): An Appreciation", David Howell, et al. RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L] The Enemy Within", Verso 2014. In January 2014, the Prime Minister, David Cameron stated, "I think if anyone needs to make an apology for their role in the miners' strike it should be Arthur Scargill for the appalling way that he led the union. 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. He lost on both occasions, winning 2.4% of the vote in Hartlepool at the 2001 general election. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions. Strike: When Britain Went to War. In Defence of Marxism. This is because had the NUM come out nationally in favour of the strike, Nottinghamshire area would have won permission for its own ballot and remained at work. Accessed October 10, 2018. https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/37592/How the Miners Strike could have won. ",confirmDelete: "Are you sure you want to delete this? Therefore, without support from key groups such as the Nottinghamshire miners and the dock workers, the striking miners were isolated which may have led to the failure of the strike itself. Put the custom structure back if you had one. Tony Benn. Wikipedia. Page 342. After the miners' strike in 1984, there were accusations that Arthur Scargill had misappropriated National Union of Mineworkers funds and that money which sh. This article, far from being full of lies, hit the nail, well and truly, on the head. This included Norman Tebbits radical reforms[39] as put by Tony Benn, who was newly elected to the mining seat and a clear supporter of the 1984-85 Miners strike[40]. His legacy is one of shame and ignominy. UK | Politics | Head to Head: The Miners Strike. BBC News. This page was last edited on 5 February 2023, at 23:36. Arthur Wakefield, a striking miner, presents the Marxist view that the failure of the strike couldnt have been down to the lack of support and instead must have been due to other factors. Beyond Service: State Workers, Public Policy, and the Prospects for Tous les rsultats Google Recherche de Livres». 100 1 _ a . His one man mission to bring down the elected government, for a second time, and destroy Thatcherism was not only not accomplished ,it only served to strengthen the Conservative Government and Thatchers dominance of the political landscape for over a decade. Page 473. [14], The vast majority of head-office staff took redundancy rather than move to Sheffield. [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. The students, lesbian and gay rights movements also supported the miners as they could relate to their struggle. Having read the above (barely, dont like reading lies) I felt the immediate need to respond, if anything to comfort myself. That is what we need to remember these days when we think of Scargill. of the other candidates claimed that they were given very little time to prepare. Scargill, Solidarity and Workers Revolutionary Party ( Book ) Margaret Thatcher, face aux mineurs : 1972-1985, treize annes qui ont chang l'Angleterre by Pierre-Franois Gouiffs ( Book ) Soup kitchens were set up to save miners and their families from starvation in nearly every small village[18]. So that was my initial introduction into socialism and into political militancy. The view that the failure to call a National Ballot, by Scargill, cost him valuable support is advocated by Shirley Letwin; Nor did he bother to abide by his own unions rules which required that a strike shall be entered upon as the result of a ballot vote of the members.[1] This led to the miners losing the support of many, including Labour Partys- Neil Kinnock, who felt emotionally disposed to support the miners but aware that it would be political suicide to do so[2]. "[28] This was in the Prime Minister's rejection of Labour calls for an apology for government actions during the 19841985 miners' strike. 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. Test your website to make sure your changes were successfully saved. According to the Morning Star Scargill said that every single MP who wants us to go back into Europe should be opposed. That would be the majority of Labour MPs, then, Arthur? Another controversial action that Thatcher took was giving the police ultimate power during the strike. [43] Marr, Andrew. Scargill won widespread applause for his response to the disaster at Lofthouse Colliery in Outwood, West Yorkshire, at which he accompanied the rescue teams underground and was on site for six days with the relatives of the seven deceased. Wilsher, Peter, Donald Macintyre, and Michael CE Jones, eds. 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. Historian, John Campbell, described the battle at Orgreave; They were beaten back by even greater numbers of mounted and heavily armoured police[41]. However, Thatcher, herself, has discredited this view saying He (Arthur Scargill) was making wild claims that the CEGB had only eight weeks of coal stocks. Scargill had, before becoming president, favoured moving the head office of the NUM out of London, which he described as a "prostituting place". In stories told since the strike, the president of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Arthur Scargill, is strangely absent. Assess the view that the main reason for the failure of the miners strike in 1984 was the leadership of Arthur Scargill. [35] Negotiations between Scargill and the NUM took place in France. (1983), Restructuring the employment relationship, Gallie, Duncan, Brexit: Labour movement debate, not talk with Tories! [19] The NUM had previously held three ballots on a national strike, all of which rejected the proposal: 55% voted against in January 1982, and 61% voted against in both October 1982 and March 1983.[20]. In pictures: Arthur Scargill's legacy Mr Scargill's election as NUM president in 1981 had an electrifying effect on the union movement. 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