Scargill house is home to an intentional christian community providing a holiday, conference and retreat centre. Was the british governments handling of the 19845 miners. The best work on scargill was michael crick, scargill and the miners 1985. The miners dispute began on 6 march after the head of the national coal board, ian mcgregor, announced plans to cut production, the equivalent of 20 pits or 20,000 jobs. Arthur scargill born january 11, 1938 was the leader of the national union of mineworkers num from 1981 to 2000 and is presently 2006 the leader of the socialist labour party. It was led by arthur scargill of the national union of mineworkers num against the national coal board ncb, a government agency. All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have. Below is the text of the speech made by arthur scargill, the then general secretary of the national union of mineworkers, to the 1984 num conference. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. In the book settling scores, nicholas jones, then the bbcs. Image caption arthur scargill was a working class hero to some miners in 1984. But you dont need this blog theres a way better way to do this in my latest entryread more. Margaret thatcher branded the leaders of the 198485 miners strike the enemy within. Join facebook to connect with paul scargill and others you may know.
The rise and fall of arthur scargill he rose to be the leader of a powerful political movement, but once defeated in 1984 arthur scargill s professional and personal life deteriorated. Mr scargill, 72, first came to prominence in the early 1970s, when he was involved in a mass picket at the saltley. When questioned by the media, scargill refused to condemn the violence, which he attributed to the hardship and frustration of pickets, 143 with the one exception being the killing of david wilkie. On the 20th of july 1984, thatcher gave a speech to the 1922 committee where she.
Impact of arthur scargill on the failure of the miners strike. The 1984 miners strike and the death of industrial britain. Orwell 2 the book follows winston smith as he secretly denounces the allpowerful government, big brother, and decides to live a daring life of scandals and secrets. The first reference to scargill was in the doomsday book of 1086 in which the place itself is mentioned. Release of mts private files for 1984 1 the coal strike.
Apr 15, 2015 was ian gilmour right to argue that the governments handling of the 19845 miners strike was brilliant. Perhaps because of this, the family moved to cambuslang in search of work, and it was here that mick went to school mick started work at age 14 at the gateside colliery. Margaret thatcher died aged 87, itn takes a detailed look at her biggest battle with arthur scargill and the national union of miners. Thatcher, scargill and the miners hardcover 5 sep 1985. Cowan v scargill high court april 1984 this case is an important pensions case.
Scargill said in december 1984 that those who returned to work after taking the ncbs incentives for strikebreaking should be treated as lost lambs rather than traitors. The miners strike is lost, they say, and scargills on the rocks. Ian clayton talks with arthur scargill on the occasion of arthurs 70th birthday. Arthur scargill has been found guilty of two charges of obstruction during a picket at a yorkshire coal works earlier this year. One of mine is an encounter with scargill after the march 1984 meeting in. Whether this decision was tactically sound is another issue, but it was not arthur scargill s decision to make. Aug 25, 2010 former national union of mineworkers president arthur scargill is told he no longer qualifies for full membership of the organisation. Below is the text of the speech made by arthur scargill, the then general secretary of the national union of mineworkers, to the 1985 num conference. In a book published by the national coal mining museum for england, david john douglass writes that scargills responsibility for the 1984 85 strike is often exaggerated. Arthur scargill 1984 num conference speech below is the text of the speech made by arthur scargill, the then general secretary of the national union of mineworkers, to the 1984 num conference. Scargill and the miners by michael crick goodreads. After a labour party conference speech on energy policy by richard marsh in july 1967, scargill said. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
They lived in the house scargill grew up in worsborough, south yorkshire. May 28, 2018 two extracts from a recently discovered interview with miners leader arthur scargill. On the 25th anniversary, arthur scargill gives his account of the miners strike. How scargill begged the kremlin to fund miners fight with. How the miners strike of 198485 changed britain for ever. The strike that rocked britain the pits have disappeared, the towns have changed beyond recognition. Shown above is a screenshot from a 1984 film version of the book. Mar, 2009 you only had to close your eyes and it was 1984 all over again. Below is the text of the speech made by arthur scargill, the then general secretary of the national union of mineworkers, to the 1984 num. It concerned a dispute over the investment of the assets of the mineworkers pension scheme the scheme. Michael crick born 21 may 1958 is an english journalist, author and broadcaster. Arthur scargill born january 11, 1938 was the leader of the national union of mineworkers num from 1981 to 2000 and is presently 2006 the leader of the socialist labour party, a political party he founded in 1996. Arthur talks movingly about the support of his parents, his early days as a trade unionist and about events of the.
Miners leader arthur scargill has ruled out a national ballot of miners on whether to continue their fiveweek strike. As the anniversary of the 1984 miners strike approaches, its figurehead arthur scargill has become a recluse, at war with the current num leadership. Thatcher, scargill and the miners paperback 1 sep 1985. It goes into scargill s relations with politicians and his fellow miners leaders, such as the redoubtable mick mcgahey. We can all make speeches, but at the end of the day we have got to stand up.
The population taken at the 2011 census was less than 100. However, during the 19845 miners strike both sides entered the fray unwilling to back down. This did not give him the right to try and overthrow a government that had been democratically elected by the british people living under scargill s regime would be akin to george orwells 1984. Arthur scargill born 11 january 1938 is a british trade unionist. Militant leader of the miners shamelessly uses thatchers righttobuy law to snap up his own. A novel, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel by english novelist george orwell. Shirley dent on how literature reflects the 1984 miners strike books. It is also the home of the script, noderedcontribbigtimer, espgo. Raspberry pi or similar with audio out, nodered and a little of your time. On june 1984 horses and riot police bludgeoned unarmed strikers. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.
In a book published by the national coal mining museum for england, david john douglass writes that scargill s responsibility for the 1984 85 strike is often exaggerated. Court fines scargill for obstruction arthur scargill has been found guilty of two charges of obstruction during a picket at a yorkshire coal works earlier this year. We are at war winning the war against scargillism, 18 september 1984. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Labour leader neil kinnock baron kinnock interviewed alistair burnet in this interview lord kinnock speaks about the coal miners crisis and the need for a national ballot. There is wear and creasing to the covers and the spine with bumping to the spine ends and curling to the corners. Scargill also cleverly manipulated the num rule book creating a serious. These are the facts, none of which are reported in this socalled comprehensive and definitive book on the strike. In a book published by the national coal mining museum for england, david john douglass writes that scargills responsibility for the 19845 strike is often exaggerated. His father, john mcgahey, worked in the mines at shotts, north lanarkshire when mick was born. Read through the blog entries, menuaccessible pages and archives if youre interested. Arthur scargill uses righttobuy law to snap up his own.
When george orwell penned his nowfamous dystopian novel, 1984 released 67 years ago it was intended as fiction. Womens fightback subscribe books pamphlets study guides archive audio video. Born in northampton, he was educated at manchester grammar school and new college, oxford, where he got a first class degree in philosophy, politics, and economics ppe. Mar 28, 2017 former miners leader arthur scargill claims brexit is a chance to rebuild the country and reopen coal mines and cotton mills speaking at an event for his socialist labour party in cardiff. A look at some of the ways george orwells 1984 has come. Scargill is a hamlet in the pennines of england, situated close to the river greta. Scargill vetoes national ballot on strike bbc news. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood. Scargill and his wife anne, herself a miners daughter and an active organizer of miners groups, had one daughter, margaret. Skillful negotiation is essential during any strike according to john richard hicks. The problem is that one can only trace the pattern of their dealings in outline the substance is frustratingly obscure. Scargill was in the chair and so did not speak for or against and of course did not vote.
After the election, scargill called for extraparliamentary action against the conservative government in a speech to the num conference in perth on 4 july 1983. Proud to follow arthur exminer john church champions the former president of the num and takes issue with francis beckett and david henckes history of the 1984 strike marching to the fault line. You only had to close your eyes and it was 1984 all over again. Mr scargill, 72, first came to prominence in the early 1970s, when he. We live in the northeast of england and also andalusia in spain. My facebook page follow me on twitter join my network petes online cv. This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work. With the publication of this book, the full irony of that accusation became clear.
But the nums historic battle did not begin in march 1984, as so many pundits claim. It has been thirty years since thatcher broke the miners. Arthur scargill s statements on the betrayal of brexit by the labour party and takis fotopoulos response 18. Thus spoke arthur scargill this weekend, reflecting on the national strike he called, as president of the num, 25 years ago today. Join facebook to connect with arthur scargill and others you may know. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Its smooth creamy paper, a little yellowed by age, was of a kind that had not been manufactured for at least forty years past. He could guess, however, that the book was much older than that. Unsurprisingly, given that while she repeatedly portrayed scargill as a. They were accused of embezzling monies to pay off their mortgages from donations made by libyan trade unionists during the 1984 85 miners strike.
Scargill vetoes national ballot on strike miners leader arthur scargill has ruled out a national ballot of miners on whether to continue their fiveweek strike. This is the uk website for peter and maureen scargill. The story was mostly written at barnhill, a farmhouse on the scottish island of jura, at times while orwell suffered from severe tuberculosis. A decade later, he led the union through the 198485 miners strike, a major event. There is a prevailing view that arthur scargill, the num national president, called the strike. May 11, 2016 updated 02012017 buffered, sdcached highquality humanlike speech working alongside sound effects for your iot project. Seumas milne revealed for the first time the astonishing lengths to which the government and its intelligence machine were prepared to go to.
Labour leader neil kinnock baron kinnock interviewed alistair burnet in this interview lord kinnock speaks about the coal miners crisis and the need for a national ballot and what is needed. Mr scargill, who is now retired but led the national union of mineworkers during the strike in 1984, has previously been accused of securing a secret slush fund from russia and colonel gaddafis. The miners strike of 198485 was a major industrial action to shut down the british coal industry in an attempt to prevent colliery closures. For a nostalgic and dignified backdrop to the miners strike watch pete postlewhaite in the acceptance speech in the albert hall in the final 10 minutes of the movie brassed off. The significance of the scargillkinnock row by chris marsden 23 march 2009 a bitter row between arthur scargill and neil kinnock has played itself out in the media and at rival public.
For the year of the strike, scargill s was a voice that you used to hear three or four times a day, every day. South yorkshire history miners strike audiovideo bbc. Mar 06, 2009 we could surrender or stand and fight. Assess the view that the main reason for the failure of the miners strike in 1984 was the leadership of arthur scargill. Arthur scargill wikipedias arthur scargill as translated. Conference meets this year following the longest, most bitter and possibly most savage national strike ever seen anywhere in the world. The failure of the miners strike in 1984 has been seen by many as the result of bad leadership of the head of the num, arthur scargill, the lack of support for the strike as well as giving credit to the governments preparations. According to the book, scargill does not even speak to his once tightlyknit family, who live near him in south yorkshire.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Seamus milnes book takes as its starting point the 1990 daily mirrorcook report scoop regarding arthur scargill and his national union of mineworkers associate peter heathfield. Powells rivers of blood speech, the media portrayed the scabs as heroes. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading reflections on arthur scargill. John was a founder member of the communist party of great britain and took an active part in the 1926 general strike. When i left the bbc in 2002, scargill gave a speech about me to.
Brexit means we can reopen mines and cotton mills scargill. Arthur scargill, miners leader and election challenger to former northern ireland secretary peter mandelson in hartlepool, yesterday launched the manifesto of his socialist labour party with a. Scargill house is home to an intentional christian community providing a holiday, conference. It has been thirty years since thatcher broke the miners strike. Updated 02012017 buffered, sdcached highquality humanlike speech working alongside sound effects for your iot project. In a book published by the national coal mining museum for england, david john douglass writes that scargills responsibility for the 198485 strike is often exaggerated. The building on scargill farm is all that remains of scargill castle. Jan 15, 2014 the rise and fall of arthur scargill he rose to be the leader of a powerful political movement, but once defeated in 1984 arthur scargill s professional and personal life deteriorated.
I agree that arthur scargill was democratically elected as leader by the miners voice of the north, april 2. The book goes into the scandal of the gadaffirussian money affair, the lightman inquiry and scargill s admission of teeming and ladling with num funds amounting to millions, of which his own executive was ignorant. Aug 25, 2010 image caption arthur scargill was a working class hero to some miners in 1984. Scargill about strike action and the need for a national. Arthur scargill biography, birth date, birth place and pictures. The official strike was called by president of the num arthur scargill on 12 march 1984.
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