Page 70. Yet he was a decisive figure in the great strike of 1984-85. Page 22. 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. Accessed October 11, 2018. [5] Benn, Tony. The Truth of Nacods Shameful Sell-out. The Guardian. The Essay Writing ExpertsUK Essay Experts. I've always said that if Arthur can no longer control the NUM, he'll try and destroy it. January 07, 2000. Margaret Thatcher. Perhaps theyre embarrassed by this reminder of how the Stalinist and reformist left squandered the power and influence it once had in British politics. Margaret Thatcher: From Grocers Daughter to Iron Lady. National Archives: Margaret Thatcher Wanted to Crush Power of Trade Unions. The Guardian. Accessed January 06, 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/mar/07/arthur-scargill-miners-strike. "[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. (2004) "Al Richardson (19412003): An Appreciation", David Howell, et al. Another controversial action that Thatcher took was giving the police ultimate power during the strike. [38], Film director Ken Loach subsequently made "The Arthur Legend" as part of Channel 4's Dispatches series. Back in 1983 (even before the great miners strike) the forunner of Solidarity (Socialist Organiser) condemned Scargills attacks on the independent Polish union movement Solidarnosc, but also identified the root cause of Scargills tragic error (nationalism) and denounced the hypocrisy of many of his critics within the labour movement: Its no news that Scargill has a scandalous attitude to Solidarnosc. Atvery lease Mr Scargill was a leader of man and lead them unlike our current prime minister who couldn't lead a pack of sheep out of a field even though he resemble one. 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. Redirects and rewriting URLs are two very common directives found in a .htaccess file, and many scripts such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and Magento add directives to the .htaccess so those scripts can function. This varies by browser, if you do not see a box on your page with a red X try right clicking on the page, then select View Page Info, and goto the Media Tab. [1] Letwin, Shirley Robin. Many people blame him for the failure of Miner's Strike due to his poor leadership skills and bad judgement. 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. 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. 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. Read online at https://workersliberty.org/node/34498, Submitted by AWL on 18 September, 2019 - 11:48, Letters: Hands off Clara Zetkin and Rosa Luxemburg, Holodomor: the Ukrainian famine of 1932-33, Tubeworker (London Underground) (bulletin), Off the Rails (national rail workers) (bulletin), Off the Rails (national rail workers) (blog), Notts Off the Rails (Nottingham rail workers) (bulletin), On Guard (Sheffield rail workers) (bulletin). Harpercollins Publishers, 2012. [10] Still the Enemy Within (2014). IMDb. Page 164. Downing Street Years. Strike: When Britain Went to War. In Defence of Marxism. London: Verso, 2014. [43] Marr, Andrew. The View from No. Love him or hate him a lot that Mr Scargill and the Minors stood against in the1970/80s has now come to fruition, the uprise ofThatcherism,greed is good, stand on your neighbour to get a head! Just click. Therefore government preparations was definitely a factor in the failure of the miners strike but to what extent, can be argued. By not calling a National Ballot the strike rapidly gained support. Absolute nonsense on all accords above. It turned into a confrontation with the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher in which the miners' union was defeated. Darlington, "There is no alternative: Exploring the options in the 1984-5 miners' strike. [14], Scargill was a very vocal opponent of Thatcher's Conservative government, frequently appearing on television to attack it. Staff members suddenly taken ill, or with long-standing medical appointments, require his personal consent to be absent from the office. When working with WordPress, 404 Page Not Found errors can often occur when a new theme has been activated or when the rewrite rules in the .htaccess file have been altered. [6] Marr, Andrew. Would JD care to say why he writes in such a vindictive and aggressive style? Accessed October 10, 2018. https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/37592/How the Miners Strike could have won. We're here to answer any questions you have about our services. Page 57. Here you can choose which regional hub you wish to view, providing you with the most relevant information we have for your specific region. RewriteBase / 100 1 _ a . You may get a 404 error for images because you have Hot Link Protection turned on and the domain is not on the list of authorized domains. Nevertheless, this shows that the strike didnt fail from the lack of support in general, but rather the lack of support from key figures such as the Neil Kinnock from the Labour Party, as well as the Nottinghamshire miners who, if they had supported the miners, would have guaranteed a different outcome for the strike. 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. Downing Street Years. "Analysing the British miners' strike of 19845.". His post-1985 decision to try and build a political organisation the so-called Socialist Labour Party turned out to be a disaster and created nothing more than a pathetic, personal bandwagon which spluttered briefly before the wheels fell off. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Looking for a flexible role? [18], Miners were split between those who supported the strike and those who opposed it (see Union of Democratic Mineworkers). [13] Still the Enemy Within (2014). IMDb. His father, Harold, was a miner and a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. [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. London: Routledge, 2019. [29], In 1998, Scargill and his wife, Anne, separated.[30]. Scargill opposed civilian nuclear power and, during the first Wilson ministry, became highly critical of the government's energy policy. The miners had already built up a fearsome reputation as the shock troops for organised labour and during his time as leader of the Yorkshire coalfield, Mr Scargill had rarely been out of the news. 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. The Myth of Control: Created by Mikail Chowdhury, Sana Soni. When you have a missing image on your site you may see a box on your page with with a red X where the image is missing. He did not take the Eleven-Plus exam and went to Worsbrough Dale School (now called the Elmhirst School). [35] The Truth of Nacods Shameful Sell-out. The Guardian. Are you using WordPress? My Style of Government: The Thatcher Years. The strike gained momentum quickly and calling a ballot may have broken down this early support. "[44] However, in December 2012, Scargill lost a similar case concerning rent on his flat in the Barbican, London. [5] However, we have to keep in mind that Tony Benn opposed the radical restrictions put on the striking miners as he thought they were unfair. Scargill was born in Worsbrough Dale near Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire. In fact, other factors such as the governments intense preparations came into play. These days he only gets to speak at the crankiest of Stalinist events. . This is true as we know that Thatchers government backed down from a confrontation with the trade unions in its first parliament in 1979-83 as the government felt like it needed more time in order to stock pile coal in preparation for the next inevitable strike. [52], The Guardian in February 2014 said that Scargill had become a recluse. Still the Enemy Within (2014). IMDb. [53] He was not attending any of the events to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the 1984 strike at the NUM. Another important factor in the failure of the miners strike was Thatcher and her governments actions during the strike such as using the police force. 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. He is looking for socialism in one country, and since that is impossible he ends up with a recipe of capitalism in one country. Page 341. ", 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? If you have already uploaded the file then the name may be misspelled or it is in a different folder. [29] Thatcher, Margaret. Arthur Scargill: We Could Surrender or Stand and Fight. The Guardian. "Goodbye to all that? Which makes his present-day role (such as it is) in politics all the more tragic. Their support would have been vital if they were to win the strike; this is presented by Cabinet minutes which show that Thatchers priority was to settle the dock strike as quickly as possible in order to allow the government to concentrate on winning the miners strike[15]. 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 . Put the custom structure back if you had one. [24] Letwin, Shirley Robin. Right click on the X and choose Properties. Articles like the above, years later are actually a compliment to Arthur. 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. Accessed October 12, 2018. A lot of other people on the National Executive at that time went on and became very respectable Labour MPs in Parliament. 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