Scargill subsequently decided to move to Sheffield, and said that he had spoken to each member of staff to ask them to move to Sheffield. Airport staff at Leeds-Bradford Airport identified Scargill attempting to travel under a false name (Arthur Fenn) wearing a disguise on 20 July, and turned him away to purchase a genuine ticket with his true identity. Im shocked.. ", R.R. They still pay 3,500 a year towards the upkeep of his Yorkshire home as they believed it was his main home. [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. 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. Lady Thatchers victories over Mr Scargill in the miners strike and Argentine dictator General Galtieri in the Falklands war were hailed by her supporters as the two key moments of her premiership when they paid tribute in Parliament on Wednesday. "We're going backwards, aren't we?" 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. Its energy is that of Mother Gaia. Arthur Scargill, the son and grandson of coal miners, was born in Worsborough, South Yorkshire, in 1938. The political power of the NUM and of most British trade unions was severely reduced. . 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. . Coles worker fights a woman allegedly trying to steal groceries, Motorists slowly drive down snowy hill in treacherous conditions. Scargills trickery and hypocrisy coupled with the startling revelation that Labours Shadow minister for preventing violence Sarah Champion was arrested and put in a police cell accused of assault after a violent row with her husband back in 2007 and you can see Socialisms mantra is simple: Do as I say not as I do. Many of us started in the 1950s in the Young Communist League. Lord Tebbit, one of Lady Thatchers closest allies, said: The trades union generals had brought down Ted Heaths Government. Mention of him draws a quick response. [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. We've got food banks now, but they're doing clothing banks for children and babies as well.". A PEACOCKING manchild lingering where the money is. Arthur Scargill is now 76. 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. Mr Logan, 42, is now business manager at the Ashville Medical Centre, in Barnsley, where Dr Scargill works as a GP. "I'm just curious as to why some of the stuff we're finding out and bringing to light wasn't brought to light years ago," he says. "Five years ago, when I first started, if we got 30 or 40, we thought we'd got a lot," she says. To his detractors, by contrast, the fact that he understood what was at stake is no excuse for a series of elemental mistakes that sealed his union's fate and marked a huge turning point in postwar history. He also had an important role in the `Battle of Saltley Gate, that closed Birmingham`s Saltley coke depot. [22][23], Many found Scargill inspiring; many others found him frankly scary. Scargill and his wife Anne, herself a miner's daughter and an active organizer of miners' groups, had one daughter, Margaret. But apparently not. After his return to Britain, he joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. [56], In July 2021 he spoke at the Rebel Town Festival in Jarrow. Scargill remains its leader, which may account for its lamentably low profile; after all, if your figurehead is also a media recluse, the world may not be yours for the taking. It just said: 'Thatcher dead.' What I infer from that, I tell him, is that he believes the secret services deliberately turned a blind eye to some aspects of Scargill's 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 did not. 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. 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. McIlroy, J. The one who very secretly tried for two decades to buy a council flat in Londons fashionable Barbican so he could pocket a fortune. [18], Miners were split between those who supported the strike and those who opposed it (see Union of Democratic Mineworkers). My mother was strictly non-political. He very, very rarely came home, 'cos he was always in the offices or organising things. In the 1981 election for NUM president, Scargill secured around 70% of the vote. If you were on the minimum wage it would take 100 years to earn the 1,500,000 you needed to buy that flat. Its the next paragraph I found most interesting. He did not take the Eleven-Plus exam and went to Worsbrough Dale School (now called the Elmhirst School). They need this like a hole in the head', They expected, particularly Master Scargill, to bring down her Government, too. I drove the picket bus. Prince Albert of Monaco is the first Euro monarch to confirm he and his wife Keep calm and carry on! It was all or nothing. Arthur Scargill, I ask you. [57] Scargill supported the 2022 United Kingdom railway strike, joining an RMT picket line in Wakefield on 21 June 2022. Chris Kitchen said: "I would say it's time to walk away, Mr Scargill. 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?) 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. They divorced in 2001. ", ITN, he claims, offered Scargill 7,000 for a five-minute interview. By 1984 however the police were ready and neutralized the tactic with superior force. The following year, he also became a member of the Labour Party. In 2014, it was reported that Scargill had become a recluse. Who is Arthur Scargill? He was succeeded by Ian Lavery. The judge, Sir SydneyTempleman held that it was unfair that Scargill was on the appeal panel in the NUM for journalists being disciplined for appearing as witnesses against a libel action by Scargill himself. "[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. 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. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. I had a job at the Co-op. In Grimethorpe, 100% of the miners were on strike. 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. [14], The vast majority of head-office staff took redundancy rather than move to Sheffield. "Goodbye to all that? (2004) "Al Richardson (19412003): An Appreciation", David Howell, et al. [37], The South Wales area leader, Des Dutfield, moved that Scargill should stand down and face re-election, but the motion was defeated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Most viewed. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Wilsher, Peter, Donald Macintyre, and Michael CE Jones, eds. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/arthur-scargill-50638.php. 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 his closest associates is Ken Capstick, 73, who lives 20 minutes' drive from Barnsley in a quiet corner of Wakefield. But I can't promise you there'll be any chance of an interview.' The couple plan to marry later this year. The two men had been convicted of the murder of David Wilkie, a taxi driver, by throwing a block of concrete from a bridge onto his car. 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. His father, Harold, was a miner and a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. he council chamber at the Barnsley HQ of theNational Union of Mineworkers is a jaw-dropping sight: a huge, oak-panelled room, draped with banners that were once kept at collieries across Yorkshire and beyond. That house sits on the edge of Worsbrough, close to the pit village where Scargill was born. The strike ended on 3 March 1985 following an NUM vote to return to work. And with that, not for the first time, Arthur Scargill retreats, inside. He studied security videotapes and saw Mrs Scargill sneaking along a corridor with a tube of glue in her hands. 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. 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. First, I ring the bell, to no avail, then usea door knocker in the shape of a miner's lamp. He also represented the Barnsley Co-op at Cooperative congresses. IN Fridays column I was critical of my British Airways flight to New York where both the food and service were poor. I receive no reply. 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. ", "It's Thatcher's legacy, isn't it?" But my father never forced me to be involved in politics at all.[5]. "It was Thatcher's legislation, actually giving council tenants the right to buy their own houses. 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. He had been a Communist and retained strong Marxist views and a penchant for denouncing anyone who disagreed with him as a traitor Scargill had indeed been elected by a vast margin and he set about turning the NUM's once moderate executive into a reliably militant group By adopting a position that no pits should be closed on economic grounds, even if the coal was exhausted more investment would always find more coal, and from his point of view, the losses were irrelevant he made sure confrontation would not be avoided. We got 111. Three decades on from 1984, Kitchen says there are many aspects of the strike and its aftermath that have yet to be thrashed out in public: the precise details of what the Thatcher government were up to, the horrific police violence seen at the Orgreave coking plant, the involvement of MI5 and some matters relating to Arthur Scargill. 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"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. Scargill's girl to wed pit axeman; Doc Margaret falls for 'enemy'. Harper married Arthur Scargill, who was also an elected member of the Trade Union branch committee at Woolley Colliery, at Gawber Parish Church on 16 September 1961. Scargill was divorced from his activist wife Anne in 2001. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian, Chris Kitchen, general secretary of the NUM, at the union's headquarters in Barnsley. The NUM's general secretary is 47-year-old Chris Kitchen. His mother, Alice (ne Pickering), was a professional cook. However, in 1979, the Conservatives were able to win again under Margaret Thatcher, and destroy the majority of the Labour Party. Arthur Scargill was born in England, United Kingdom on Tuesday, January 11, 1938 (Silent Generation). He played a significant role in the unofficial strike of UK miners in 1969. There, he met Russian leaders such as Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev. Some strikers also believed the strike was against the constitution and denounced Scargill. Was it an investment by her so she cleans up when he dies? On his first day, he was horrified to see the working conditions. She queried it and as a loyalty bonus they reduced to 655. Arthur Scargill at a mass rally in 1984, during his time as NUM leader (PA) Margaret Thatcher: . "They asked me to relay that to him. "He's estranged from his ex-wife. Shankland's and Hancock's life sentences for murder were reduced to eight years for manslaughter on appeal. Scargill joined the Labour Party in 1962. He injured himself acouple of years ago playing penalty shoot-out with his grandkids. Self defense expert shares live-saving hacks for evading ALL kinds of attacks - from cutting Do not sell or share my personal information. [14], Scargill was a very vocal opponent of Thatcher's Conservative government, frequently appearing on television to attack it. The names of all incoming telephone callers are recorded on a central log. ", Howell, David, et al. "It's sad to be inthis position. But one name is missing: that of Scargill's ex-husband, who will forever be synonymous with the events of 1984 and 85, but has seemingly resolved to sit through the anniversary in silence. Just to hammer the point home, it was in block capitals: "SCARGILL ALIVE! Photograph: Don Mcphee for the Guardian. Allies of Scargill counter that there is a clear and present danger that the funds will be misused, and as the union's membership shrinks, they want its handsome holdings to somehow be ploughed back into former mining communities. 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. 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. [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. But apparently not. He had no means of calling a strike in Yorkshire.[27]. 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. I've always said that if Arthur can no longer control the NUM, he'll try and destroy it. Cold, hard facts about how freezing winter weather can harm your health. He was on television all the time: a charismatic character. [31] There was much criticism of Scargill within the NUM from the Welsh and Scottish areas, who briefly considered splitting from the NUM. 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". 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. People have said things about him and his affairs, and it's only fair that he should be given a chance to respond. Its main image is of a solitary miner, with arms aloft, climbing a staircase to the clouds. Even Muslim groups think the idea is mad. The hidden ingredient in your supermarket loaf that might put you off bread for good. Loyal Anne Scargill, 57, has moved out of the couple's luxury pounds 200,000 bungalow. "[28] This was in the Prime Minister's rejection of Labour calls for an apology for government actions during the 19841985 miners' strike. "The gentleman was not for turning.". [37] Scargill reached an agreement to repay money to the NUM shortly after this. "And I tell you summat: when I come out of there, I thought to myself, 'Right they can't do owt any worse to me now. He also became known in the 1972 strike, where he was the spokesman for the Yorkshire miners. In 2012, the flat was valued at 1,500,000, and had 24/7 access to concierge services. 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. David Wilkie, who died instantly, leaving behind a 2 year old daughter and his pregnant fiancee who gave birth 6 weeks later. Kitchen has said he believes Scargill is out to destroy the NUM. . After the miners' strike in 1984, there were accusations that Arthur Scargill had misappropriated National Union of Mineworkers funds and that money which sh. Frederik White with his wife Jennifer and 16-month-old daughter Nicky. 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. Here as elsewhere in post-industrial Yorkshire, the surrounding landscape attests to what arrived instead. ", There follows the most illustrative of anecdotes. The fight was a political one, as well. Their life sentences were eventually reduced to eight years. Dr Margaret Scargill has announced her plans to marry former Grimethorpe Colliery under-manager James Logan. And I got a reply." 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