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Re: The Miner's Strike - 25 years ago yesterday..
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Originally Posted by harmitage
Hmmm, certainly political, not sure if it was personal, I think he'd have acted the same with any Conservative Prime Minister hell bent on destroying his beloved mining industry, and thereby his power base.  |
Because, of course, Arthur was elected by the people of the UK to bring down the government (again, trying to repeat his actions in the 70's with Heath)?
To quote the Labour Leader (Neil Kinnock) at the time -
" The strike was ruined the minute it was politicised and in the mind of Arthur Scargill it was always a political struggle. He fed himself the political illusion that as long as the miners were united they had the right to destabilise and overthrow the democratically elected government. The miners didn't deserve him, they deserved much, much better. My view is Margaret Thatcher and Arthur Scargill deserved each other. But no-one else did."
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