The trade unions and the Labour Party... failed miserably. Instead of giving concrete support, and calling upon workers to take industrial action, they did nothing.
We will pave the way for a transformation and roll back the years of Thatcherism...We will turn economic ruin into economic recovery, and above all p… - Arthur Scargill
We will pave the way for a transformation and roll back the years of Thatcherism...We will turn economic ruin into economic recovery, and above all p…
- Arthur Scargill
Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a 24-hour st… - Arthur Scargill
Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a 24-hour st…
Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law. - Arthur Scargill
Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law.
You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very clear-cut socialist alternative … - Arthur Scargill
You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very clear-cut socialist alternative …
Only a fool wants a confrontation and only a fool wants a strike. - Arthur Scargill
Only a fool wants a confrontation and only a fool wants a strike.
I have never been an idealist - that implies you aren't going to achieve something. - Arthur Scargill
I have never been an idealist - that implies you aren't going to achieve something.
All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have. - Arthur Scargill
All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.
The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippi… - Arthur Scargill
The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippi…
I wouldn't vote for Ken Livingstone if he were running for mayor of Toytown. - Arthur Scargill
I wouldn't vote for Ken Livingstone if he were running for mayor of Toytown.
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