All news on the topic: Arthur Scargill

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Ex-miner gives honest verdict on if strike that shocked the nation was worth it
Former mineworker Steve Tulley told the Mirror about his experiences during the Miners' Strike forty years on - and has reflected on whether the era-defining industrial action was 'worth it'
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Just like Margaret Thatcher, miners' wives were not for turning
When miners started being arrested on demos during 1984, their wives joined them and spoke of the cause around the country.
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Horrific new footage of Battle of Orgreave emerges 40 years after Miners' Strike
Channel 4’s three-part series also includes miners speaking on camera for the first time after suffering physical and mental scars at the Battle of Orgreave during the 1984 Miners’ Strike
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Passion and pain of miners' strike laid bare nearly 40 years on - by both sides
Robert Gildea, Emeritus Professor of Modern History at Oxford, spent years recording hundreds of “voices from the deep” across the former coalfields for a new book
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'The Tories must live up to their words with an inquiry into Orgreave'
They know what really happened that day in June 1985 at the height of the year-long miners’ strike. In 2016, then-Home Secretary Amber Rudd signalled her readiness for an inquiry
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Michael Duff's inspirational coal mine trip rousing Barnsley's promotion effort
Michael Duff was the first player to start in the Hellenic League and play in all eight tiers in ascending order before reaching the Premier League - now he's manager at League One Barnsley
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Mick Lynch warns rail staff could still be on strike this time next year
The boss of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union is working night and day on a settlement but ministers will not budge. And he says his members will not give in.