The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transform not merely an industrial situation and win an important battle for workers in struggle, but an opportunity to change the government of the day. – Arthur Scargill
All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have. – Arthur Scargill
Theres a feeling that strength is determined by the size of a union. That clearly is nonsense. – Arthur Scargill
The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, theyre quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain. – Arthur Scargill