2006-10-25 12:44:49 · 11 answers · asked by joseph m 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
after all arthur got his full pension how many miners got theirs.
2006-10-25 12:50:37 · update #1
The pity was it wasn't inevitable that the pits had to close. The miners did have to stop holding the country to ransom.
eg Saltley Gates (battle of)
Arthur Scargill got paid whether they were striking or not - the Miners didn't.
2006-10-25 13:29:44 · answer #1 · answered by LongJohns 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
rally 1:Arthur - Maggie is going to close the pits, lets strike!
:Miners - NO!
rally 2:Arthur - Maggie is going to close the pits, lets strike!
:Miners - NO!
rally 3:Arthur - Maggie is going to close the pits, and we want more money, lets strike!
:Miners - YES!
Strange how facts get lost after time, the just cause of saving mining jobs for the future was really over money!
2006-10-25 13:06:56 · answer #2 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wrong time that is all. Wrong time of year. The miners would have won if they had gone on strike at the right time of the year because they would have brought the country to it's knees.
Arthur wasn't wrong. But it was left too late.
2006-10-25 13:29:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who said it was a just cause? The people that suffered apart from the great British public were the miners and their families!
2006-10-25 12:48:17 · answer #4 · answered by english_rose10 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called capitalism. Arthur makes money off the labor of others. Not very American!
2006-10-25 12:47:36 · answer #5 · answered by Liberated Truth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He Never,Simple11111
2006-10-25 14:07:34 · answer #6 · answered by redjonjak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've NEVER met a poor union leader.
2006-10-25 12:53:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask him how much money he salted away in Mexico..for starters
2006-10-25 13:07:42 · answer #8 · answered by realdolby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to early for bedtime stories go away
2006-10-25 12:47:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
were you there?your st.maggie on the warpath
2006-10-25 13:22:08 · answer #10 · answered by redhand 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋