the truth of the matter is that the mining industry has been sucessfully run down by successive English governments, it has not been run down by atrhur scargill.
it is a foolish policy because every country should attempt to be self sufficient with raw materials, rather than importing them.the mining industry is not a perfect solution to our fuel needs, but in my opinion the nuclear industry is worse.
Joe Gormley who was a union traitor, he betrayed union meetings to the special branch, deliberately started a system which bypassed union members right to vote allowing executive leaders to make decisions, he also institued productivity deals which ensured that his masters the UK GOVERNMENT had large stockpiles of coal, a factor which was to contribute to the 1984 miners strike failing.
the miners strike failed for a number of reasons, one of those reasons was the policies of the traitor joe gormley.