According to Media reports whilst the lions (miners) where following the donkey (Scargill) he was ripping the miners off. Another court case looming over how he used funds.
Maggie picked the man for the fight and he did not disappoint, if he had had a second ballot, the TUC would have supported him but he refused as he knew best, IMHO both as bad as each other. If we continue into modern times governments in this country still treat the north of England with contempt, as a snap shot take a look at the Tour de France coming to Yorkshire see what the government thought about that.
Keith