Podcast appearances and mentions of Arthur Scargill

Former leader of the Labour party Neil Kinnock, Lord Kinnock, is the latest guest on Lord Speaker's Corner.‘I guess that's what gave me my politics basically. The idea that many people working together could produce and provide at the level of quality that would've been absolutely impossible for the individual or the family.' Lord Kinnock speaks about growing up in south Wales and what drew him to politics, his early years as an MP and the Labour party of the late 80s and early 90s. He also speaks about his regrets from his time as leader, plus how politics and public discourse has changed today: ‘I don't want deference. Deference is not part of my makeup and I don't want anybody else to show it. But respect, accommodation, compassion, those instincts are fundamental to human beings, and they're too often being discarded or suppressed.'Lord Kinnock also explains that he wished he had challenged the President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Arthur Scargill, more forcefully about the need to ballot its members: 'I told Scargill at the beginning of April 1984 that without a ballot, the strike would not succeed. And I said it publicly, I just wish that I'd said it more publicly (even), and repeatedly over the subsequent months as a way of simply telling the truth to men and their families who were showing superhuman loyalty to the cause and whose loyalty was being abused by someone who had a very peculiar, very odd interpretation of what he thought of as his socialist mission, which was misplaced and misleading and assisted in tragedy. I've said before that Scargill and Thatcher deserved each other. Nobody else did.'The former Labour leader also gives a rare insight into private discussions between himself and Shadow Chancellor John Smith in preparation for the 1992 general election. Watch or listen to the full episode to find out more.See more from the series https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/house-of-lords-podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

February 28, 1972. The 1972 UK Miners' Strike, led by Arthur Scargill, comes to an end. After six weeks of struggle, the miners secure a famous victory over Ted Heath's government, and a new force enters the British political arena. This episode originally aired in 2023.Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

There's lots of interviews online with Arthur Scargill that focus on his involvement in the miners strike. In this interview that pre-dates the strike John Kelly focuses on Arthur's formative years in Barnsley, his interests and influences away from the pit. This is the first time this interview has been shared online, it's from a recently digitised cassette tape from a Barnsley Archives collection. Recorded in 1983 for the Second Sight magazine created especially for the blind and partially sighted, we are currently working through the collection and will share more interviews in the near future. Download a transcript of the interview https://www.barnsley-museums.com/admin/downloads/1470

Rob is joined by the former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng for a candid discussion on UK politics, economics, and the future of money. Kwarteng talks to Rob about his brief but tumultuous tenure as Chancellor, the challenges facing the UK economy, and the potential disruptions in global finance. Kwasi Kwarteng REVEALS: The reasoning behind his controversial tax-cutting plans The challenges of managing public spending His thoughts on the welfare state The difficulties in balancing social needs with economic sustainability His concerns about the current Labour government's economic policies Why Prime Ministers have less power than ever The potential future shift from fiat money to cryptocurrencies The risks and challenges of being a public figure in politics His perspective on the importance of maintaining a life outside of politics and the value of self-awareness for successful individuals BEST MOMENTS "We remember, we have a memory of, we don't remember the seventies, but growing up in the eighties, the socialism, Arthur Scargill, all of this stuff. And we know a lot of young people don't know this, but a lot of people our age know what a socialist government, what socialist ideas mean." "I think disruption is really, you won't get progress without disruption because people would just stick around doing exactly what, you know, they've done for ages." "Countries that grow fast, be they in Southeast Asia, United States, across the world have generally lower taxes. The Baltic states, Estonia, places like that." "I'm an entrepreneur and virtually every entrepreneur I speak to is leaving or wanting to leave or planning to leave. Yeah. And I can see why they're doing that." VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team Episode Sponsor - AG1 Claim your exclusive offer of AG1 at the link below drinkag1.com/disruptors ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK's No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”   CONTACT METHOD Rob's official website: https://robmoore.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

The interviews in this episode were recorded on 12th May 1984 at a large Women Against Pit Closures rally at the Barnsley Civic Hall. The event was much larger than expected with an estimated 10,000 women travelling from all parts of the country to the event at the civic hall and had 40 speakers. You are about to hear speeches by Ann Hunter (chairperson of rally), Lorraine Hunter, two miners' wives from Nottinghamshire and Arthur Scargill. Interviews with Chris Hall (of Barnsley Women Against Pit Closures), various miners' wives, nurses from South Wales raining community, miners' wives from Wales, and Susan Sykes, miner's wife from Grimethorpe. Special thanks to Sheffield Archives for digitising the cassette and allowing us to make it available in this podcast.

VOLCANOES ARE AMAZING! We have a wonderful discussion of these monstrous embodiments of the contempt in which Mother Earth holds our pathetic travails. We also discuss the creative process, Bjork, cave paintings, Arthur Scargill, flaming sky orcas, the Bayeux Tapestry, the Tunguska Event, Trek Wars, and the Town Mangler. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second part of our look at Tom Baker's final season, we wax (appropriately) lyrical about Warrior's Gate, muse on the poor observation skills of the people of Traken, and mourn Aunty Vanessa (because someone has to). Jacob has issues with Traken as a moral fable, Ciarán ponders whether the Keeper is more Arthur Scargill or Ian Paisley, and we come to a distressing realisation about the inhabitants of Logopolis. Warrior's Gate: 0:35 The Keeper of Traken: 28:29 Logopolis: 46:00 Conclusions and rankings: 1:17:58 Twitter: @LotsPlanetsPod Email: lotsofplanets@gmail.com Theme Music: "Special Spotlight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

词汇提示1.comrades 同志战友2.paramilitary 准军事的3.blatantly 公然的4.tabloids 通俗小报5.dissemination 传播原文Arthur Scargill: ' Criticism of Tory Policies' (3)Not satisfied however with the most vicious anti-union legislation in the world, the Tories are currently introducing new measures which are so draconian they have staggered and brought forth opposition even from some traditional enemies of the trade-union movement.The steps taken against British trade unionism can probably only be compared with those taken against our German comrades by Hitler in the 1930s.If this new Tory legislation is left unchallenged, then civil liberties and human rights in Britain are in danger of being wiped out...As life in Britain becomes harder, as frustrations and tensions rise, the State must bring into play all the elements of its machinery in order to suppress any attempts to throw off its power.The police are used increasingly in paramilitary fashion.The judiciary use greater ruthlessness against any trade union that attempts to stand by its rules and constitution as the experience of the National Union of Mine workers over the past four years proves.The courts have dealt just as savagely with the Lambeth and Liverpool councillors who refused to betray the commitments made to their communities.Meanwhile the media, now quite openly under the control of international capitalists such as Murdoch and Maxwell, become even more blatantly the mouthpiece of Toryphilosophy.The British capitalist press can make no claim to either objectivity or integrity, whether through the gutter journalism of the tabloids, or the more restrained style of the so-called 'quality' papers; they both play a key role in the daily dissemination of lies and misinformation to the public.This is but an outline of the situation which today faces the British Labour and trade - union movement.The terrible irony about it is that whilst throughout our movement there is general agreement on the ravages of the Tory attack and agreement that it should be stopped – we have not united in an effective force to combat those ravages and challenge the system which has forced them on to our class.On the contrary! Rather than uniting to fight our common enemy, our movement has been diverted time and time again by internal attacks: attacks aimed,disgracefully, at the very sections which have fought so bravely to carry out Labour Party and TUC policies by battling to save jobs, industries, communities and services.Margaret Thatcher has been absolutely clear in recognizing her enemy - it is socialism and she has openly declared her intention of wiping it off the British agenda.翻译阿瑟·斯卡吉尔:“对保守党政策的批评”(3)然而，托利党对世界上最恶毒的反工会立法并不满意，他们目前正在引入新的严厉措施，这些措施令人震惊，甚至引起了工会运动的一些传统敌人的反对。对付英国工会主义的措施，大概只能与希特勒在20世纪30年代对付我们德国同志的措施相比。如果保守党的这项新立法不受挑战，那么英国的公民自由和人权就有被消灭的危险。随着英国人的生活变得越来越艰难，随着挫折和紧张局势的加剧，国家必须调动其机器的所有要素，以镇压任何推翻其权力的企图。警察越来越多地用于准军事用途。司法部门对任何试图遵守其规则和宪法的工会都更加无情，正如全国矿工工会过去四年的经验所证明的那样。法院对拒绝违背对社区承诺的兰贝斯和利物浦议员也同样粗暴。与此同时，媒体现在完全公开地受到默多克和麦克斯韦尔等国际资本家的控制，它们甚至更加公然地成为保守党哲学的喉舌。英国资本主义新闻界无论是通过小报的下流新闻，还是通过所谓的“优质”报纸的更克制的风格，都不能声称客观性或完整性;他们都在日常向公众传播谎言和错误信息方面发挥着关键作用。这只是今天英国劳工和工会运动所面临的情况的一个概要。可怕的讽刺之处在于，尽管在我们的整个运动中，人们普遍认为保守党的攻击造成了破坏，并一致认为应该停止这种破坏，但我们没有团结起来，形成一支有效的力量来对抗这些破坏，挑战把这些破坏强加给我们阶级的制度。恰恰相反!我们的运动非但没有团结起来对抗我们共同的敌人，反而一次又一次地被内部攻击所转移:这些攻击可耻地瞄准了那些勇敢地为执行工党和职工大会的政策而斗争的部门，这些部门为挽救就业、工业、社区和服务而斗争。玛格丽特·撒切尔(Margaret Thatcher)已经非常清楚地认识到她的敌人是社会主义，并公开宣布她打算把社会主义从英国的议程上抹去。

词汇提示1.deliberate 故意的2.collapse 崩溃3.inevitably 不可避免地4.savage 野蛮5.vacancy 空缺6.vicious 恶毒的原文Arthur Scargill: ' Criticism of Tory Policies' (2)We are indeed facing a deliberate political attack by Britain's ruling class.A war of attrition is being waged as capitalism, in a condition of acute crisis,lashes out with increasing ferocity to protect itself.The existence of this crisis is now clear for all to see.It has been exposed by the recent collapse of stock markets throughout the capitalist world, triggered off by the slide on Wall Street (which according to experts is the worst slump since 1929).This collapse will in my view lead inevitably to more hardship for the British people, with a massive increase in unemployment and reduced living standards as capitalism seeks once again to make working people pay for its pursuit of profit and power.The Tories have based their savage policies on an ideology called monetarism - it is this philosophy which has led to the virtual destruction of our manufacturing industries and in particular to the devastation of our coal, rail and steel industries.The steel industry has lost over 150,000 jobs, and the coal and rail industries have lost approximately 100,000 each within a period of eight years.Parts of our nation such as South Wales have been reduced to a lunar landscape as the Tories have systematically butchered our manufacturing and industrial infrastructure.In seeking to win that absolute control which it must have for even limited survival, the State through the Tory Government has introduced twin measures to destroy or render ineffective all those who oppose it.On the one hand, it has deliberately increased unemployment from just over one million to four and a half million in eight years creating as in the 1930s a situation where thirty to forty people pursue each job vacancy, driven by this emotional blackmail to increasing fear.At the same time, it has introduced vicious legal measures designed to render the British trade-union movement completely ineffective.Indeed,Margaret Thatcher has made it absolutely clear that she wants to wipe socialism off the agenda of British politics; to achieve this aim the Tories are determined also to wipe effective trade unionism off the industrial agenda.Since 1979, we have seen a whole range of anti-trade-union legislation - all of it designed to dismantle the gains achieved by trade unionists in more than a century of struggle.Today,the extent of this legislation is such that Britain's trade-union movement must now be regarded as one of the most oppressed in the world!Tory legislation has removed trade-union immunity, made secondary action including secondary picketing and mass picketing illegal, and rendered all trade unions vulnerable to legal actions which could result in their bankruptcy.Britain's trade unions have found themselves no longer free to determine their own policies in relation to industrial solidarity action.翻译阿瑟·斯卡吉尔:“对保守党政策的批评”(2)我们确实面临着英国统治阶级蓄意的政治攻击。一场消耗战正在展开，因为资本主义在严重危机的情况下，为了保护自己而越来越猛烈地出击。这场危机的存在现在是有目共睹的。最近整个资本主义世界的股票市场的崩溃已经暴露了这一点，这是由华尔街的下滑引发的(根据专家的说法，这是自1929年以来最严重的衰退)。在我看来，这种崩溃将不可避免地给英国人民带来更多的困难，失业率大幅上升，生活水平下降，因为资本主义再次寻求让劳动人民为其对利润和权力的追求付出代价。保守党将其野蛮的政策建立在一种叫做货币主义的意识形态上——正是这种哲学导致了我们制造业的实际破坏，尤其是对煤炭、铁路和钢铁工业的破坏。钢铁行业已经失去了超过15万个工作岗位，煤炭和铁路行业在八年内分别失去了大约10万个工作岗位。我们国家的部分地区，如南威尔士，已经沦为月球景观，因为保守党有系统地屠杀了我们的制造业和工业基础设施。为了争取哪怕是有限的生存所必需的绝对控制，国家通过托利党政府采取了两项措施来摧毁或使所有反对它的人无效。一方面，它故意在八年内将失业人数从100多万增加到450万，就像20世纪30年代那样造成了一个局面，在这种情绪勒索的驱使下，每个职位空缺都有30到40个人在竞争。与此同时，它还采取了恶毒的法律措施，旨在使英国工会运动完全无效。事实上，玛格丽特•撒切尔(Margaret Thatcher)已经非常明确地表示，她希望把社会主义从英国政治议程上抹去;为了实现这一目标，保守党还决心将有效的工会主义从工业议程中抹去。自1979年以来，我们看到了一系列反工会的立法——所有这些立法都是为了破坏工会主义者在一个多世纪的斗争中取得的成果。今天，这项立法的范围如此之大，以至于英国的工会运动现在必须被视为世界上最受压迫的运动之一!托利党立法取消了工会的豁免权，规定二级纠察和大规模纠察等二级行动为非法，并使所有工会容易受到可能导致其破产的法律诉讼。英国的工会已经发现，在工业团结行动方面，他们不再能够自由决定自己的政策。

词汇提示1.Tories 保守党2.utter 彻底的3.eroded 侵蚀4.devastation 破坏5.mortgage 抵押贷款6.derelic 废弃的7.vulnerable 脆弱的8.negotiating 谈判原文ArthurScargill: ' Criticism of Tory Policies' (1)Todayour nation, after eight years under the Tories, is on the brink of utter chaos,facing both social and economic collapse.Ourbasic industries have been butchered.Ourmanufacturing base has been eroded with hundreds of businesses, large andsmall, gone to the wall while the nation has become increasingly dependent onimported goods.Thehuman consequences of this industrial and economic devastation are terrible.Overeight million people struggle for survival on or below the poverty line andfour and a half million people are unemployed.Thousandsof families are homeless: the number of homeless families in Britain hasdoubled since 1978, while the enforced repossession of homesis at an all-time record because so many can no longer manage to maintainmortgage payments.Evenmore people, meanwhile, try to cope as best they can in derelict, oftendangerous dwellings - one and a quarter million homes are unfit to live in, whilehouse-building investment throughout Britain has been slashed by sixty per centsince 1979.Sicknessand ill health of all kinds are rampant, and they are made even more terribleby the crisis in the National Health Service and throughout the welfare system.TheTories have been utterly ruthless in their butchery of health and welfareprovisions.TheNHS, once the pride of our nation, has been reduced to a critical conditionthrough hospital closures, medical staff cutbacks, the lack and withdrawal ofresources and vital equipment, and the privatization of key services.Approximately700,000 people wait today for hospital treatment and an increasing number willnot receive that treatment before it is too late.Thousandsof people who are suffering from serious, often fatal diseases are being turnedaway through lack of hospital beds and staff.Oursocial services are faced with ever-increasing family and community problems asTory attacks take their toll, with children and old people among those mostvulnerable.Oureducation system is also in chaos, as students and teachers struggle againstyet more cutbacks, fewer resources - and for our youngsters it must seem oftena pointless exercise, with jobs, training and access to higher education becomingmore and more difficult to attain.Theirteachers meanwhile, like many other trade unionists, have had their negotiatingrights removed by the Government, and their commitment to teaching the nation'schildren treated with contempt.Thishas become a grim and desperate society - fulled by unemployment and its socialconsequences, frustration, rage and despair are rampant all around us.Moreand more people, I believe, are coming to see themselves as under attack - andthey are correct.翻译阿瑟·斯卡吉尔:“对保守党政策的批评”(1)今天，在保守党执政八年后，我们的国家正处于彻底混乱的边缘，面临着社会和经济的崩溃。我们的基础工业遭到了破坏。我们的制造业基础受到侵蚀，数以百计的大大小小的企业倒闭，而这个国家越来越依赖进口商品。这种工业和经济破坏对人类造成的后果是可怕的。800多万人在贫困线上或贫困线以下挣扎求生，450万人失业。成千上万的家庭无家可归:自1978年以来，英国无家可归家庭的数量翻了一番，而强制收回房屋的数量达到了历史最高水平，因为许多人无法再支付抵押贷款。与此同时，更多的人试图在废弃的，往往是危险的住房中尽可能地应对——125万套住房不适合居住，而自1979年以来，英国的住房建设投资已经削减了60%。各种各样的疾病和不健康状况都很严重，而国民医疗服务体系和整个福利体系的危机使它们变得更加可怕。托利党在削减医疗和福利方面一直非常无情。国民保健制度曾经是我们国家的骄傲，但由于医院关闭、医务人员裁减、资源和重要设备的缺乏和撤回以及关键服务的私有化，它已沦落到危急的境地。今天大约有70万人在等待医院治疗，越来越多的人得不到治疗，否则就为时已晚。由于缺乏医院床位和工作人员，成千上万患有严重、往往是致命疾病的人被拒之门外。由于保守党的攻击，我们的社会服务面临着越来越多的家庭和社区问题，儿童和老人是最脆弱的群体。我们的教育体系也陷入混乱，学生和教师都在努力应对更多的削减和更少的资源——对于我们的年轻人来说，这似乎是一项毫无意义的工作，工作、培训和接受高等教育的机会变得越来越难获得。与此同时，他们的教师像许多其他工会成员一样，被政府剥夺了谈判权利，他们对教育全国儿童的承诺受到蔑视。这已经变成了一个严峻而绝望的社会——充满了失业及其社会后果，挫折、愤怒和绝望在我们周围猖獗。我相信，越来越多的人开始觉得自己受到了攻击——他们是对的。

Lee Anderson began his political life as a member of Arthur Scargill's mineworkers union. He was a Labour councillor before joining the Conservatives and has now defected to Reform. Will voters follow the Ashfield MP on the latest leg of his political journey? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lee Anderson began his political life as a member of Arthur Scargill's mineworkers union. He was a Labour councillor before joining the Conservatives and has now defected to Reform. Will voters follow the Ashfield MP on the latest leg of his political journey? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this Moats, George Galloway MP gives his take on the unhinged Green Baerbock in Ramadan message blames Hamas for 112k casualties, and the other tone deaf western politicians. The red flag and the miners' strike 40 years on as the working class hero Arthur Scargill returns to Doncaster - the Pope tells Zelensky to hoist the white flag to spare more Ukrainian blood being shed in a war that should never have happened, a proxy war against Russia. "The US is planning to build a pier in Gaza is hokum! It won't be usable until most of the people are dead" says Journalist Rania Khalek. This pier pressure for aid is nonsense, open the gates to Gaza instead, which Biden could achieve with one phone call, saying, ‘Not one more dime or bullet'. The truth is Biden wholeheartedly and enthusiastically supports Israel's slaughter. Tadhg Hickey has become a major player in the social media battles that have taken place online in the past 5 months, his satire has become based around the cause for the people of Palestine. Has becoming a beacon for justice for the Palestinian people affected his career as an entertainer and what made him commit to the Gaza cause?Tadhg Hickey: Irish Comedian, Actor & Writer- Twitter: https://x.com/tadhghickey-Instagram: https://instagram.com/tadhghickeycml- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tadhg.hickey-YouTube: https://youtube.com/@MrTony2cues-Tiktok: @tadhghickeycmlRania Khalek: Journalist and host of Dispatches at BreakThrough News- Twitter: https://twitter.com/raniakhalek-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakThroughNews Get bonus content on Patreon Become a MOATS Graduate at https://plus.acast.com/s/moatswithgorgegalloway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Isn't it good to be back in the swing of things, back into the Daily Grind. Well here's another one: Shaun and Ben play hit American gameshow Jeopardy, there's an ad for Radio X Classic Baroque and we hear some Peter Crouch Hamster News. There's (probably) some fairly strong language in this podcast, so it might not be suitable for all ages. If you want to email the Daily Grind you can email us: shaun@radiox.co.uk. Or you can text us (for you standard network rate) on 83936 (start the message with GRIND).If you like the episode please leave a review and subscribe to get the Daily Grind in your feed everyday at 5pm.

Jaz Coleman and King Coal Arthur Scargill together in the same episode. Two years since he last saw them, Roger and his band mates in The Box renew their acquaintance with Killing Joke in London. Can Jaz and KJ conquer the world before we are all blown to kingdom come?Intro and outro music - Simon Elliott-Kemp.Artwork - Rionagh.Sound effects courtesy of Freesound.org, with particular thanks to:peridactyloptrix - crowd noise.valentin sosnitskiy - guitar.ERH - sub bass.rodincoil - tribal drums.YAP audio - pub noise.pooleside - ballroom ambience.tosha73 - power chord guitar.cgravelle - pit explosion.Esares - drum loop.bash rambali - Icelandic weather.LG - canteen ambience.Never miss an episode.Follow me at: https://twitter.com/rogerquailhttps://www.instagram.com/rogerquail/RSS feed - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/289673.rss

Nick Robinson talks to the Conservative Party's deputy chairman, Lee Anderson, about following his father's lead in becoming a miner, how he went from admiring Tony Benn and Arthur Scargill to being deputy chairman of the Conservatives and whether his new job is forcing him to be more diplomatic when talking about issues such as migration and poverty.

Neil Kinnock, Baron Kinnock PC is a British former politician. As a member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until 1995, first for Bedwellty and then for Islwyn. He was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 until 1992, and Vice-President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Kinnock was considered as being on the soft left of the Labour Party.Born and raised in South Wales, Kinnock was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1970 general election. He became the Labour Party's shadow education minister after the Conservatives won power in the 1979 general election. After the party under Michael Foot suffered a landslide defeat to Margaret Thatcher in the 1983 election, Kinnock was elected Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition. During his tenure as leader, Kinnock proceeded to fight the party's left wing, especially its Militant tendency, and he opposed NUM leader Arthur Scargill's methods in the 1984–85 miners' strike. He led the party during most of the Thatcher administration, which included its third successive election defeat when Thatcher won the 1987 general election. Although Thatcher had won another landslide, Labour regained sufficient seats for Kinnock to remain Leader of the Opposition following the election.Kinnock led the Labour Party to a surprise fourth consecutive defeat at the 1992 general election, despite the party being ahead of John Major's Conservative government in most opinion polls, which had predicted either a narrow Labour victory or a hung parliament. Shortly afterwards, he resigned as Leader of the Labour Party, being succeeded in the ensuing leadership election by John Smith. He left the House of Commons in 1995 to become a European Commissioner. He went on to become the Vice-President of the European Commission under Romano Prodi from 1999–2004, before being elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Kinnock in 2005. Until the summer of 2009, he was also Chairman of the British Council and President of Cardiff University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The head of the World Health Organisation has blasted the world's focus on the horrificinvasion of Ukraine, saying it shows the lack of 'equal attention to black and white lives'.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus claimed other crises such as in his home country of Ethiopia do not receive the same concern as Putin's war which has had major geopolitical consequences. Marine Le Pen was confronted by two women in hijabs during a fiery visit to a food market in the south of France today. Arthur Scargill must be watching the success of the Just Stop Oil protests with a mixture of awe and bewilderment. Barmy Arthur, former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers, devoted most of his infamous career to bringing Britain to her knees, with limited success.

Spain's National Court has sentenced a gun enthusiast who threatened to kill Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to seven and a half years in jail, according to details of the ruling released on Tuesday. Manuel Murillo Sánchez, a 65-year-old security guard from the city of Terrassa (Catalonia), was arrested in September 2018 after police were alerted to messages he had shared with a right-wing WhatsApp group since June that year. The head of the World Health Organisation has blasted the world's focus on the horrific invasion of Ukraine, saying it shows the lack of 'equal attention to black and white lives'. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus claimed other crises such as in his home country of Ethiopia do not receive the same concern as Putin's war which has had major geopolitical consequences. Marine Le Pen was confronted by two women in hijabs during a fiery visit to a food market in the south of France today. Arthur Scargill must be watching the success of the Just Stop Oil protests with a mixture of awe and bewilderment. Barmy Arthur, former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers, devoted most of his infamous career to bringing Britain to her knees, with limited success.

"Scargill was right!"The legendary presenter of Newsnight and University Challenge talks with me about how the Coal Mining Industry built Britain, the 1984/85 Miners Strike and Arthur Scargill, as well as discussing Napoleon and the two Central American countries of Belize and El Salvador.Jeremy Paxman links (discussed in the chat)Black Gold: The History of How Coal Made Britain: https://amzn.to/3qXy6qXBeing Napoleon, the Netflix Documentary featuring the 'New Napoleon': https://www.netflix.com/title/80993489Paxman's Interview with 'Napoleon': https://www.ft.com/content/e82dd1c2-1a22-11e5-a130-2e7db721f996The debate between two biographers of Napoleon, Adam Zamoyski and Andrew Roberts, chaired by Paxman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxQ4TcTcPbIAspects of History links:https://twitter.com/olliewcqhttps://aspectsofhistory.comhttps://youtube.com/aspectsofhistory

Full episode available to Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/great-miners-of-55295480 In this three-part episode, we look at one of the most significant work stoppages of the modern era: the UK Miners' strike of 1984-1985. In this second episode, we speak about the first wave of major miners' strikes in the post-war era, starting with the stunning and heroic industrial actions of 1972 to 1974. Arthur Scargill, the Yorkshire Miners and the famous Battle of Saltley Gate come onto the scene.

Ron and Clive discuss Baltimore eccentrics vs NYC hipsters, Al Pacino as Arthur Scargill and a hot chick chained to a radiator. All in this bumper edition of the Magic Morning Wood. We appeal to both heads. MMW theme by Mike Powell Musical break 1: Woo Hoo by The Rock-A-Teens Musical break 2: Hollywood Lies by Wizards of Twiddly Musical outro: Black Snake Moan by Blind Lemon Jefferson

Neil Kinnock was leader of the UK Labour Party from 1983-1992, and a member of parliament from 1970-95. With his Welsh accent, and his brilliant cadence and rhythm, he was renowned for his oratory and remains one of the most natural off-the-cuff speakers in the history of British politics. He lost the 1987 election to Margaret Thatcher, and the 1992 election to John Major.A fascinating chat with Tony about growing up working class, music, sport, his early political life, meeting Nye Bevan, the 'I Warn You' speech before the 1983 election, gaining the Labour leadership, the miners' strike, and the 1985 Labour Party Conference. He also talks about losing two elections, the rise of Tony Blair, the socialism of the COVID era, and Brexit. The feature speech for the episode is Kinnock's speech in Bournemouth at the 1985 Labour Party Conference, where he tore strips off people in the far left faction of the party known as Militant. If you'd like todonate support Speakola in both its website and podcast form, Tony would appreciate any help. Love it if you'd rate and review the podcast! Tony's books are available online and at his website. Send an email to swap details for signed copies. Episode supported by GreenSkin™ and PurpleSkin™ avocados at https://greenskinavocados.com.au/. Also looking for another sponsor for 202. Contact if keen tony@tonywilson.com.au Please subscribe to the podcast, visit Speakola, and share any great speeches that are special to you, famous or otherwise. I just need transcript & photo /video embed. Speakola also has Twitter and Facebook feeds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A cavallo tra il 1984 e il 1985, in Inghilterra ebbe luogo lo sciopero più prolungato e violento dell'intero dopoguerra. Da una parte i minatori guidati dal marxista Arthur Scargill. Dall'altra il governo conservatore guidato da Margaret Thatcher. Un braccio di ferro che si protrasse per poco meno di un anno, finendo con lo schiantare la resistenza della pur potente "National Union of Mineworkers" di Scargill e col decretare il trionfo della "Lady di Ferro".Da allora in avanti, e non solo in Inghilterra, il sindacato ha perso gran parte del suo ruolo e della sua combattività. Nel bene e nel male, la sua parola d'ordine ha smesso di essere "azione" ed è diventata "mediazione".Intervengono il politologo e storico americanista Massimo Teodori e il Presidente dell'A.N.P.A.C. (Associazione Nazionale Piloti Aviazione Commerciale) Comandante Fabio Berti.

Why does Natt not have a Wikipedia page? How do you duct-tie a dog? Who invented madrigal? Where did stockbrokers come from? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!

Covid 19 has been difficult for everyone but one group that’s been at the front line of fighting the pandemic is critical care nurses. There are reports of record sickness levels partly due to stress and mental health issues at the same time as new plans for how people are nursed in intensive care are introduced. Anita Rani talks to Nicki Credland who chairs the British Association of Critical Care Nurses. A new study reveals women with allotment plots now outnumber men for the first time. A recent study by Dr Tilly Collins and Ellen Fletcher of Imperial College London, found that in London almost two thirds of plots – 64% - are now occupied by women. The National Allotment Society estimates that half of holders nationally are now women - compared to just two percent in 1973. Dr Tilly Collins and allotment holders Irene O’Malley and Sonia Hyman, join Anita to discuss their appeal and why traditional allotments have become a very different kind of space where women want to relax and be self-sufficient. Anne Scargill and Betty Cook met at the beginning of the miners' strike in 1984. Betty was a proud miner's daughter, wife and mother, who was determined to support her family and community. Anne happened to be married to Arthur Scargill, the president of the National Union of Miners. She too was steeped in the history of coalfield culture. Together they helped to create the Women Against Pit Closures movement. They have just published a book called Anne and Betty: United by the Struggle. Betty joins Anita to talk about her memories of that time and the impact it had on women’s lives, with Ian Clayton who helped gather the material for the book. Patsy Andrews has been a football referee for the last 16 years, one of 2146 women across all levels of the game, compared to 29,244 men at the end of the 2019/20 season. Her son, Akil Howson, has followed in his mum's footsteps and is now officiating in the English Football League Championship. They join Anita to discuss the inspiration for their continued involvement in football. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Sarah Crawley

This is a shameless extra podcast to carry on talking about TIGER KING, then Mark King, Mark Francois, Scarface, Arthur Scargill, Billy Elliot and Billy on the Street. Oh, and Human League. #podcast #TOPCONTENTPOD #listeningtogether

Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 11 of 11, pages 108 to 116. A letter to Scargill, by Sean Matgamna, from Socialist Organiser (issue 200) 11 October 1984. "Arthur Scargill, Lech Wałęsa: militants in distorting mirrors". A palm-sized samizdat edition of the Polish-language Trotskyist publication, Imprekor, carried a translation of our Open Letter to Scargill from Socialist Organiser 200, 11 October. See scans of it in the paper book. Buy a beautiful paper version for £5, including photographs and scans from the time: https://workersliberty.org/solidarnosc Playlist of book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/solidarnosc All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio All tracks of this book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-1-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-2-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-3-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-4-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-5-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-6-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-7-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-8-of-11 Appendices: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-9-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-10-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-11-of-11

Episode about the crucial role played by women in the great miners strike in Britain, 1984-5, in conversation with Heather Wood, chair of the Easington women's strike support group. Our patreon supporters enable us to make this podcast. You too can support us and get access to bonus audio and more here: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory This is our short video history of the miners' strike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOucUVz4AYw This is a short history of Women Against Pit Closures, an umbrella group of miners' wives and women supporting the strike: https://libcom.org/history/women-against-pit-closures-1984-5 FOOTNOTES – Neil Kinnock – leader of the Labour Party at the time – Tony Benn – a long-term left-wing Labour MP – Greenham Common – a legendary women's peace camp – The book by local women was called The Last Coals of Spring and is currently out of print – The 1926 general strike – this is a short history: https://libcom.org/history/articles/british-general-strike – Battle of Orgreave – a mass picket of the Orgreave coking plant by miners was viciously attacked by huge numbers of police. Large numbers of miners were then arrested and charged with bogus crimes as a result, while the BBC was complicit by faking the sequence of events. There is a campaign for enquiry into the events here: https://otjc.org.uk/ – Arthur Scargill – the left-wing leader of the NUM – Play in Manchester: Queens of the Coal Age, about a women's occupation of a pit in 1993: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/05/queens-of-the-coal-age-review-maxine-peake-shines-light-on-womens-fight-for-the-mines – Women's banner group at the Durham Miners Gala article here: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/northdurham/16143458.First_all_women_banner_group_to_take_part_in_Durham_Miners__Gala/ – Keith Patterson's photographs – see some referred to in this podcast here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/gallery/2010/sep/12/miners-strike-1984-85-david-peace – Jack Dormand was the local Labour MP – Peterloo – this was a massacre of protesting workers by British security forces in 1819, this is a short history: https://libcom.org/history/history-peterloo-massacre-1819 WCH podcast episode on Peterloo coming soon! ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS – Speech recording courtesy of Amber Films and Can't Beat it Alone. The full film in multiple parts can be seen at http://www.amber-online.com – Intro music, and music during the podcast from the Kellingley Colliery Brass Band from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnt1JqOJQqE – Outro music is the Banwen miners marching band in Wales, playing during the march back to work after the end of the strike from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGQtyj9t5BA Edited by Jesse French

Anne Scargill is the ex-wife of former NUM leader Arthur Scargill, and co-founded the Women Against Pit Closures. She says the miners’ strike of 1984-5 was her political awakening, and opens up about the sexism, politics and activism of that time.

The Two Mikes go back to their newspaper roots as they discuss Arthur Scargill, hapless old reporters and the enigma that is Julian Assange for the latest On The Record...

Marian Kenny has been in the radio industry for more than 30 years, starting in 1984 at Radio Hallam, Sheffield where her first job was reporting from colliery picket lines during the year-long miners’ strike. She 'scooped' some incredible interviews in her time - miners leader Arthur Scargill and Terry Waite’s mother when the hostages were freed from years of imprisonment in Beirut to name just two, before moving to the IOM in 2003 looking for a quiet life... Luckily for us, she was soon sucked into Manx Radio, where she was appointed News Editor in 2008. Despite all the varied news stories covered in the UK, she describes the Isle of Man as "by far the most varied and challenging ‘patch’ I’ve ever worked in" - in this interview she tells us why, and shares many other fascinating stories and insights, in a special programme broadcast on her final day at the station.

A delicious lengthy live exchange in the heat of the miners' strike between miners' leader Arthur Scargill and Chris Mann from IRN. They don't get on.

Wotcha, kids. It's a Christmas Ramble. A Chramble, yes, that's correct. Having said that, there's little actual festive content but there IS wrestling, Charles Dance, Arthur Scargill, Star Wars (1977's "Star Wars", no Force Awakens stuff here), Mean Girls 2, Tony Way, pushing the limits of what constitutes a "joke"etc. It's 48 minutes of your life you won't get back, so maybe multitask while you listen. Merry things, and a happy new things!

In 1974 the government of Edward Heath was defeated in an election called to give Heath a mandate against the trade unions. His nemesis was the miners union organiser Arthur Scargill. In 1984 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher inflicted a crushing defeat on the union movement, a victory long in the planning by the Conservative Government. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/explaininghistory.

In 1974 the government of Edward Heath was defeated in an election called to give Heath a mandate against the trade unions. His nemesis was the miners union organiser Arthur Scargill. In 1984 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher inflicted a crushing defeat on the union movement, a victory long in the planning by the Conservative Government. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Thirty years ago, miners went on strike across Britain to resist the Tory government's plans for sweeping pit closures. The strike remains the longest mass industrial dispute in British history - a war between Margaret Thatcher and the labour movement, and the miners’ union she branded "the enemy within" in particular. The strike’s outcome signalled a profound change in Britain’s social and economic landscape and its aftershocks can still be felt throughout the country today. The Enemy Within, Seumas Milne’s classic account of the miners’ strike and its aftermath, reveals the astonishing lengths to which Thatcher’s government and its security machine were prepared to go to destroy the power of the trade unions. Recently declassified government papers have provided further revelations about the secret war against organised labour and political dissent, reflected in today's undercover police operations. Seumas Milne will be joined in discussion by Arthur Scargill, former president of the NUM from 1982-2002, union organiser Ewa Jasiewicz, Owen Jones, author of Chavs, for a special event looking at the legacy of the miners’ strike and its lessons for the future, chaired by journalist Dawn Foster.

Martha Kearney uncovers the secrets within the Government files of 1984. Margaret Thatcher's government faced some formidable adversaries. The long-anticipated battle with the National Union of Mineworkers and its leader, Arthur Scargill, finally erupted, dominating the political scene well into 1985. The charismatic Ken Livingstone, leader of the Greater London Council, was winning the costly PR war against abolition of the GLC. And terror hit home with the shooting of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan Embassy and the IRA bombing of the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton. On the world stage, the Cold War reached a crucial turning point. The cost of the nuclear arms race was rocketing and the world needed a new approach to East-West relations. Rising star of the Soviet Politburo, Mikhail Gorbachev, was invited to Britain and spent five hours at Chequers in a now famous meeting with the Prime Minister. As the official Cabinet papers of 1984 are opened to the public for the first time, Martha Kearney discovers how these events were viewed in Government. With access to the Prime Minister's personal correspondence, minutes of top secret meetings and telephone calls, and confidential policy advice, Martha can now offer fresh insights into history. Former Ministers and other key insiders from the time join Martha in the studio to help her interpret the papers and give their own impressions of the revelations within them. Producer: Deborah Dudgeon A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

As two men begin life sentences for the murder of Stephen Lawrence, Andy Denwood profiles Imran Khan the lawyer who helped the teenager's family in their tireless fight for justice. When he was first contacted about the murder of a young black man in south London, Khan was a little known-solicitor who had qualified only 18 months earlier. He's since acted in some of the most high profile cases in recent British legal history. He represented the family of Victoria Climbie at the public inquiry into her death and has also been involved in major terrorist trials, including the 21st July London bombings. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, in 1964, his family emigrated to England four years later. But life in 70's and 80's east London was tough. They were the only Asian family on their street and Khan would often get into fights at school. These early experiences are thought to have motivated him to fight against racism and injustice. They also shaped his political views and he stood in the 1997 general election for East Ham, representing Arthur Scargill's Socialist Labour Party.Producer: Samantha FenwickNB This programme has been edited from the original broadcast in which we wrongly described the Socialist Labour Party as "defunct".

This week, Sue Lawley casts away Arthur Scargill, the President of the National Union of Mineworkers, who admits to being orderly in his everyday life, and that he would devise a plan to enable him to have a store of food and proper living accommodation. In choosing his music to take with him, he pays particular attention to black American jazz.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go by The London Emmanuel Choir Book: Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Luxury: The Mona Lisa

This week, Sue Lawley casts away Arthur Scargill, the President of the National Union of Mineworkers, who admits to being orderly in his everyday life, and that he would devise a plan to enable him to have a store of food and proper living accommodation. In choosing his music to take with him, he pays particular attention to black American jazz. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go by The London Emmanuel Choir Book: Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Luxury: The Mona Lisa