Arthur Scargill
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Arthur Scargill is a British trade unionist who was President of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1982 to 2002. He is best known for leading the 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike, a major
Scargill in 1993
Ian Lavery
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Ian Lavery is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Blyth and Ashington from 2024. He was previously the MP for Wansbeck from 2010 to 2024. Lavery served as the
Arthur Scargill
…very little time to prepare. He stepped down from leadership of the NUM at the end of July 2002, to become the honorary president. He was succeeded by Ian Lavery. In 1990, Scargill was accused in a series of Daily Mirror articles and ITV's The Cook Report of mishandling money donated for the striking miners…
Official portrait, 2024
Lavery in 2017