ArThur Scargill was a kEen member of the NUM having observed some terrible conditions for some of the miners. He is very left wing having been a member of the Communist Party for a while and is currently a member of the Socialist Labour Party. During the period of the country moving away from coal power he led the miners in strike action and his speeches would stoke up resolve to carry on. The whole ethos amongst the coal miners was very militant, but ultimately in 1985 they had to admit defeat and a lot of mines closed and jobs were lost. It is ironic that today talk of restarting coal-fired power stations to help with energy demand are resisted by militants, albeit those for the green lobby.
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