The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transform not merely an industrial situation and win an important battle for workers in struggle, but an opportunity to change the government of the day. — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
Yet what you need is not marches, demonstrations, rallies or wide associations, all of them are important. What you need is direct action. The sooner people understand that, the sooner we'll begin to change things. — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
If youve got an industry where youve got massive investment, it doesnt matter whether you bring in alternative supplies. You still lose the money… — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have. — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
There's a feeling that strength is determined by the size of a union. That clearly is nonsense. — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in… — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
I have never been an idealist - that implies you aren't going to achieve something. — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
If you've got an industry where you've got massive investment, it doesn't matter whether you bring in alternative supplies. You still lose the money… — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
We will pave the way for a transformation and roll back the years of Thatcherism...We will turn economic ruin into economic recovery, and above… — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines… — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
The trade unions and the Labour Party... failed miserably. Instead of giving concrete support, and calling upon workers to take industrial action, they did… — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law. — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very clear-cut socialist… — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
