Margaret Thatcher death reaction Arthur Scargill

Arthur Scargill reacts to Margaret Thatcher death 

Mr Scargill led a year-long miner’s strike in 1984 only to be crushed by Mrs Thatcher. 

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Arthur Scargill, the union boss who led the 1984 miner’s strike, reacted to the death of Margaret Thatcher by pointing out he was still alive, it has emerged.
The former president of the National Union of Miners has not spoken publicly since the death of his 1980s nemesis. But his close friend, Ken Capstick, revealed that when he texted Mr Sacrgill to say “Thatcher Dead”, he replied “Scargill Alive!”.
As then head of the NUM, Mr Scargill led a year-long miner’s strike in 1984 only to be crushed by Mrs Thatcher. The Daily Telegraph revealed this week that the very miners he once led now view him “as bad as Margaret Thatcher” after dragging the union through the courts in a legal row over perks.
On Mrs Thatcher’s death Mr Capstick, treasurer of Mr Scargill’s Socialist Labour Party, told ITV news: “I’d been talking to Arthur some ten minutes earlier so I sent him a text message, a very short one, just said “Thatcher dead”. I received one almost instantly saying “Scargill alive!” and he’s very much alive.”
 He added: “He’s fine. We now have a situation where the government and the establishment have a funeral on their hands which they wish they didn’t have. They need this like a hole in the head.”
Source Link:www.telegraph.co.uk