Heated TV Debate Captures Pivotal Fight for Britain's Future - Scargill vs the Coal Board (1984)

On 22 August 1984, Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), faced off against chairman of the National Coal Board (NCB), Ian MacGregor, in a live televised debate moderated by ITN's Peter Sissons. With the miners' strike in its fifth month, Scargill and MacGregor were called on to state their respective cases as leading opponents in the UK-wide industrial dispute. In doing so, the pair summarised the fight for Britain's future that was being played out on picket lines across the country.
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[@joeoconnor5400]

What happened to the NUM pension fund Arthur?

[@Thepalpatineboys77]

20 000 totally false? What happened to these mines remind me… and by the way, the rest of the world are still mining and using coal

[@jamesnicholson2503]

Fked this country up,and never been the same since.

[@jamesnicholson2503]

Open them all back up.Tbe coal under the mountains in my town in Merthyr Tydfil S_wales is unbelievable.

[@jamesnicholson2503]

All tossers.