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"The legacy of what the Conservative government did to British industry under Thatcher is not one to be proud of if you really did want the best for the people," the NUM said in a statement.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/...dance-thatcher
That's the sort of tripe you'd expect the NUM to come out with.The only thing newsworthy that's come out about them in recent years is their legal wranglings to get Scargill out of their luxury London flat

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20303797

Former miners' leader Arthur Scargill has lost his High Court fight to have the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) continue to pay for his London flat.

Mr Scargill was president of the NUM until July 2002 and led it during the miners' strike from 1984 to 1985.

He stepped down as president of the union but claimed his contract entitled him to a London home for life, or the life of his widow.

Chris Kitchen, NUM general secretary, said Mr Scargill had been "found out".

Mr Scargill said that the judgment was "perverse".