Notts breakaway in trouble | Socialist Action 1983

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OVER 350 Notts miners and miners' wives packed into a Wellbeck school on Wednesday ęeroer hear Arthur Scargill speak at a keep Notts nacampaign rally.

Both the meetings size and reflect the Notts that belief of many the people tide has In turned against Roy Lynk and his breakaway movement.

Scargill pointed out that only two months ago David Prendergast, the leader of the breakaway "federation clalmea would have some 60,000 LICHIDCIS. Now bal ooæs rings very hollow. Of the five groupings Lynk hopes o join up with, only on South Derb remains possibility. Of the others, the Lancashire, Warwickshire Leicestershire unions have decided to remain within NUM, while the breakaway grouping Durham is visibly crumbling through voluntary redundancies.

Even South Derbyshire, polls report By ANDY BUCHANAN significant majority for the NUM La urveuament which was boosted when CAral cd DICOCIH Ken Richards added his voice to the national camValsil n The collapse of the projected federation leaves the Notts splitters in positiun wrere they will have to 'go it alone'. , Their ówn forces, moreover, are deeply divided whatever the outcome of the balløt UI breakaway. Scargill pledged that the NUM would continue to organise the many thousands of Notts

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