is effective in blockading the sleci plalls Unfortunately the ment as a whole, unlike the NUM, has had benefit of no such 'general staff' in the conduct of its side of the struggle. The miners themselves and the mining communities nave demonstrated kind of courage and determination which 3500 arrests and a 20,000 strong police occupation army is incapable oi breaking. The NUM leadership mains united around Scargill. Any illusions some may have held in an NCB compromise have been dispelled MacGregor.
But as the strike enters eenth week its chief weakness is not in the coalfields but in the open scabbing of the TUC leadership and the mealy mouthed, hand wringing of Kinnock in ALTRANNA e NOVestations are stopped, be used against the leaders of the are used the 'new realist' posite.
by its sixJune TUC. 1 nat the NGA.