Scargill had a mandate to strike without voting for it as it had already been voted on by NUM members, dirty scummy scabby bast@rds from the Notts area broke away from the NUM, started a break away union the UDM and worked thru the strike, Scargill was far far from perfect but he was 100% right about the pit closures, one of the happiest days of my life when they closed the Notts pits