class and my movement". His father, John McGahey, worked in the mines at Shotts, North Lanarkshire when Mick was born. John was a founder member of the...
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cricketer Harrison McGahey (born 1995), English footballer Jeanne McGahey, American poet John McGahey (born 1960), Irish Gaelic player Mick McGahey (1925–1999)...
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National Coal Board – were becoming more militant with the election of Mick McGahey as vice-president. The national conference passed resolutions for a 35%...
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Ewan MacColl Hugh MacDiarmid Arthur MacManus Mick McGahey Claude McKay Donald Maclean Gordon McLennan Harry McShane Charles Madge Cecil L'Estrange Malone...
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strike in 1986 were ignored.: 303 Mick McGahey, who was loyal to Scargill during the strike, became critical of him. McGahey claimed the leadership was becoming...
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strong criticism from many former supporters in the Labour movement, and Mick McGahey described him as "Broken Reid". Reid continued to support Labour up until...
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Tony Chater (1968–1969) John Tocher (1969–1971) Irene Swann (1972–1974) Mick McGahey (1974–1979) Ron Halverson (1980s) George Bolton (1980s–1990) National...
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Assembly of the Church of Scotland (effective 2008). Mick McGahey (1925–1999), miners' leader. John McWhan (1885–1943), mathematician and educator Dr David...
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as to sustain his ceaseless world travels." Scottish miners' leader Mick McGahey described him as "viciously anti-trade union and anti-working class"...
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George V Park in Bonnyrigg contains a monument to the miners leader, Mick McGahey.[citation needed] Bonnytown, the birthplace of the eponymous protagonist...
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Mineworkers (NUM), the Communists did have some power, as typified by Mick McGahey, vice-president from 1972 to 1987, and Arthur Scargill, the president...
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election for the vice-president of the NUM, to prevent Scargill supporter Mick McGahey from winning, but ultimately decided against a contest. He questioned...
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sociologist. Dolf van der Linden, 83, Dutch conductor of popular music. Mick McGahey, 73, Scottish trade unionist and political activist, Chairman of the...
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1954: Ted Jones 1960: Fred Collindridge 1962: Sidney Schofield 1972: Mick McGahey 1987: Sammy Thompson 1989: Vacant 1992: Frank Cave 2002: Keith Stanley...
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reduce demand for coal and lead to job losses in the coal industry. Mick McGahey, the deputy leader of the NUM, was particularly concerned about the picketing...
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Mick McGahey, who had been a leading member of the National Union of Mineworkers in the 1970s and 1980s, and former CPGB General Secretary Gordon McLennan...
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soul-mate of militant British unionists of the 1970s and 1980s such as Mick McGahey and distant relation of Len Spheroyd, the world's fattest fireman. River...
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bands Octopus (Scottish band) Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band Mick McGahey, Scottish miners' leader Matthew Baillie, Anatomist William Grossart...
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Glasgow-based Communist Party of Scotland in 1991 associated with Mick McGahey and Gordon McLennan, advocating Scottish independence from Britain. The name...
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Union of Mineworkers (NUM), a confidant of Arthur Scargill, Ken Gill and Mick McGahey and an adviser to British trade unionists for over 40 years. He also...
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He held both these posts during the UK miners' strike, then succeeded Mick McGahey as president in 1987. He became an increasingly vocal critic of Arthur...
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an attempt to put NUM funds beyond the reach of the government. Both Mick McGahey, vice president of the NUM, and Peter Heathfield, general secretary,...
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write up of MacGahey, he says: Mac Eachaidh. The personal name Eachaidh, anglicized as Aghey, is a variant of the older Eochaidh—Oghy. McGahey is an Ulster...
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NUM 1971 Lawrence Daly NUM Representation reduced to two seats 1973 Joe Gormley NUM 1980 Arthur Scargill NUM 1981 Ray Chadburn NUM 1982 Mick McGahey NUM...
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Doonan 1932: Andrew Clarke 1942: Abe Moffat 1961: Alex Moffat 1967: Mick McGahey 1987: George Bolton Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board...
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Bernard Ponsonby, TV political news reporter Kyle Hutton, footballer Mick McGahey, miners' union leader Margaret Ferrier, politician "Map ward 14 - Cambuslang...
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the election. He died, still in office, six years later. Campbell, Alan; McIlroy, John. Dictionary of Labour Biography. Vol. XII. pp. 181–193. ISBN 978-0-333-96873-4...
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footballer 11 January – Naomi Mitchison, novelist (born 1897) 30 January – Mick McGahey, Communist miners' leader (born 1925) 9 August – Cliff Hanley, writer...
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McGahey as Tully Tivolli Frances McGahey as Frances Tivolli Thomas Fisher as Carmody Tivolli Pia Miranda as Kristin Glaros (Seasons 1–2) Catherine McClements...
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appointment was supported by his predecessor, Terry Parry, and also by Mick McGahey of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). Known as a socialist, Cameron...
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