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| PM pays tribute to miners leader | PM pays tribute to miners leader |
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| Gordon Brown is attending a memorial service for the former National Union of Miners (NUM) general secretary Lawrence Daly. | |
| The Prime Minister is joining current NUM president Ian Lavery for the tribute at Dunfermline Abbey. | |
| Mr Daly, from Fife, died in May aged 84. He was best known for his battles with Prime Minister Ted Heath during the miners' dispute of 1972-1974. | Mr Daly, from Fife, died in May aged 84. He was best known for his battles with Prime Minister Ted Heath during the miners' dispute of 1972-1974. |
| Mr Brown is delivering the eulogy in front of 400 former miners. | |
| Mr Daly was credited with winning major gains in wages and conditions for miners during the dispute of the early 1970s. | Mr Daly was credited with winning major gains in wages and conditions for miners during the dispute of the early 1970s. |
| The subsequent success of the union led by Mr Daly led to the exasperated Heath calling a general election which the Tories eventually lost. | The subsequent success of the union led by Mr Daly led to the exasperated Heath calling a general election which the Tories eventually lost. |
| Major injuries | Major injuries |
| The Fife miner's career took him from being a local councillor with Fife County Council to the leadership of one of the most powerful unions in the country. | The Fife miner's career took him from being a local councillor with Fife County Council to the leadership of one of the most powerful unions in the country. |
| His father was a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and Daly himself helped to found the Fife Socialist League in 1957. | His father was a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and Daly himself helped to found the Fife Socialist League in 1957. |
| In 1975 Mr Daly sustained major injuries after being involved in a serious road accident and was forced to give up work for several years. | In 1975 Mr Daly sustained major injuries after being involved in a serious road accident and was forced to give up work for several years. |
| Along with the prime minister's tribute, Falkirk East MSP Kathy Peattie will sing Robert Burns' Ae Fond Kiss during Thursday's service. | Along with the prime minister's tribute, Falkirk East MSP Kathy Peattie will sing Robert Burns' Ae Fond Kiss during Thursday's service. |
| The Croy Miners Choir will also give renditions of two of Mr Daly's favourite songs, The Road to the Isles and A Man's A Man For A' That. | The Croy Miners Choir will also give renditions of two of Mr Daly's favourite songs, The Road to the Isles and A Man's A Man For A' That. |