Britain: Labor At War with Itself

There were cries of "Liar," "Scab" and "Traitor," and thunderous cheers clashed with raucous catcalls. That was the scene at last week's annual conference of the opposition Labor Party, which quickly developed into a shouting match between supporters of centrist Party Leader Neil Kinnock, 43, and Arthur Scargill, 47, the Marxist president of the National Union of Mineworkers. The most contentious issue at the conference was Scargill's proposal that a future Labor government reimburse the N.U.M. nearly $2 million for court fines and costs stemming from the union's violent yearlong strike, which was broken by the Conservative government last March. Kinnock...