 After being denounced by much of the tabloid press, he was forced to apologise for this by "The Times", but later said that his apology was inaccurate.In the introduction to his biography of Arthur Scargill, Routledge states that he had missed the briefing on how to behave during the visit, as he was originally due to miss the event to cover an NUM meeting in Sheffield.He gives an account of the conversation of 28 February 1985