Neil Kinnock retrospective

Title

Neil Kinnock retrospective

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

9 Apr 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:33

Description

Simon Israel looks back on the career of Neil Kinnock as Labour Party leader just before the 1992 UK General Election. Includes archive recordings: election as leader announced 1983 and Kinnock’s reaction; Kinnock speech against the so-called loony left; condemning Liverpool City Council and Derek Hatton in October 1985; reaction to losing the 1987 General Election.

Contributors

Neil Kinnock; Simon Israel

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Liverpool; Political leadership; Political parties; General elections; Neil Kinnock; Liverpool City Council; Political leaders; City councils; Militant Tendency

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