Neil Kinnock and new Labour policies

Title

Neil Kinnock and new Labour policies

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

9 May 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:50

Description

Labour leader Neil Kinnock’s campaign to set the party on the road to new realism went ahead this morning with a series of policy victories in the crucial National Executive talks. One session saw the endorsement of a new elected chamber to replace the House of Lords and a defeat for the hard left which wanted to push through a motion committing Labour to pulling troops out of Northern Ireland. From Labour Party headquarters, Elena Curti reports.

Contributors

Roy Hattersley; Neil Kinnock; Ken Livingstone; Elena Curti

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Government; Labour Party; Northern Ireland; Parliament; Defence; Homosexuality; Age of consent; House of Lords; Nuclear weapons; Unilateral disarmament; Army; Tony Benn; Policy making; Disarmament

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