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

00:03:04

Description

The Labour Party’s National Executive is now discussing its most difficult policy review: how the party will deal with defence and nuclear weapons. The Labour leadership wants to drop its commitment to unilateral nuclear disarmament, and it can expect stern opposition within the NEC and the party at large. From Labour Party headquarters, Paul Rowley reports.

Contributors

Roy Hattersley; Tony Benn; Neil Kinnock; Paul Rowley; David Blunkett; Ted O’Brien

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Trade unions; Labour Party; Defence; Nuclear weapons; Unilateral disarmament; Policy making; Disarmament; SOGAT

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