Neil Kinnock on nuclear weapons and defence policy

Title

Neil Kinnock on nuclear weapons and defence policy

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

12 May 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:03

Description

Labour leader Neil Kinnock has fiercely defended the party’s abandonment of unilateral nuclear disarmament, and called on his left-wing critics to back the change. In his first speech since the strategy of multilateral negotiation was adopted by the ruling National Executive, he told the Welsh Labour Conference in Llandudno that the switch was not a sell-out of principle. But the key question of whether he will push the nuclear button was not fully answered. From Llandudno, Paul Rowley reports.

Contributors

Neil Kinnock; Paul Rowley

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; Defence; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear disarmament; Policy making; Disarmament

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