Kinnock attacks Scargill at NUM conference

Title

Kinnock attacks Scargill at NUM conference

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

29 Jun 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:24

Description

Political editor Peter Murphy reports from Great Yarmouth on the speech by Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock to the NUM conference following a scathing attack on him by NUM President Arthur Scargill. Includes excerpt of Kinnock’s speech attacking Scargill and defending his policy review; interview with an unimpressed Scargill. The party is divided.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; Peter Murphy; Neil Kinnock

Keywords

Labour Party; Socialism; Conferences; NUM; Policy making; Great Yarmouth

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