Kinnock on UK-Europe relations after scandals

Title

Kinnock on UK-Europe relations after scandals

Genre

Interview

TX Date

16 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:22

Description

Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock, visiting the USA, says Britain needs all the friends we can get in European Community to help us with our future. Follows political scandals over Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley’s remarks on Germany in The Spectator which led to his resignation, and a leaked UK Government document on German characteristics. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

Neil Kinnock

Keywords

Politics; UK; International relations; Germany; Periodicals; Europe; Cabinet ministers; Resignation (political); Political scandals; Nicholas Ridley; EC; The Spectator; German (cultural identitiy)

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