General Election- Kinnock in Birmingham

Title

General Election- Kinnock in Birmingham

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Jun 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:43

Description

Report on a visit by Labour Party leader, Neil Kinnock, to Birmingham prior to the 1987 General Election. Includes excerpts from speech on third world debt and poverty in the developing nations; condemns Margaret Thatcher for inertia (she will attend world leaders summit on the issues in Venice for only 18 hours). Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Neil Kinnock

Keywords

Elections; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; Political parties; Birmingham; Developing countries; Poverty; General elections; Foreign aid; Election campaigns; Financial aid

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