Neil Kinnock rallying speech at Labour Party Conference

Title

Neil Kinnock rallying speech at Labour Party Conference

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:13

Description

Report on Labour leader Neil Kinnock’s rallying speech at the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool. Includes excerpts of the speech in which Kinnock condemns the Thatcher years; on expelling eight Liverpool Council Militant members, including Derek Hatton, from the Party; urging sanctions against South Africa; and how he wouldn’t push the button to start a nuclear war. Female reporter not identified (poss. Judith Dawson).

Contributors

Neil Kinnock; Judith Dawson?

Keywords

Politics; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; South Africa; Political conferences; Liverpool; Political parties; Conferences; Economic sanctions; Prime ministers; Nuclear weapons; Foreign policy; Defence policy; Blackpool; Liverpool City Council; Derek Hatton; Political leaders; City councils; Membership; Militant Tendency

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