Neil Kinnock

...north London but also stayed in holiday homes in the same area of Provence, in the south of France, along with Neil Kinnock, the former Labour leader; Mr Blair's chief of staff, Jonathan Powell; and his poll adviser, Philip Gould. Mr...

In this article: Sir Ian Kennedy, Alastair Campbell, France, Tony Blair, Labour, Legal advice, and Bristol

...cellars for gunpowder or other explosive matter, as they do every year, just in case. When Neil Kinnock was leader of the Labour Party, trying to present a moderate, responsible public image, he was embarrassed by a photograph dating from...

In this article: Nick Clegg, Labour Party, House of Lords, Liberal Democrats, Prince Philip, and Robert Catesby

...by a university. Lord Kinnock, 67, was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters by Glasgow Caledonian University for his "outstanding contribution to politics and the promotion of international understanding". He was leader of the...

In this article: Glasgow Caledonian University, Labour, and Royal Concert Hall

...Labour Party in 1986. A memorable speech by Neil Kinnock at the 1985 Labour conference, denouncing the "grotesque spectacle" of the Liverpool council, is widely seen as the turning point in Labour's long rebranding. Hatton was very useful...

In this article: Conservative Party, Labour Party, Derek Hatton, and David Cameron

...of Mineworkers and lacks the humility to accept it. His conflict with Margaret Thatcher was an epic clash of the egos; former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has referred to his "suicidal vanity". And his members suffered from it. Thatcher was bent...

In this article: Margaret Thatcher, Ireland, Ideology, Recession, National Union of Mineworkers, Labour, and International Monetary Fund

...paper, but transferred its allegiance to Margaret Thatcher. It called her "Maggie" - she had hitherto been known as "Margaret" - and it made particular mock of Neil Kinnock. Lord Kinnock himself was later to attribute Labour's defeat in...

In this article: Rupert Murdoch, Tony Blair, Labour Party, Peter Mandelson, Harold Wilson, The Sun, Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, John Major, and Tax

...reported. Indeed, one of the most shocking of the diary's many revelations is how Labour leaders Michael Foot and Neil Kinnock colluded with the Soviet Communists to try to beat their "common enemy", "Iron Lady" Thatcher. Another...

In this article: Labour Party, Soviet Union, Margaret Thatcher, UK, and Michael Foot

...a redundant past. Neil Kinnock forged the way to a modernised party by tilting at the nationalisation windmill and Tony Blair followed him by forcing the pace on a whole host of other commitments, from tax to education. There was nothing...

In this article: Labour Party, David Cameron, EU, Tony Blair, Lisbon, and Brussels

The Spectator magazine has lately been publishing allegations that significant figures in the Labour movement - up to and including Neil Kinnock and Denis Healey - were in close enough contact with Moscow to be compromised; that others,...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Ed Balls, Labour Party, Tony Blair, Iraq War, Michael Gove, and Paul Richards