Conversations with History - Neil Kinnock

[ediglas]

Good to see Kinnock still in top form. He was a good and passionate politician whom a lot of people respected. As a student when he was the head of the labour party, he was my hero and enjoyed his speeches. What an inspiration.

[Testostrone250]

@ediglas u twat

[Bastiat90]

He wasn't respected at all. It's why he failed to win two elections. He was a charlatan who ripped out the soul of the Labour Party and gave birth to the triangulations of New Labour and Tony Blair. I despise the Labour Party, both old and new, but at least the old cohort believed in something other than self aggrandisement and self promotion.

[densaner77]

Kinnock was unlucky in that he faced one very strong PM in Thatcher and then Major who was initially successful for not being like Thatcher. Had Thatcher been PM in 1992 I think Labour may have had a chance to at least form a minority government. In my opinion the UK media have begun to whitewash the Thatcher period in office. People today forget how incredibly unpopular she was in 1990. Major getting rid of the poll tax disarmed floating voters and they stuck by the Tories in 1992.

[USERNAMEfieldempty]

He would have been a good PM.

[Lab356]

Good interview with Neil Kinnock, he looks better than he did 2 years before.

[TheCanningite]

@Lab356 LOL Iassume you're referring to his 1992 conference debacle...

[Lab356]

@TheCanningite certainly