Working class. Socialist. Welsh. Three reasons why the Kinnocks are out of the Labour loop. Brussels. Cosmopolitan. Bananas. Three reasons why Glenys isn't bitter
Article Abstract:
The UK Labour party has had to become more middle class to gain more widespread support, according to Glenys Kinnock, MEP and wife of former Labour party leader Neil Kinnock. She believes that New Labour's concerns are rather different from those of the old Labour party, even though the basic principles remain unchanged. She greatly enjoys being an MEP, even though she had reservations when first approached about standing for the European Parliament. She feels that it would have been good if her husband, who did a great deal of work in modernizing the Labour party, could have been rewarded by becoming Prime Minister.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Less than meets the eye
Article Abstract:
Being in opposition is very liberating, according to Conservative MP and British Council Deputy Chmn Virginia Bottomley. She had decided that she would resign as a government minister, even if the Conservative party did win the May 1997 general election, as she wanted the opportunity to pursue the causes to which she feels most committed. She has always attracted attention because of her striking appearance, which has been a source of great frustration to her as she has sought to assist her constituents.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Who's afraid of the big, beautiful baroness?
Article Abstract:
Baroness Margaret Jay, deputy leader of the UK House of Lords and a health minister, feels that her life was dominated by politics from a very early age. She is the daughter of former prime minister James Callaghan, and believes that she can remember when her father first entered parliament. She has had a very varied personal life, and has also been involved in a number of different occupations. She has been a television journalist, and was also director of the National Aids Trust.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Western tacticians strive to find a path out of the morass. Stakes raised as alliance treads dangerous line. Few cheers for Rose as he bows out of Bosnia
- Abstracts: The irresistible rise of the second liners. Mood change carries a whiff of the bear. Wall Street's bubble could burst soon
- Abstracts: Reading the runes of the French election. After Britain, France swings left
- Abstracts: Is this the end of the brothers' political clout? There's a right way and a wrong way to pay off your political debts
- Abstracts: A battle that saps the spirit of John Lewis. C&A ends secret counter-culture. Debenhams to be spun off as Burton regroups