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The Papers of Neil Kinnock

Title	Speech originals: speaking notes and drafts
Reference	KNNK 16/1
Covering Dates	1973–1999
Extent and Medium	27 archive boxes

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Annotated drafts, speech notes, texts of speeches, articles and press releases, from NK's time as Leader of the Labour Party, and also as European Commissioner for Transport and Trans-European Networks.

Churchill/KNNK 16/1 contains:

Speeches, press releases and articles. Subjects include: youth employment; Thatcherism; cuts in education spending; the disastrous result of the 1979 General Election for Wales; European policy and the Common Market; the 1979 Budget.
1 file.

Sep 1973-Jul 1979

Speeches and press releases. Slightly annotated late drafts, including annotated text of a party political broadcast for Wales by NK. Other subjects include: Conservative education cuts; the Assisted Places Scheme for private schools; the steelworkers' strike; local elections; youth unemployment; regional industrial aid policy; funding for children with special needs; unemployment in Wales.
1 file.

Feb 1980-Nov 1980

Speeches, speech notes and press releases. Includes draft and printed text of NK's Alf Killick Memorial Lecture, "A Way Ahead for Education". Other subjects include: education cuts; the state of the steel industry; sixth form education; unemployment in Wales; the threat to Labour from the Social Democrats; Labour's education policy; elections for Labour's deputy leader; adult education; local elections; youth unemployment; pre-school provision.
2 files.

Jan 1981-Nov 1981

Speeches, speech notes and press releases. Includes NK's speech written for Michael Foot, Labour leader, in the debate on the invasion of the Falklands. Other subjects include: Labour's education policy; education cuts; unemployment in Wales; support for the comprehensive system; a tribute to Robert Tressell, author of "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists"; the Falklands War; infighting within the party; private education; industry and education.
2 files.

Jan 1982-Dec 1982

Notes for articles etc. Notes on subjects including: damage done by infighting within the party and the Conservative lead in the polls; the report of the Franks Committee [on events leading up to the Falklands War]; defence policy. Also includes some correspondence, with a note from Alfred Lomas congratulating NK on a speech [?] relating to the European Community.
1 file.

Mar 1982-Sep 1983

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes draft notes for an article in the Daily Mirror on education cuts, March 83. Other subjects include: Labour's education policy; education cuts; job losses in industry; cuts in the welfare state; NK's support for Michael Foot [Leader of the Labour Party]; Labour attacks on Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister; the youth vote.
1 file.

Jan 1983-Mar 1983

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Subjects include: the teaching of English; the future of the welfare state; the "Victorian values" of Thatcherism; Labour's education policy; unemployment and the economy; cuts to local services; the future of higher education; private education; the Conservative election manifesto; the suppression of an unfavourable report by the National Economic Development Office and the subsequent calling of the General Election; Labour's non-nuclear defence policy.
1 file.

Apr 1983-May 1983

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes "the Bridgend speech" (Glamorgan, Wales), 7 June 83 and the John P. Mackintosh Memorial Lecture, at Edinburgh University, "Democratic Socialism or Social Democracy?". Other subjects include: the General Election campaign; non-nuclear defence; the need for a public enquiry into the sinking of the Argentine warship the General Belgrano, during the Falklands War; Labour's economic programme; the threat to Labour from the Social Democrats.
2 files.

Jun 1983

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes the William Cardwell Memorial Lecture, "Socialism and Technology: Allies or Enemies?". Other subjects include: NK's statement of views for the party leadership election; cuts to public services; education and training; the welfare state; the state of the economy; provision for special educational needs; damage done to Labour by the Social Democrats; reasons for defeat in the General Election and the need for reform; Labour policy on Europe and the Common Market; defence policy, particularly relating to Cruise missiles; unemployment.
2 files.

Jul 1983-Sep 1983

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes speech from the Glasgow Press Fund Luncheon [Scotland], Oct 83. Other subjects include: reasons for defeat in the General Election; the economic situation; health policy; a tribute to Michael Foot, former leader of the Labour Party; the shipping industry; American cruise missile bases in Britain; the disastrous effects of the international economy; Conservative health policy; education policy.
2 files.

Oct 1983-Dec 1983

General Election speeches, press releases and articles. Includes: NK's constituency election statement; "the Bridgend speech" (Glamorgan, Wales), 7 June 83; NK's summary of views for the Labour leadership election; the John P Mackintosh memorial lecture; the William Cardwell Memorial Lecture; NK's acceptance speech on becoming Party leader. Other subjects include: Conservative education policy, particularly cuts; Labour education policy; higher education; the decline of industry; reasons for Labour's defeat; future cuts to the coal industry; winning votes back from the Social Democrats; Labour policy on Europe; non-nuclear defence; unemployment; the Freedom of Information campaign; the policy of the United States towards Central America.
2 files.

May 1983-Dec 1983

Queen's Speech debate. Notes, annotated drafts and extracts from Hansard of NK's speeches on the State opening of Parliament, with some briefings for 1988, relating to Sir [John] Giles Shaw and John Maples, the Conservative MPs who were moving the Loyal Address.
2 files.

Jun 1983-Nov 1989

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: reprint of a series of articles by NK in the Daily Mirror, Jan 84; NK's speech for the 150th anniversary of William Morris's birth, Feb 84. Other subjects include: the National Health Service; the practice of freedom, and foreign policy, particularly relating to NATO and nuclear defence (speeches given on NK's visit to the United States, Feb 84); the decline in industry; Margaret Thatcher's arrogant leadership style; the Budget; Democratic Socialism; ownership of the press and press freedom; small businesses.
1 file.

Jan 1984-Mar 1984

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Subjects include: pit closures; the European elections.
1 file.

Apr 1984-Jun 1984

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes NK's speech from the Trades Union Congress conference, Sept 84. Other subjects include: the coal industry and the miners' strike; trade unionism; European policy.
1 file.

Jul 1984-Sep 1984

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Subjects include: the bombing of the Grand Hotel, Brighton [Sussex]; the miners' strike; a tribute to Indira Gandhi, Oct 84; the Fabian Society; policies for the disabled; economic policy.
1 file.

Oct 1984-Dec 1984

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Subjects include: the Government's decision to bar Civil Servants at GCHQ from being union members; local government; the Low Pay campaign; the Budget; the Commonwealth.
1 file.

Jan 1985-Mar 1985

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes NK's speech to the Royal College of Nursing, Apr 85, and to the Welsh Labour Party conference, May 85. Other subjects include: health care and welfare services; social security reforms; the Social Democrats.
1 file.

Apr 1985-May 1985

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes NK's speech to the Plymouth rally [Devon] and his speech to the Parliamentary Party and Party staff on Labour's position midway between General Elections and the development of campaigning, July 85. Other subjects include: industrial strategy in London; the treatment of Scottish miners following the miners' strike; results from the United Nations Decade for Women; the teaching of science; the Government's review of social security and pensions; the National Health Service; nuclear defence.
1 file.

Jun 1985-Jul 1985

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Subjects include: education policy; science policy; unemployment.
1 file.

Aug 1985-Sep 1985

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: NK's speech for the Scottish Miners' gala, on miners dismissed following the miners' strike; NK's speech at a Socialist International conference on nuclear disarmament; NK's speech for the launch of the joint Labour Party and Trades Union Congress economic and social policy document, "A New Partnership, A New Britain". Other subjects include: world poverty; South Africa; the 40th anniversary of the United Nations; reform of the world trading and financial system.
1 file.

Oct 1985

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: NK's Fabian Society lecture "Democratic Socialism - Now" on the future of socialism; NK's speech in Sweden on Europe and the future, particularly relating to the New Right; NK's speech to the Royal College of Defence Studies on the priorities for British defence policy. Other subjects include: the Star Wars programme; South Africa; race relations; Northern Ireland and the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
2 files.

Nov 1985

"Democratic Socialism - Now". Source material and notes for NK's lecture to the Fabians on the future of Socialism, including various Fabian pamphlets.
2 files.

Nov 1985

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speeches for the Westland debate [on finding a buyer for Westland Helicopter Company and share dealing irregularities involving Westland]; speech for the Local Government Conference; speech to the Dutch Socialists; speech at Wembley [London] for a rally in support of the print unions during the industrial dispute with News International at Wapping. Other subjects include: Freedom of Information; the Social Democrat-Liberal Alliance.
1 file.

Jan 1986-Feb 1986

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: a 70th birthday party for Lord Wilson of Rievaulx; NK's tribute to Olof Palme; speech to launch the Freedom and Fairness campaign; speech to the Scottish Trades Union Congress conference. Other subjects include: [?] the Budget; the bombing of Libya from American air bases in Britain; relations with India.
1 file.

Mar 1986-Apr 1986

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech for the Welsh Labour Party Conference, on the Freedom and Fairness campaign; speech to the lobby for sanctions against South Africa and for a conference on the Front Line states in Africa; speech for the launch of the Coalition against Star Wars. Other subjects include: the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU); divisions within the Conservatives; energy policy; the Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election [Staffordshire].
1 file.

May 1986-Aug 1986

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: NK's speech to the Trades Union Congress conference, with notes and briefings; NK's Fabian lecture, "Democratic Socialism and the Future", with annotated text, notes and source material (Sept-Oct); NK's speech to the Jamaican People's National Party; a draft letter from NK to Roy Hattersley [Deputy leader] on defining Labour's target on unemployment. Other subjects include: the steel industry; the New Right; Scottish devolution.
4 files.

Sep 1986

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: notes on the publication of "Making Our Way", with comments and drafts of the introduction; NK's Party Conference speech on non-nuclear defence policy; speech for the launch of the Investing in People campaign; address to the Royal Society of Arts on education for capability; speech at the launch of Students for a Labour Victory; speech for the Pensioners' consultative conference. Other subjects include: paralysis in international affairs, particularly on nuclear defence; housing policy.
1 file.

Oct 1986

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech to the Durham Miners Gala; speech to the Parliamentary party on the run-up to the General Election; speech at the Martin Luther King Centre, Atlanta [United States]. Other subjects include: the Knowsley North by-election [Lancashire]; relations with Israel.
1 file.

Nov 1986-Dec 1986

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech to the South Wales Miners' Gala; speech for the launch of the Aid and Development Charter. Other subjects include: the North-South divide; Freedom of Information; the Greenwich by-election [London]; leisure policies.
1 file.

Jan 1987-Feb 1987

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speeches for the launch of the Programme for National Renewal, including the Labour and Trades Union Congress Work to Win campaign; speech to the Scottish Party Conference; speech to the European Trade Union Confederation conference on industrial policy; speech to the America-European Community Association on the breakdown in the international trade and finance system. Other subjects include: Conservative health and education spending; the run-up to the General Election; local government.
1 file.

Mar 1987

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech for the launch of Labour's Agenda for Women; speech to the Northampton rally; speech for the launch of Labour's General Election manifesto; speech to the Welsh Party Conference, Llandudno; speech to the Welsh Trades Union Congress. Other subjects include: lessons from the Japanese economic experience; themes for the election; economic and industrial policy; Labour's Policy Review, particularly relating to defence and nuclear disarmament; unemployment.
1 file.

Apr 1987-May 1987

General Election speeches. Speeches and speech notes for election rallies at Northampton, Llandudno [Wales], Birmingham, Bolton [Lancashire], Darlington [County Durham], Bristol, Glasgow [Scotland], Leicester, Leeds [Yorkshire] and Cardiff.
2 files.

Apr 1987-Jun 1987

General Election speeches. Texts and speech notes for policy launches at Newcastle (education), Leeds [Yorkshire] (crime), Bristol (housing), Birmingham (education) and Derby (industry), also including the launch of the General Election manifesto.
1 file.

May 1987-Jun 1987

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech for the G7 Summit, Venice [Italy], June 1987; speeches for the Scottish, Yorkshire and Durham Miners' galas; speech for the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU) conference (see also KNNK 26/2/50); speech to the Parliamentary party; speech to the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR); Party Conference speech; speech to the British Institute of Management on the need to develop manufacturing industry. Other subjects include: lessons from the General Election.
1 file.

Jun 1987-Dec 1987

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: lists of speeches, 1988, and international meetings and conferences, 1983-88; speech to the Local Government conference, Edinburgh [Scotland]; speech for the launch of a campaign for women; speech to the National Union of Teachers (NUT) on the Education Bill; speech for the launch of the 1992 European Parliament campaign; speeches on NK's visit to the Middle East; response to the Budget. Other subjects include: the National Health Service; the privatisation of national assets; the Poll Tax.
1 file.

Jan 1988-Mar 1988

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech to the Scottish Trades Union Congress (see also KNNK 26/2/59); speech for the local elections campaign; speech to a Socialist International meeting, Madrid [Spain] on East-West relations; speeches for the launch of Labour's campaign on foreign and defence policy, "Modern Britain in a Modern World"; speech to the Welsh Labour Party conference. Other subjects include: rail transport; the Common Market.
1 file.

Apr 1988-May 1988

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: tribute to Lord Brockway; speech to a Fabian conference on the Aims and Values of socialism; speeches for the fortieth anniversary of the National Health Service; speeches from NK's visit to Botswana and Zimbabwe; speech to the Trades Union Congress; speech for Socialist International Study Days in Glasgow [Scotland]; Conference speeches; speech for an anti-apartheid rally; speech for a rally in support of the trade unions banned from GCHQ; speech on the Tercentenary of the Glorious Revolution, on democracy; Other subjects include: transport policy; East-West relations and nuclear defence; education and training; local government.
3 files.

Jun 1988-Nov 1988

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: text of an article by NK for the Irish Labour Party; on the European economy; tribute to Bernt Carlsson; speech for the anniversary of trade unions being banned at GCHQ; speech to the Scottish Trades Union Congress Poll Tax lobby; speech on the Coalfields Communities campaign; speech to a Labour Youth Conference; speech to the Confederation of European Socialist Parties, supporting the adoption of the European Socialist Manifesto; speech at the Pontypridd by-election rally [Wales]; speech at a local government conference; speech for a debate on food safety. Other subjects include: economic policy.
2 files.

Jan 1989-Feb 1989

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech timetable, Mar-June; speech for the Scottish Party conference; response to the Budget; speech for the Birmingham rally opening the local and European election campaign; speech for the Vale of Glamorgan by-election [Wales]; speech for the centenary of the GMB. Other subjects include: gay rights; the Policy Review; the National Docks Labour scheme; the economy.
2 files.

Mar 1989-Apr 1989

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech to the Welsh Party conference; speech to the Welsh Trades Union Congress; speeches for the launch of Labour's manifesto for the European elections and speech to election candidates. Other subjects include: education and training.
2 files.

May 1989

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speeches for the European election campaign, including a speech to the French Socialist Party, Paris [France], speech in Oldenburg [Germany] and speeches on the Social Charter and 1992; speech for the Glasgow Central by-election [Scotland]; speech to a Socialist International congress; speech to a Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU) conference; speech to the Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International (PTTI).
1 file.

Jun 1989

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech to the Durham Miners' gala; speech to the Association of Metropolitan Authorities conference, Birmingham, on local government; Party conference speech; response to the resignation of Nigel Lawson, Chancellor of the Exchequer; speech to the Institute of Personnel Management on the state of the economy; speech to the Trades Union Congress; speech to the German Social Democratic Party on the future of Europe. Other subjects include: transport strategy for the south of England.
1 file.

Jul 1989-Dec 1989

Economics lectures. Correspondence and brief notes on NK's economics lectures in Nottingham, Newcastle and Birmingham. Correspondents include Geoff Hoon.
1 file.

Feb 1989-Apr 1989

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: New Year message to the Soviet Union; speech for the launch of the London Pride campaign; statement for the launch of Industry 2000; speech to the Confederation of European Socialist Parties, Berlin [Germany] on Eastern Europe; speech to the Labour local government conference; speech to the National Farmers' Union on agricultural policy; speech for the launch of the Policy Review update "Looking to the Future"; speech to the Southern Africa Coalition lobby on sanctions against South Africa; speech to the Scottish Party conference. Other subjects include: the release of Nelson Mandela; housing; the independence of Namibia.
1 file.

Jan 1990-Mar 1990

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech to the World Economic Forum on inflation and the balance of trade deficit; speech for the launch of the local election campaign; speech for a Poll Tax press conference; speech for a meeting with local businessmen; statement on the European Council summit, Dublin [Ireland].
1 file.

Apr 1990-Jun 1990

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech for a meeting with manufacturing industry managers; speech to Council on Foreign Relations, New York [United States] on the future of Europe; tribute to the Queen Mother on her ninetieth birthday; tribute to Denis Healey; speech for the debate on Iraq's invasion of Kuwait; speech to the Trades Union Congress. Other subjects include: family policy.
1 file.

Jul 1990-Sep 1990

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: text of a party political broadcast for BBC Radio 4; speech for the launch of Labour's environmental policy document, "An Earthly Chance"; speech for a debate on the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM); speech for a debate on Iraq's invasion of Kuwait; response to a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe statement on the signing of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and the end of the Cold War; speech to the NATO assembly; speech to the Confederation of European Socialist Parties, Madrid [Spain] on economic and monetary union; speech for a no confidence motion in the Government; speech for the debate on the Queen's Speech. Other subjects include: attacks on Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, from her own party.
1 file.

Oct 1990-Dec 1990

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech to a NATO meeting on international security, particularly relating to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; speech for a debate on the Gulf War; lecture in Manchester on taxation and public spending; speech for a local government conference; response to the Budget; lecture on "Building out of Recession"; a speech for a Motion on the Poll Tax. Other subjects include: cuts to the National Health Service.
1 file.

Jan 1991-Mar 1991

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech for the launch of the policy document "Labour's Better Way for the 1990s"; speech for the local election campaign launch; lecture to the European Industrial Policy conference, "The Learning Society and the Creative Economy"; speech to the Scottish Trades Union Congress; speech for the launch of a family policy document; speech for NK's annual meeting with pensioners and [James] Jack Jones [Life President, National Pensioners' Convention]; speech for the Monmouth by-election [Wales]; speech for the regional press awards; speech for the Welsh Party conference (see also KNNK 26/2/164); speech for the London campaign. Other subjects include: voluntary organisations.
1 file.

Apr 1991-May 1991

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech to the GMB conference; speech for the UK Press Gazette awards (see also KNNK 26/2/167); speech for the 40th anniversary of Socialist International; speeches for the launch of the Citizen's Charter; speech to the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU) on 'Majorism' and Conservative policy on Europe; speech to the Overseas Development Institute on the need for a strategic development initiative for the Third World; response to the G7 summit.
1 file.

Jun 1991-Aug 1991

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech for the launch of Labour's arts policy document; speech to West Midlands Confederation of British Industry on the economic challenges of the 1990s; Party Conference speeches; speech for a rally in Birmingham, particularly on the National Health Service; speech for the launch of the sports charter; speech for a dinner in honour of Dick Spring [leader of the Irish Labour Party]; speech for the Queen's Speech debate.
1 file.

Sep 1991-Oct 1991

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: an essay by NK for the 1992 Parliamentary Desk Diary on the role of Parliament; speech in response to a NATO summit on co-operative European security; speeches on the negotiations for the Maastricht Treaty, particularly on economic and monetary union and the Social Charter; speeches on the build-up to the General Election, including the London campaign; speech in tribute to [Bruce] Bernard Weatherill on his retirement as Speaker of the House of Commons; statement for a debate on the Gulf War; statement for a no confidence motion on the Poll Tax. Other subjects include: community care; the recession.
1 file.

Nov 1991-Dec 1991

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech for policy launch on the economy; speech for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) dinner, on the film and television industry; speech to the local government conference; speeches for policy launches on women, education and health. Other subjects include: policy towards the Soviet Union; development in the North West; modernising schools.
1 file.

Jan 1992-Feb 1992

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Mainly material on the 1992 Budget, including print outs from the Labour database of Conservative quotes, a lecture by NK in Manchester on economic policy for the short and long term and speech for the launch of the "My land, your land" magazine. Other subjects include: health spending; the decline in manufacturing; public sector pay.
2 files.

Mar 1992

General Election speeches. Speeches and speech notes for election rallies and press conferences, including: conference for international press, on foreign policy, particularly international economic issues; Scottish Party conference; press conference on the recession; Birmingham rally; Manchester rally; press conference on the ambulance service; Glasgow rally [Scotland]; Sheffield rally [Yorkshire]; press launch for the final week of the campaign; press conference on unemployment; press conference on the Poll Tax; Barry rally [Wales].
1 file.

Mar 1992-Apr 1992

Post-General Election speeches. Includes: speech at Party headquarters, Walworth Road; draft of NK's resignation speech, with statements from Bryan Gould, environment spokesman, and Jack Cunningham, campaign co-ordinator; speech for the Queen's Speech debate; speech to the Parliamentary party; speech for debate on the Government's opt out from the Social Chapter and majority voting on economic and monetary union, in the Maastricht Treaty; speech on the European Council meeting, Lisbon [Portugal, June 1992]; statement on the G7 summit on world trade and economic growth; texts of articles for the International Trade and Political Review and the Observer on industrial policy and economic co-operation in Europe; text of a recording for Amnesty International; speech for the launch of Peter Hennessy's book "Never Again: Britain 1945-51"; speech to a Chartist rally; speeches on the European single market. Other subjects include: housing.
2 files.

Apr 1992-Dec 1992

Speeches on European monetary union. Rough speech notes and source material on subjects including the single market, Britain's presidency of the European Community and privatisation. Also includes: letter from Bjorn Engholm, leader of the German Social Democrats, congratulating NK on a speech; letter from Alun Michael.
1 file.

Jun 1992-Dec 1992

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Subjects include: the completion of the single market of the European Community; the privatisation of the Patent Office and Companies House; reasons for the loss of the General Election, including memoranda on the defeat, and election and a post-election polling analysis.
1 file.

Jun 1992-Mar 1994

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech at the Future of Europe conference, Durham; speech to the Milton Keynes Chamber of Commerce [Buckinghamshire]; speech to the Swindon Chamber of Commerce [Wiltshire].
1 file.

Sep 1992-Nov 1993

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech by John Smith, Party leader, at Labour's Local Government conference; tribute to Oliver Tambo, National Chairperson of the African National Congress; speech on Wales 2000 [? to the Welsh Party conference] on development in Wales; drafts of a speech on the recession and European monetary union, and the need for greater European co-operation, with earlier speeches [?] as source material; speech to the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation conference on industry, speech for a dinner at Andersen Consulting, Birmingham [see also KNNK 19/2/137].
1 file.

Feb 1993-Dec 1993

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: speech for Social Democratic conference, Sweden; speech to the Central Lancashire Employers' Association; source material for a book on "A Future for Socialism", written by NK for the BBC. Other subjects include: gay rights; the European elections; nationalisation.
1 file.

Jun 1993-May 1994

Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles. Includes: tribute to the BBC journalist and presenter Brian Redhead; lecture on the 10th anniversary of the banning of trade unions at GCHQ; note of Glenys Kinnock's speech at an Equal Opportunities Commission conference on progress for women in Wales; speech to the US/EEC Association, New York [United States] on Western Europe after the Maastricht Treaty; NK's Weinstock Memorial Lecture in Berkeley, "Beyond free trade to fair trade"; speech to the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, New York, on development strategies for the future; speech for the People of the Year luncheon in support of the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR); Brandon Rhys Williams memorial lecture on European economic co-operation. Other subjects include: the European elections and the failures of the Government.
1 file.

Jan 1994-Nov 1994

European Commission speeches. Annotated copies of speeches by NK, mostly relating to transport policy and trans-European network issues.
2 files.

Jan 1995-Dec 1995

European Commission speeches. Annotated copies of speeches by NK, mostly relating to transport policy and trans-European network issues.
2 files.

Jan 1996-Jun 1996

European Commission speeches. Annotated copies of speeches by NK, mostly relating to transport policy and trans-European network issues.
2 files.

Jul 1996-Dec 1996

European Commission speeches. Annotated copies of speeches by NK, mostly relating to transport policy and trans-European network issues.
2 files.

Jan 1997-Nov 1997

European Commission speeches. Annotated copies of speeches by NK, mostly relating to transport policy and trans-European network issues. Other subjects include: Aneurin Bevan and health policy; Wales's place in Europe.
2 files.

Jan 1998-Dec 1998

European Commission speeches. Annotated copies of speeches and articles by NK, mostly relating to transport policy and trans-European network issues. Other subjects include: allegations of fraud against the Commission; the European elections; the Commission's collective resignation; writing the Leader's speech for the Labour Party Conference.
2 files.

Jan 1999-Jul 1999

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