I'm the guy everybody wanted to live next door. They just didn't want me to be prime minister. Neil Kinnock doorguylive Change image and share on social
I didn't call for a ballot at the start of the miners' strike in 1984. I'll regret that until my dying day. Neil Kinnock ballotcallday Change image and share on social
Is Tony Blair of the Labour party? The answer to that is profoundly 'yes', but that is not how, sentimentally, he is regarded in the Labour movement generally. Neil Kinnock answerblairgenerally Change image and share on social
I'd like to be remembered as somebody who tried to promote justice. Neil Kinnock justicepromoteremember Change image and share on social
Newspapers are tutors as well as informers. Neil Kinnock informernewspapertutor Change image and share on social
Margaret Thatcher was not a malicious person. She was a person who couldn't see, or didn't want to see, the unfairness and disadvantaging consequences of the application of what she thought to be a renewing ideology. Neil Kinnock applicationconsequencedisadvantage share on social
My first real experience of ambition was as party leader. It was my ambition for Labour to win, in which event I would be prime minister. Neil Kinnock ambitioneventexperience Change image and share on social
No prime minister in Britain will ever be able to go to war without the endorsement of a majority of the House of Commons. Neil Kinnock britaincommonendorsement Change image and share on social
If we are going to have a bicameral parliament, I think there should always be a reserved place for people whose background and experience are critical to the welfare of the nation. Neil Kinnock backgroundbicameralcritical Change image and share on social
People who are in politics to be right all the time would be better off taking up fly-fishing. It's less dangerous. Politics that is not applied in the real world and doesn't address the real challenges and paradoxes and agonies is a hobby. Neil Kinnock addressagonyapply share on social
