LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Neil Kinnock on Commonwealth Games

Genre

Interview

TX Date

14 Jul 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:04:44

Description

Labour leader Neil Kinnock on the banning of Annette Cowley and Zola Budd from the Commonwealth Games. He talks about how they should not have been granted British status at all, how the ban was inevitable, why Tanzania pulled out of the games, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s responsibility for the African countries pulling out, his view on the future of the Commonwealth, and whether Thatcher will ever move on sanctions.

Contributors

Neil Kinnock

Keywords

Sport; Sports competitions; Margaret Thatcher; South Africa; Apartheid; Tanzania; Economic sanctions; Commonwealth of Nations; Commonwealth games; Swimming; Sportswomen; Running; Zola Budd; Annette Crowley

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