Neil Kinnock on GCHQ union ban
- Title
- Neil Kinnock on GCHQ union ban
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- 7 Nov 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:03:54
- Description
- Speech by Labour leader, Neil Kinnock, at a nationwide day of protest at the ban on trade unions at GCHQ. He compares Margaret Thatcher’s support for the Polish trade union, Solidarity, with her ban on similar organisations in the UK.
- Contributors
- Neil Kinnock
- Keywords
- Legislation; Trade unions; Margaret Thatcher; UK; Great Britain; Civil service; Espionage; Poland; Intelligence service; GCHQ; Solidarity (trade union)
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LBC/IRN, "Neil Kinnock on GCHQ union ban". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0010400333013 (Accessed 12 Feb 2026)