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Neil Kinnock on a life in politics and losing his wife of 56 years
‘Bloody lovely! Terrific.” It is 20 hours since the 10pm exit poll announced a Labour landslide and Lord Kinnock has barely slept, but unalloyed joy booms down the phone line. The night before I call him, in the early hours he had been rejoicing live on …