During the period that Glenys Kinnock, Lady Kinnock of Holyhead was an MEP, from 1994 to 2009, I was the director of the education and international department of the Transport and General Workers’ Union (now Unite).
Dealing with Tony Blair’s government was not easy for the trade unions: most MPs and ministers were very careful and even reluctant. Even those who supported us often had to say: “We’ll do it, but shhh – don’t let you-know-who find out.”
