Quote sally cinnamon="sally cinnamon"I think you're re-writing history here....Kinnock was leader of the Opposition at the time Margaret Thatcher was PM. He was calling for us to join the ERM while Maggie was insistent on us staying out. Kinnock wasn't jumping on the bandwagon he took the Labour party in a different direction from the way it had been before (under Foot they wanted withdrawal from the EEC) and in a different direction from where the Tories were (or where Thatcher was, not necessarily all her party).
Ultimately we went in because Lawson, Howe and Major all wanted us in, and after Lawson and Howe had quit and she had Major as Chancellor, she couldn't afford to fall out with another Chancellor at such a dicey time for her in the poll tax era.'"
not a case of re writing history
Mr Kinnock was a staunch euro sceptic in his early days - he moderated somewhat when he saw the direction the party was heading
