Includes: NK’s constituency election statement; "the Bridgend speech" (Glamorgan, Wales), 7 June 83; NK’s summary of views for the Labour leadership election; the John P Mackintosh memorial lecture; the William Cardwell Memorial Lecture; NK’s acceptance speech on becoming Party leader. Other subjects include: Conservative education policy, particularly cuts; Labour education policy; higher education; the decline of industry; reasons for Labour’s defeat; future cuts to the coal industry; winning votes back from the Social Democrats; Labour policy on Europe; non-nuclear defence; unemployment; the Freedom of Information campaign; the policy of the United States towards Central America.