When I started to encounter Marxism at 16, the elementary truths of the surplus value theory and more than anything else, the logical argument that h… - Neil Kinnock

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When I started to encounter Marxism at 16, the elementary truths of the surplus value theory and more than anything else, the logical argument that he produced that labour was the source of all wealth, gave me a political and intellectual justification for what I believed in a way that nothing else did.

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About Neil Kinnock

Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, PC (born 28 March 1942) is a British politician. As a member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until 1995, first for Bedwellty and then for Islwyn. He was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 until 1992, and Vice-President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004.

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Alternative Names: Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock Neil G. Kinnock Neil Gordon Kinnock
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