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Devolutionary reform will not provide a factory, a machine or jobs, build a school, train a doctor or put a pound on pensions.

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Neil Kinnock
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 28
Former Leader Of The Labour Party
Politician
Neil Gordon Kinnock
Baron Kinnock
Neil G. Kinnock
Neil Gordon Kinnock
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