Episode 59: Lord Kinnock

May 19, 2025 00:33:34
Episode 59: Lord Kinnock
Living with dying
Episode 59: Lord Kinnock

May 19 2025 | 00:33:34

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Show Notes

Baroness Glenys Kinnock and Lord Neil Kinnock were together for 60 years - the most high profile political couple of their generation.  "It is like losing a limb" says Neil. "Glenys suffered and died of Alzheimer's in 2023 and the only real relief of Alzheimer's is that people slip away. They almost give you a rehearsal in loss.  It does mean that you suffer a real death and years before that a sort of death."

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