{"id":1242,"date":"2015-05-07T14:27:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T13:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2015-05-13T14:29:21","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T13:29:21","slug":"gavin-esler-in-conversation-with-lord-kinnock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/2015\/05\/07\/gavin-esler-in-conversation-with-lord-kinnock\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Esler &#8216;In Conversation&#8217; with Lord Kinnock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong class=\"lead\">The University&#8217;s Chancellor Gavin Esler will interview high-profile public figures as part of an exciting new &#8216;In Conversation&#8217; series.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For the \u2018In Conversation\u2019 series, Gavin Esler will interview leading public figures in a relaxed, informal format \u2013 with audience participation encouraged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">First to join him\u00a0on the sofa will be\u00a0The Rt Hon The Lord Kinnock on Wednesday 10 June. Starting at 6.30pm in Woolf College Theatre, Canterbury campus, the event is free and open to all \u2013 entry is on a first-come, first-served basis so we recommend you arrive early to get a good seat!<\/p>\n<p>Lord Kinnock led the Labour Party during the 1980s, clashing both with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the dispatch box and \u2018traditionalists\u2019 in his own party who resisted his extensive and radical modernisation of the Labour\u2019s constitution, finances and policies. He resigned the leadership in 1992 after defeat by 21 seats in the General Election but continued to serve the UK as part of the European Commission and since 2005 as a Life Peer.<\/p>\n<p>You can join the conversation on twitter using the hashtag #GavinAsks, or email a question in advance to <a href=\"mailto:events@kent.ac.uk\"><i class=\"fa fa-envelope-o\"><\/i> <span class=\"s3\">events@kent.ac.uk<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For further information, contact Tim Farrow: <a href=\"mailto:t.c.farrow@kent.ac.uk\"><i class=\"fa fa-envelope-o\"><\/i> <span class=\"s2\">t.c.farrow@kent.ac.uk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University&#8217;s Chancellor Gavin Esler will interview high-profile public figures as part of an exciting new &#8216;In Conversation&#8217; series. For the \u2018In Conversation\u2019 series, Gavin &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/2015\/05\/07\/gavin-esler-in-conversation-with-lord-kinnock\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38580,"featured_media":1243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[118122],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38580"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}