Neil Kinnock became leader of the British Labour Party in 1983 but Glenys Kinnock doesn't feel that she ever lived in his shadow. She remained involved in politics as well as teaching - speaking out at Labour Party Conferences, at the United Nations and continuing to campaign for the issues she believed in.

"I made speeches and I actually during that time spoke at the United Nations on children under apartheid. I never felt in Neil's shadow, I don't think I could have tolerated that. I am very independent and I did what I wanted to do and I don't think I ever did anything to embarrass Neil or the Labour partyÉ so it was sometimes a fine line that I trod. But I think it did offer me great opportunities at that time and now at my time of life another opportunity to do something elseÉ"