Nina Temple

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Nina Claire Temple (born 21 April 1956) is a British politician who was the last Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) from 1990 to 1991. A member of the Eurocommunist faction, she previously served as General Secretary of the Young Communist League from 1979 to 1983, where she supported social policies including advocacy for gay rights within the communist movement. Temple was involved in the dissolution of the CPGB in November 1991 and the founding of its successor organisation, Democratic Left. Following her political career, she worked as a think-tank director, including positions at the New Politics Network and Social Market Foundation. After being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2000, she co-founded the choir Sing For Joy with Anne Hutchinson, Mike Power and Jonathon Knight for people with chronic degenerative diseases in 2003. She is the sister of film director Julien Temple and aunt of actress Juno Temple.

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