The labour party is like a stage-coach.
HAROLD WILSONIf I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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Tories never actually talk about getting rid of their leader, then suddenly there us a flash of steel between he shoulder-blades and rigormortis sets in.
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[Criticizing as “appalingly complacent” a Conservative Government report that by the ’60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall.
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It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
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If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next.
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If we don’t give science its proper place in our national life. We shall no doubt be training all the bullfighters we need, because we don’t use many.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.
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Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn’t mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.
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