The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
HAROLD WILSONThere is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich and other finance centres about whom we keep on hearing, had started to make their dispositions in regard to sterling.
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I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase ‘freedom of the press’ used as freely as it is, knowing that a large part of our proprietorial press is not free at all.
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The government have only a small majority in the House of Commons. I want to make it quite clear that this will not affect our ability to govern. Having been charged with the duties of Government we intend to carry out those duties.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.
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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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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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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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May I say, for the benefit of those who have been carried away by the gossip of the last few days, that I know what’s going on.
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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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