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The labour party is like a stage-coach.

Harold Wilson

At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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Abroad Ask Essential Home Main Prime Minister Repeatably Successful
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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Architect Chance Decay Reject
A week is a long time in politics.
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Long Politics Time Weak
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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Ambition Average Country Every Government Income Labour Present Worker
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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Common Crawling Fair Give Head Held High Market Negotiate Negotiation Wind
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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Clear Country Person Quote Three Time Year
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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Ability Affect Common Duty Government House Majority Make Quite Small
All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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Center Country Finacial Financier Hear Keep Little People Person
Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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Against Debate Dog Fun Insult Like Look No Something Whip
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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Reject Restrain September Wage
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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Freedom Freely Hear Little Nauseated Perhaps Phrase Press Use
The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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Industry Intensive Labor Monarchy
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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Benefit Carried Day Going Gossip May Sir
Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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Chance Equal Everybody Fly Start
The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
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Athlete Christian Constitution Early Endurance Mother Office President Require
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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Actual Blade Flash Leader never Rigormortis Set Shoulder Suddenly Talk

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