In politics a week is a very long time.
HAROLD WILSONWe are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get his licence returned when it falls due.
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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 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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This party is a bit like an old stagecoach. If you drive along at a rapid rate everyone aboard is either so exhilarated or so seasick that you don’t have a lot of difficulty.
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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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A week is a long time in politics.
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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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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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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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