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.
HAROLD WILSONFrom 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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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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Over and above communication and vigilance, there are two factors I have always mentioned. They are sleep, and a sense of history.
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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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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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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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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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 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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