It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
HAROLD WILSONI’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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