“Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government at the next election. In terms of international development, this choice is a very clear one.” WellsGovernmentChoicesNextTermDifferencesClearDevelopmentElectionInternationalSeatsLabourContests Author:Lucy Powell
“I will ask every government department to draw up a plan for civil service relocation outside London. And a Labour Treasury will set an objective for savings over the course of the next decade.” GovernmentCoursesNextAsksPlansDrawsLondonDecadesObjectivesSavingDepartmentLabourSavingsTreasuryCivil Service Author:Ed Balls
“As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth.” HardGovernmentHappensNextComedyRegretVictoryBoundsLabourI RegretFilth Author:Stephen Fry
“Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety, and with the least possible expense. When these things are accomplished, all the objects for which government ought to be established are answered.” MenGovernmentWishEnjoyObjectsProduceOughtSafetyPropertyFruitEvery ManPursueAccomplishedLabourExpensesOccupation Author:Thomas Jefferson
“John Prescott has made the government look greedy and ridiculous. Labour is seen as the corrupt party. The government has been fulfilling the old rule that oppositions do not win elections, governments lose them.” LooksHas BeensMadeGovernmentWinningLosesPartyElectionRidiculousOppositionLabourFulfillingGreedy Author:William Rees-Mogg
“I shall not rest until, once again, the destinies of our people and our party are joined together again in victory at the next general election Labour in its rightful place in government again.” PeopleGovernmentTogetherNextPartyDestinyVictoryElectionLabourTogether AgainGeneral Elections Author:Tony Blair
“Much more should have been achieved by a Labour Government in office and Labour pressure in opposition. Against the dogged resistance to change, we should have pitted a stronger will to change. I conclude that a move to the Left is needed.” ShouldHas BeensGovernmentMovingLeftNeededOfficeShould HaveStrongerPressureResistanceOppositionLabourShould Have BeenResistance To Change Book:Socialism now and other essays Source: Socialism now and other essays
“The programme of the British Labour Party under Neil Kinnock is so wildly irresponsible, so separate and apart from the historic NATO strategy, that I think a Labour government that stood by its present policies - and I rather doubt that they would - would, if it didn't destroy the Alliance, at least diminish its effective ability to do the task for which it was created.” IfsThinkingGovernmentAbilityPartyDoubtPolicyTasksStrategyBritishLabourDiminishHistoricAlliancesIrresponsibleProgrammesNatoLabour Party Author:Richard Perle
“Every man that tried to destroy the Government, every man that shot at the holy flag in heaven, every man that starved our soldiers... every man that wanted to burn the negro, every one that wanted to scatter yellow fever in the North, every man that opposed human liberty, that regarded the auction-block as an altar and the howling of the bloodhound as the music of the Union, every man who wept over the corpse of slavery, that thought lashes on the naked back were a legal tender for labour performed, every one willing to rob a mother of her child - every solitary one was a Democrat.” MenHumansChildrenWarGovernmentWantedMotherHeavenLibertyHistoryWillingHolyShotsSlaveryUnionsDemocratSoldierEvery ManNakedBlockCivil WarLabourYellowFlagsSolitaryCorpsesAltarsFeverAmerican Civil WarLashesAuctionsYellow FeverBloodhounds Author:Robert Green Ingersoll
“Under a Labour government, there's virtually nowhere you can put your savings where they would be safe from the state. ... If you put money in a sock they'd probably nationalize socks.” IfsStatesGovernmentWould BeSafeSavingLabourSavingsSock Author:Margaret Thatcher