“The trade unions and the Labour Party... failed miserably. Instead of giving concrete support, and calling upon workers to take industrial action, they did nothing.” GivingActionPartySupportCallingTradeUnionsWorkersLabourConcreteLabour PartyTrade Unions Author:Arthur Scargill
“In the end, the Labour party could cease to represent labour. Stranger historic ironies have happened than that.” EndsPartyHappenedStrangerCeaseIronyLabourHistoricLabour Party Author:Enoch Powell
“Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a 24-hour strike. It shows how far to the right the Labour Party's gone.” PeopleShowsHoursPartyGonePreparedDemocratBritishStrikesLabourContrastAprilLabour Party Author:Arthur Scargill
“Is Tony Blair of the Labour party? The answer to that is profoundly 'yes', but that is not how, sentimentally, he is regarded in the Labour movement generally.” AnswersPartyMovementLabourBlairLabour PartyLabour Movement Author:Neil Kinnock
“Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or at least hope, that co-operation for the common good might gradually replace the competitiveness of capitalism.” MightPartyCommonCapitalismFollowingOperationsReasonableLabourCommon GoodCompetitivenessLabour Party Author:Dora Russell
“In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong.” StrongPartyStandardsGoldEnglandConservativeBritainLabourVery StrongEconomistConsensusLabour PartyConservative PartyGold StandardCivil Service Author:Ed Balls
“The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party.” IfsLastsLostLosesPartyFourElectionLabourLabour PartyLiberal Party Author:Clive Anderson
“You can't win with some people. If you're not in government, you're criticised for being not serious. If you are in government, you're criticised for wanting power. That's the Labour party's line of attack, and it's a bit ridiculous.” PeopleIfsGovernmentWinningBitsLinesPartySeriousRidiculousLabourCan't WinLabour Party Author:Vince Cable
“My own view is that if you filled every member of the parliamentary Labour party with a truth drug and lashed them to a polygraph lie detector, very, very few of them would support foundation hospitals.” IfsLyingMy OwnViewsPartySupportDrugMembersFoundationFilledLabourHospitalsLabour PartyParliamentaryPolygraph Author:Frank Dobson
“I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.” PeopleUnderstandingViewsPartyCompassionPrinciplesSpeechToleranceBackgroundsLabourFreedom Of SpeechLabour PartyLimiting Freedom Of Expression Author:Geoff Hoon