“The hard left is a very small section of the British population and I myself am not hard left. I am a traditional Labour left-winger.” HardLeftPopulationBritishTraditionalLabourSections Author:George Galloway
“And whereas many men, by accident unevitable, become unable to maintain themselves by their labour; they ought not to be left to the Charity of private persons; but to be provided for, (as far-forth as the necessities of Nature require,) by the Lawes of the Common-wealth. For as it is Unchariablenesse in any man, to neglect the impotent; so it is in the Soveraign of a Common-wealth, to expose them to the hazard of such uncertain Charity.” MenPersonsLeftWealthCommonOughtCharityAccidentsLabourNeglectUncertainHazards Author:Thomas Hobbes
“I joined the Labour Party not because it was Left Wing, but because it was definitely internationalists and would seem to be the group in the Labour Party which would serve my purpose best for propaganda along internationalist lines.” SeemsPurposeLeftLinesPartyGroupsWingsPropagandaLabourLeft WingLabour Party Author:Norman Angell
“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
“We conceive the function of Tribune to be the expression in popular form, and to as large a public as possible, of the views of the Left and Marxist wing of social democracy in this country. Its policy must be that of those who believe that the present leadership of the Labour Party is not sufficiently Socialist.” BelieveCountryFormLeftSocialViewsPartyDemocracyPolicyExpressionFunctionWingsLabourSocialistMarxistLabour PartySocial Democracy Author:Anthony Crosland