I've Been A Member Of The Labour

The Establishment Decided Thatcher's Ideas Were Safer With A Strong Blair Government Than With A Weak Major Government. We Are Given All These Personalities To Choose Between To Disguise The Fact That The Policies Are The Same.

Well, It All Began With Democracy. Before We Had The Vote All The Power Was In The Hands Of Rich People. If You Had Money You Could Get Health Care, Education, Look After Yourself When You Were Old, And What Democracy Did Was To Give The Poor The Vote And It Moved Power From The Marketplace To The Polling Station, From The Wallet...to The Ballot.

The Labour Party Has Never Been A Socialist Party, Although There Have Always Been Socialists In It - A Bit Like Christians In The Church Of England.

I Opposed The Suez War, I Opposed The Falklands War. I Opposed The Libyan Bombing And I Opposed The Gulf War And I Never Believed That Any Of Those Principled Arguments Lost A Single Vote - Indeed, I Think They Gained Support Though That Was Not Why You Did It. What Has Been Lacking In Labour Politics Over A Long Period Is A Principled Stand

Through Me The Energy Policy Of The Whole Common Market Is Being Held Up. Without Opening Old Wounds, It Pleases Me No End.