If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg..

I'm an optimist, but I'm an optimist who takes his raincoat..

Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start..

The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian..

If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar..

On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich a….

I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase 'freedom of the press' used as freely as it is, knowing that a large part of our proprietor….

One man's wage increase is another man's price increase..

The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income..

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 f….

The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months..

In politics a week is a very long time..

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery..

We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution.

The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing..

He who rejects change is the architect of decay..

Selsdon Man is designing a system of society for the ruthlessness and the pushing, the uncaring. His message to the rest is: you're out on your own..

[Criticizing as "appalingly complacent" a Conservative Government report that by the '60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of c….

I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle..

At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister. Over and above communication and vigilan….

The labour party is like a stage-coach. If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. B….