The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that if a party splits it will be electorally slaughtered
The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life - Roy Jenkins
The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life
- Roy Jenkins
The most moving speech I have ever heard was Hugh Gaitskell saying he would 'fight, fight and fight again to save the party we love. That was the rig… - Roy Jenkins
The most moving speech I have ever heard was Hugh Gaitskell saying he would 'fight, fight and fight again to save the party we love. That was the rig…
The fact is that Harold Wilson is a person no one can like, a person without friends. - Roy Jenkins
The fact is that Harold Wilson is a person no one can like, a person without friends.
We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected - Roy Jenkins
We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected
The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society - Roy Jenkins
The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society
There is a lot of talk about a centre party - and that I might lead it. I find this idea profoundly unattractive - Roy Jenkins
There is a lot of talk about a centre party - and that I might lead it. I find this idea profoundly unattractive
I do not think you can push public expenditure significantly above 60 per cent and maintain the values of a plural society with adequate freedom of c… - Roy Jenkins
I do not think you can push public expenditure significantly above 60 per cent and maintain the values of a plural society with adequate freedom of c…
Many of the early nationalisation measures were right. They have remained part of the social fabric. I favour measures of that type. - Roy Jenkins
Many of the early nationalisation measures were right. They have remained part of the social fabric. I favour measures of that type.
Each successive Labour Government has been the most rapacious, doctrinaire and unpatriotic conspiracy to be seen this side of the Iron Curtain. - Roy Jenkins
Each successive Labour Government has been the most rapacious, doctrinaire and unpatriotic conspiracy to be seen this side of the Iron Curtain.
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