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Johann Lamont
Johann Lamont
Scottish Politician
Born: Jul 11, 1957
About Party People Politics Will You
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We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns. Johann Lamont
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We need to find a way of having a conversation across the parties on how you fund local government. Johann Lamont
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I will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose. Johann Lamont
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What I will say will not always please you, but what I say will always be honest and true and how I genuinely see it. Johann Lamont
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My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best for my family. It is not a contest between the two. Johann Lamont
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The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences. Johann Lamont
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Our task is a great one, not just because of how far we have fallen. Our task is a great one because of the challenges facing the people we seek to serve. Johann Lamont
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My Scottish Labour Party is a crusade - to fight poverty, inequality and injustice. Johann Lamont
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Progressive politics is not something to be bolted on to another cause. Johann Lamont
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The Scottish Labour Party, while I have breath in my body, will listen to the views of trade unionists. Johann Lamont
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I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games. Johann Lamont
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Schools are not exam factories for the rat race. Johann Lamont
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It's true across the U.K. that those who had least to do with causing the economic crisis are carrying the heaviest burden. That's unacceptable. Johann Lamont
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I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God. Johann Lamont
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If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken. Johann Lamont
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The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference? Johann Lamont
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I love hard political debate and I love beating somebody on a political point but what I'm more frustrated by is the politics where you play the man not the politics. Johann Lamont
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I've taught fifth-year Christmas leavers last thing on a Friday afternoon. Basically, if you can face that you can face anything. Johann Lamont
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Separation and devolution are two completely different concepts which cannot be mixed together. One is not a stop on the way to the other. Johann Lamont
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The Scottish Labour Party and its renewal are more important than me. Johann Lamont
Me Important Party More Renewal Scottish Than Labour Labour Party
Scotland has chosen to remain in partnership with our neighbours in the U.K. But Scotland is distinct, and colleagues must recognise that. Johann Lamont
Our Distinct Recognise Colleagues Neighbours Must Remain Partnership Scotland Chosen
There is a presumption made among nationalists that constitutional change is the answer to all the questions that are problematic in our communities, and my job is to talk about what is happening in the real world. Johann Lamont
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There is a circus around politics. But if you think it is a game, then you forget what the purpose of politics actually is. Johann Lamont
Politics You Game Think Circus Purpose Around Forget Then Actually
If you don't accept there is a problem, then it is hard to debate things. Johann Lamont
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I want to change Scotland, but the only way we can change Scotland is by changing the Scottish Labour Party. Johann Lamont
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The Labour Party in 2011 was in an exceptionally bad place. We'd been hammered in an election. We didn't see the scale of it coming. Johann Lamont
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