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Decent, hard-working Labour MPs have been targeted by Corbyn fanatics in an attempt to purge the party of anyone who doesn't support their narrow, divisive ideology. Anna Soubry
Ideology Party Purge Attempt Divisive Support Narrow Been Targeted Labour Decent Anyone Fanatics Who Hard-Working
To see off Corbyn's Labour, we need to start the debate as to how and why a market economy is the way to deliver prosperity, social mobility, fully funded public services, and the means to address their concerns about the environment and social justice. Anna Soubry
Justice Prosperity Debate Market Market Economy Address Way See About Deliver Environment Economy Concerns How Off Mobility Labour Public Social Means Social Justice Fully Why Services Start Need
The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transform not merely an industrial situation and win an important battle for workers in struggle, but an opportunity to change the government of the day. Arthur Scargill
Government Best Day Change Struggle Battle Win Opportunity Important Situation Had Merely Industrial Years Labour Movement Transform Workers
The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain. Arthur Scargill
Leadership People Philippines Trouble Party Understanding Willing Eastern Eastern Europe Also Without Trade Trade Union Labour Labour Party Quite Produce Union Europe Applaud Streets Millions Britain Millions Of People Need
Capitalism in and of itself is based on the monetising of human labour, and the first evidence of that is slavery. And that has never changed. We are all participating in that. Asia Kate Dillon
Capitalism First Changed Evidence Never Participating Itself Labour Human Based Slavery
In bonded labour cases, judges would ask me why I had brought those people to the courts who stank. 'You are here precisely for them,' I would respond. Asma Jahangir
Me You People Those Respond Would Brought Cases Had Judges Courts Labour Precisely Them Ask Who Why Here Bonded
I am able to compete not because my labour is cheap, but because I can use technology better than others. Baba Kalyani
Technology Better Others Able Cheap Because Am Than Labour Use Compete
Politicians said that with our cheap labour, we could be competitive in the world. Nothing could be further from the truth. We were the most uncompetitive country with that cheap labour. Baba Kalyani
Truth World Country Politicians Nothing Our Further Could Cheap Most Said Were Labour Competitive
Dictatorships do cut down on rape, and pillage, not to mention sexual harassment, by the simple expedient of sending people to labour camps for life or cutting off their hands without a trial. Barbara Amiel
Life People Simple Down Trial Sexual Mention Without Off Camps Dictatorships Labour Hands Sending Expedient Cut Cutting Harassment
I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that's because they've moved, not me. Billy Bragg
Politics Me Party Further Batting Because Still Left Than Labour Labour Party Moved Them Much Used Away
When I was first elected to parliament 18 years ago, one of the many things that struck me and that I still feel now is how the Labour Party, the party of collective action, can, at MP level and above, behave in such an individualistic way. Bob Ainsworth
Me Collective First Party Action Way Above Struck Parliament Individualistic Feel How Still Years Years Ago Labour Labour Party Behave Elected Many Now Level Things
I was a Labour Party man but I found myself to the left of the Labour party in Nelson, militant as that was. I came to London and in a few months I was a Trotskyist. C. L. R. James
Myself Man Party Few Months Nelson London Came Left Labour Labour Party Militant Found
It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour. Carol Bellamy
World Hundred Some Child Labour May Children Form Estimated Exploitative Fifty Engaged Million Two
The prices of raw materials do not fluctuate directly with the labour cost of producing them. Charles E. Wilson
Fluctuate Cost Directly Prices Raw Raw Materials Materials Labour Them Producing
Whatever the eventual judgment, the political implications of Hutton are already clear. A devastating indictment of Labour in power - and of our political system itself. Charles Kennedy
Political Power Judgment Whatever Our System Indictment Devastating Clear Implications Itself Labour Political System Eventual
It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour. Charles Sturt
Success Future Great Too Those Recollect Feared Emigrate Facility Generally New Obtained Operations Without South Anticipate Conducting Wales New South Wales Labour Cannot Them Should Certainty Who
My advice to organizations I work with is always to be proactive rather than simply reactive when it comes to human rights issues. After all, the important process of improving company policies and practices must be carried out without having to be prompted by a labour strike, factory collapse or other crisis. Cherie Blair
Work Rights Important Advice Human Rights Other Strike Collapse Crisis Carried Out Must Prompted Rather Having Factory Simply Policies Reactive Practices Without Always Issues Than Labour Improving Proactive Human After Process Organizations Company
I have quite a different background from a lot of people in the Labour party - I'm of mixed heritage. Chuka Umunna
People Party Heritage Background Mixed Lot Labour Labour Party Quite Different
We want to see more sources of alternative finance, from innovations in factoring such as MarketInvoice or in peer-to-peer lending such as Funding Circle which Labour local authorities are now using to support and invest in local businesses. Chuka Umunna
Finance Circle Local Innovations See More Invest Support Alternative Sources Labour Authorities Want Which Lending Businesses Using Now Funding
We will not try to out-Ukip Ukip. Labour is not going to offer false solutions, such as leaving Europe. Chuka Umunna
Try Will Solutions Leaving False Offer Labour Going Europe
Labour is the party of internationalism and openness. Chuka Umunna
Party Openness Labour Internationalism
When a Conservative government is presiding over unfair cuts to tax credits, chaos in the NHS and an unnecessary and ideological attack on trade union rights, it is natural that many in the Labour party should be sceptical of Tory talk on devolution - sceptical, even of government deals with Labour-led local authorities. Chuka Umunna
Government Rights Natural Conservative Party Unfair Conservative Government Local Chaos Unnecessary Tory Sceptical Attack Over Talk Ideological Trade Deals Trade Union Labour Authorities Labour Party Tax Cuts Should Union Many Even Credits
Believe it or not, we all share the same values in the Labour party, but there will always be differences of opinion on policy - that is in the nature of the broad-church political parties we have under our flawed first-past-the-post electoral system. Chuka Umunna
Nature Political Will Values Party Differences Believe Our System Share Parties Policy Opinion Always Political Parties Labour Labour Party Same Flawed Electoral
The argument in Labour around full membership of the single market is about whether it can be squared with delivering the desire of many of our voters to gain greater control over immigration. This is a proper concern - Labour must stand for those who voted leave every bit as much as we represent those who voted remain. Chuka Umunna
Immigration Argument Single Control Every Market Our Bit Those Membership Must About Proper Remain Delivering Over Voted Voters Concern Greater Around Leave Labour Represent Gain Whether Much Stand Full Who Many Desire
Despite Labour's achievements in government, we were too often seen as champions for global capital markets, which worked for bankers but did not seem to be delivering for the rest of Britain. Chuka Umunna
Government Rest Seen Too Despite Markets Seem Delivering Global Were Labour Did Often Bankers Achievements Which Capital Worked Champions Britain
Labour has an impressive record of delivery for black Britain. Chuka Umunna
Black Record Delivery Impressive Labour Britain
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