Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Bruce Liddington, who has died aged 70, was the most exotic creature in the Department for Education in the 2000s. In a…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

The original sin of Brexit - the lies, contradictions, half-truths and omissions on which it was built - have come back to…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

For the Conservative Party to become the mouthpiece of energy monopolists is not only a political error; it is fundamentally at variance…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

The strength of the British constitution is supposedly its ability, because it is unwritten in key respects like the incapacity of the…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

I'm clear that new schools should only go in areas where there is a need for places. I'm equally clear that we…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Virtually no other state concentrates as much political, economic and cultural power in its capital city. Even Paris is less economically dominant…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Lots of my contemporaries have had to come to terms with who they are and realise all those deeply held assumptions we…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

I've always believed in one nation even when it wasn't entirely fashionable inside the Labour party... and I believe one nation means…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

I want a European future where we extend and reinforce peace and prosperity to the east, a future where workers are better…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

The BBC is consistently manipulated by Brexiteers into providing them with false parity in arguments where their views add nothing, represent nobody…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Tests account for only a couple of hours within the six years of a child's primary education, but parents expect to know…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

In Germany, apprentices undergo a final examination in the vocational school and an oral examination and practical test in the workplace. The…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

My father came to Britain in search of a better life. My aunts, uncles and cousins fled here in search of safety…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

England's dominant schools, universities, professions and enterprises are largely in the ideological and filial grip of the Conservative party. This isn't always…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

The only way Brexit might have worked without an economic collapse is the Norway model of close integration with the structure of…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Brexit is a cliff, not a gradient. The mistake we are in danger of making is to believe that some Brexits are…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Yes, I have found many people who voted for Brexit and believe it will answer their problems. But they mostly realise that…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Multinational companies exploit national differences to abuse their workers, to dodge their taxes and to 'regulation shop' as a means to avoid…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Opening up closed markets to competition and protecting consumers from monopoly-style profits is the essence of pro-business politics on the modernising right…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

For decades, British governments - including the Blair-Brown government in which I was an education minister - have done a good job…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis