England's dominant schools, universities, professions and enterprises are largely in the ideological and filial grip of the Conservative party. This isn't always obvious but it is emphatic, especially when they are threatened. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
No matter the evidence or the experience, the Conservative party has been allergic to direct state involvement in running our railways. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
I'm clear that new schools should only go in areas where there is a need for places. I'm equally clear that we need those… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Brexit has always been an impossible project, except at the price of massive self-harm. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Brexit is not, thankfully, a question of war. But, like Iraq, Brexit is an act of unprovoked self-harm and a massive strategic mistake that… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Teach First is uniquely placed to help universities broaden the social background of their student intake. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Good government has essentially broken down in the face of Brexit. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Britain's railways don't need to be wholly nationalised and they don't need to be operated solely by private companies. Both of these myopias harm… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
The motorway network helps bind Britain together. It remains an extraordinary achievement, making a huge contribution to our economy and our way of life. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
It is clear to me that when London has expanded successfully in the past, there has always been a plan. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
I thought I'd left politics when Labour lost the 2010 election and I went off and ran a thinktank for two years and founded… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
The partial exception to our London-centric state institutions is the monarchy, which has always had peripatetic tendencies. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
I'm prepared to argue with some of my Labour colleagues about doing what it takes to see that every school has the governance needed… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
By managing the speed of traffic and opening the hard shoulder as a new running lane in times of congestion, the M42 pilot showed… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
