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> [You don't enter politics when you come to parliament. I was getting politics for breakfast, dinner and tea when I was a little kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/you-don-t-enter-politics-when-you-come-to-parliament-i-was-getting/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

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## More by Dennis Skinner

> [I never, ever romanticise life in the pit. It was a hard, dirty, noisy, tiring, dangerous job in a confined space, a very dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/i-never-ever-romanticise-life-in-the-pit-it-was-a-hard-dirty-noisy/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [Parties are organised happiness but happiness is accidental. You can't legislate for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/parties-are-organised-happiness-but-happiness-is-accidental-you-can-t/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [I'm up at the crack of dawn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/i-m-up-at-the-crack-of-dawn/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [I've never made a perfect speech or a perfect anything. I always think after, I should have done it that way or this way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/i-ve-never-made-a-perfect-speech-or-a-perfect-anything-i-always-think/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [I've never done any cross-party stuff. I've no interest in sitting down discussing pensions or whatever with Tories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/i-ve-never-done-any-cross-party-stuff-i-ve-no-interest-in-sitting/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [Cameron called me a dinosaur you know? Well I'm the only dinosaur who can ride a bike 12 miles a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/cameron-called-me-a-dinosaur-you-know-well-i-m-the-only-dinosaur-who/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [I didn't know when Parliament started to pay my wages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/i-didn-t-know-when-parliament-started-to-pay-my-wages/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [I solemnly swear that I will bear true and faithful allegiance to the Queen when she pays her income tax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/i-solemnly-swear-that-i-will-bear-true-and-faithful-allegiance-to-the/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [I still think carefully about what I'm going to say. I use me heart and head technique, in which the heart says, 'get stuck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/i-still-think-carefully-about-what-i-m-going-to-say-i-use-me-heart/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [Isn't it essential in any prelude to a war to be sure of your allies and be sure of your objectives?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/isn-t-it-essential-in-any-prelude-to-a-war-to-be-sure-of-your-allies/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [We dragged the National Health Service from the depths of degradation. I've got a United Nations heart bypass to prove it and it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/we-dragged-the-national-health-service-from-the-depths-of-degradation/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [There are only so many things you can do in life, and if you think I'm going to spend my waking hours thinking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/there-are-only-so-many-things-you-can-do-in-life-and-if-you-think-i-m/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [I wouldn't take Father of the House even if I was offered it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/i-wouldn-t-take-father-of-the-house-even-if-i-was-offered-it/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [I was shaped by a pit environment and the Second World War. My playground was on the pit tip at Clay Cross and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/i-was-shaped-by-a-pit-environment-and-the-second-world-war-my/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

> [I used to be very athletic when I was a young man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-skinner/i-used-to-be-very-athletic-when-i-was-a-young-man/)

[Dennis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-skinner/)

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