The House of Lords must go - not be reformed, not be replaced, not be reborn in some nominated life-after-death patronage paradise, just closed down, abolished, finished. — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
I?m not even sure I?d go into a reformed House of Lords. But let?s put it like this, the decision would have been easier had there been not even complete reform but a substantial stride. — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
There are politicians who seethe with ambition all the time, and there are a lot of other politicians who don't. I'm in the second… — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
Two negatives don't make a positive, any more than two half-wits make a wit. — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
My first real experience of ambition was as party leader. It was my ambition for Labour to win, in which event I would be… — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
I must emphasise that there is nothing in the Labour Party constituion that could, or should prevent people from holding opinions which favour Leninist-Trotskyism. Certainly Marxism has, and will continue to have an important function in the Labour Party. — Neil Kinnock Copy Share
I would die for my country, but I could never let my country die for me. — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
If we are going to have a bicameral parliament, I think there should always be a reserved place for people whose background and experience… — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
Do something that makes a difference - because, by God, there's a lot to make you angry. — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
Loyalty is a fine quality, but in excess it fills political graveyards. — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
American nuclear weapons would almost certainly start being removed from Britain within 12 months of a Labour government gaining power. — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
At various times in the next 20 or 30 years I think it reasonable to anticipate that I will be among the leadershp of… — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
I want to retire at 50. I want to play cricket in the summer and geriatric football in the winter, and sing in the choir. — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
Devolutionary reform will not provide a factory, a machine or jobs, build a school, train a doctor or put a pound on pensions. — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
