To be honest, it was slavery. Nobody should have any romantic ideas about working underground. It's very, very dangerous. You always knew you were living in danger. You were on your hands and knees half the day. — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
I never, ever romanticise life in the pit. It was a hard, dirty, noisy, tiring, dangerous job in a confined space, a very dark… — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
Parties are organised happiness but happiness is accidental. You can't legislate for it. — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
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. — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
I've never done any cross-party stuff. I've no interest in sitting down discussing pensions or whatever with Tories. — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
Cameron called me a dinosaur you know? Well I'm the only dinosaur who can ride a bike 12 miles a day. — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
I solemnly swear that I will bear true and faithful allegiance to the Queen when she pays her income tax — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
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… — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
Isn't it essential in any prelude to a war to be sure of your allies and be sure of your objectives? — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
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… — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
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… — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
