Meeting the challenges of the future requires a state that can think and act strategically. — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
How many times have we seen politicians in office become cut off from the outside world and become unaware that the world… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
My ambition is to learn to play the trombone. My wife pulls my leg about it. I'll find time, my neighbours might… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
When you're in the depths of a recession, that isn't the time when people want to challenge the system, they're too busy… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
Our supporters just want a Labour government. They want a Labour government that does what Labour governments are expected to do. They… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
New Labour has deregulated, liberalised and privatised - but every time the private sector fails it is the taxpayer who pays. — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
Governments usually end not with a bang but with a whimper, as the Conservatives learned in the 1990s. Support and authority erodes… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
Going to university is, and should be, so much more than a mechanical process of grinding out a degree qualification for a pre-determined career… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
The arrogant view that young people don't count because they don't vote has thankfully been smashed for ever. — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
Well organised displays of spontaneous support is one of the New Labour machine's specialities. — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
Labour will only survive in government if we can restore the sense of mission upon which it was founded. — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
The spread of information technology and the long-term decline in the cost of computing power have created opportunities that simply did not exist before.… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
When I left school I went onto the shop floor, working 12-hour shifts in a TV factory. My workmates were sharp, skilled and all… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
The New Labour political elite has long conspired to secure a so-called 'smooth transition' for Blair's successor. This would amount to little more than… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
If the government is injecting public money, it should also take the right to oversee board appointments, executive pay, and future business operations. — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
Only the political process offers the real prospect of a united Ireland at peace with itself. — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
Producing more reams of detailed policies that have marginal and limited effects on our society is futile. — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
There are some lines in the sand you just do not cross. Undermining basic civil liberties by locking people up for long periods without… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
Political rivalry is one thing but personal smear campaigns scrape the barrel of political infighting. — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
