Going to university is, and should be, so much more than a mechanical process of grinding out a degree qualification for a… — John McDonnell Career path 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 People Copy Share Image
Well organised displays of spontaneous support is one of the New Labour machine's specialities. — John McDonnell Machine Copy Share Image
Labour will only survive in government if we can restore the sense of mission upon which it was founded. — John McDonnell Goals 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… — John McDonnell Computers 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… — John McDonnell Capable 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… — John McDonnell Elite 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… — John McDonnell Business Copy Share Image
Only the political process offers the real prospect of a united Ireland at peace with itself. — John McDonnell Ireland Copy Share Image
Producing more reams of detailed policies that have marginal and limited effects on our society is futile. — John McDonnell Futile 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… — John McDonnell Civil liberties Copy Share Image
Political rivalry is one thing but personal smear campaigns scrape the barrel of political infighting. — John McDonnell Barrel Copy Share Image
The illegal 2003 invasion had little to do with liberating Iraqis from Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. Instead, the real freedoms and benefits were… — John McDonnell Corporations Copy Share Image
We want to be absolutely clear to the people what we are about. No backroom deals whatsoever and we're not going to… — John McDonnell Back Copy Share Image
Meeting the challenges of the future requires a state that can think and act strategically. — John McDonnell Act Copy Share Image
When I was a GLC councillor, we won and held London as Labour was imploding nationally - running popular campaigns against the… — John McDonnell Fighting Copy Share Image
Out of the suffering of the 1930s, Britain built a civilising society, based in large part on the important lesson that unemployment… — John McDonnell Fault Copy Share Image
The plundering for profit of the world's natural resources has threatened the very sustainability of the planet. — John McDonnell Natural resources Copy Share Image
Airport expansion is just one example of how our planet is being plundered for profit. — John McDonnell Airport Copy Share Image
You've got to demonstrate you're capable of developing policies but, more importantly, you're capable of implementing them. — John McDonnell Capable Copy Share Image
If Marx was alive during the Stalinist period, he'd be first to be in the gulag. — John McDonnell Alive Copy Share Image
The U.K. needs to diversify - to become the technological as well as the financial centre of Europe. — John McDonnell Become Copy Share Image
We stand in the centre ground of the Labour party and our traditions. The policies we are advocating go right back to… — John McDonnell Back Copy Share Image
We urgently need a major programme of investment in renewable energy generation to tackle climate change. — John McDonnell Change Copy Share Image
