If we need more demand in the economy then protect people in work and raise the incomes of those on low incomes… — John McDonnell Children 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
The worry in Labour circles is that, when pressed, Gordon Brown instinctively moved to cut the benefits of the poor rather than… — John McDonnell Circles 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
From nuclear waste to Northern Rock and Metronet, risk is never transferred to the private sector - the state will always be… — John McDonnell Always Copy Share Image
I made the case for public ownership in 'Another World is Possible' - a manifesto for 21st-century socialism - as it is… — John McDonnell Another world Copy Share Image
There's something in people's character, particularly the British character, about unfairness. They don't like it. — John McDonnell British Copy Share Image
Heathrow expansion is an object lesson in the dominance of a rapacious sector of industry over government decision-making. — John McDonnell Decision making Copy Share Image
I saw the Blair-Mandelson regime as a coup, and I think it was a well-funded coup as well - resources obviously came… — John McDonnell Always Copy Share Image
To be effective in tackling poverty wages, a living wage has to be mandatory and basic trade union rights should be restored… — John McDonnell Life Copy Share Image
The plundering for profit of the world's natural resources has threatened the very sustainability of the planet. — John McDonnell Climate Copy Share Image
When governments fail us, what else can people do except take to direct action? When corporate power can so dominate government policy-making… — John McDonnell Action Copy Share Image
It may sound corny in a cynical age but literally generations of our people have given much of their lives to establishing… — John McDonnell Age 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
We believe that leaders should be following the masses. We only ran in leadership campaigns to get our ideas across, to use… — John McDonnell Believe Copy Share Image
Tightening up border and immigration controls go nowhere in addressing the underlying causes of terrorism in our society and in our world. — John McDonnell Immigration Copy Share Image
I do not want to be associated with those that are willing to support undermining the basic human rights that socialists have… — John McDonnell Basic human rights 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 Ambition Copy Share Image
The assertion that the war in Iraq has had no role in increasing the terrorist threat to Britain is clearly just intellectually… — John McDonnell Clearly Copy Share Image
If corporations and rich people who made fortunes out of us during the boom are not paying their fair share then reform… — John McDonnell Corporations Copy Share Image
