Fighting Quote by John McDonnell

I was delighted that by campaigning throughout England, Scotland and Wales, addressing in all 39 public meetings, I had contributed to the victory of…

— Edward Heath

Whether it was in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher, the 1950s under Churchill and Macmillan or in the early days of the Cameron administration,…

— Priti Patel

When New Labour came to power, we got a Right-wing Conservative government. I came to realise that voting Labour wasn't in Scotland's interests any…

— Jimmy Reid

What I hope is in five years' time, I can go to the British people in the election and say: Lots of you doubted…

— Nick Clegg

There is now a desperate need for a London-wide left caucus of those interested in the GLC and local councils so that we can…

— Ken Livingstone

I was elected by people voting Labour! The idea that you come to Parliament and the first thing you do is that you're hand…

— Dennis Skinner

I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the…

— Frank Dobson

I ultimately joined the Labour Party and became an MP because the country and my constituents deserve a Labour government.

— Luciana Berger

I did not vote Labour because they've heard of Oasis and nobody is going to vote Tory because William Hague has got a baseball…

— Ben Elton

I was a Labour luvvie, with Blair. I wasn't really a party member.

— Maureen Lipman

I was Margaret Thatcher in the school election during the 1983 General Election.

— Liz Truss

I was a candidate in Loughborough in the 2005 election. I had a good result against the sitting Labour MP but not enough to…

— Nicky Morgan