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Throughout my political life, I've not been a stranger to controversy.
The one thing I can assure you is that I'm not going to do a Prescott.
The only continent with a growth rate lower than Europe is Antarctica.
The day of small nations has passed away; the day of Empires has come.
My judgment about what is right for this country will always guide me.
Will I ever forgive the British media for what they've done to me? No.
The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life
I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.
For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them.
I don't feel comfortable with luxury, and I try to stay fairly normal.
Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.
The war in Iraq, clearly has not turned out in the way that was hoped.
I didn't go into politics because I wanted to win a popularity contest.
On the back benches, you can have your say but no power to do anything.
I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.'
Disaster beats stasis. Better a rolling stone than a moss-covered rock.
If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.
We have supported the banks, they should be supporting the economy now.
It's not easy cutting welfare bills. It's not easy cutting the deficit.
We could not have parliamentary sovereignty with a European Parliament.
I don't think there will be a recession as a result of a vote to leave.
Only by working together, as a broad coalition, can the Leave side win.
I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation.
We atheists have to accept that most believers are better human beings.
The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life.
You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
Tying money up for 40 years doesn't sound appealing when you are young.
The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business.
I've never bought the argument that people are apathetic about politics.
The next Euro-elections will be a step towards a United States of Europe
I have built my reputation on honesty, I have sometimes been too honest.
Mum worked nonstop, doing two, sometimes three, jobs throughout the 80s.
I'm not one of those people for which politics is my sole preoccupation.
The science is getting worse faster than the politics is getting better.
Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.
British taxpayers should not bear the costs of problems in the Eurozone.
It is vital that we raise awareness of the risks faced by drug misusers.
To most people, nothing is more troublesome than the effort of thinking.
When there are things that don't go according to plan, London will cope.
Advertising at its worst will be killed by the Internet. And rightly so.
I don't think I'm a revolutionary, and I'd certainly be an unlikely one.
They say a man should be judged by his enemies. I am very proud of mine.
I hate big government; I hate being told what to do on a personal basis.
I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots.
I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government.
I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government.
The UK public have repeatedly shown enormous generosity to those in need.
Almost anybody from the past will hold views discordant with the present.
You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers.
Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.