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It is obvious I shall have to abandon my hopes of getting the Queen's head off the stamps.
Once upon a time the Conservative party was a broad church which embraced a range of views.
I think there is a role for non-violent direct action when democratic channels have failed.
I joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the 1980s and protested at Greenham Common.
The response to coronavirus has shown what can be done when governments put their mind to it.
Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves.
I don't think politics just happens in Parliament. It happens on the streets and in classrooms.
We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.
I don't think anybody voted for the Green Party without knowing what our position was on Brexit.
If ever I left the House of Commons it would be because I wanted to spend more time on politics.
Climate change demands a collective response. We can't expect other countries to act if we don't.
When threats become unspeakable, unshareable and even unreadable, their power over us only grows.
If I rescued a child from drowning, the press would no doubt headline the story: 'Benn grabs child
When we have a majority we will do it. I think the days of the Lords are quite genuinely numbered.
A government can't cut its way out of a recession any more than you can dig yourself out of a hole.
Unquestionably, major transformation of the way the U.K. generates its heat and power is essential.
Would the media insist on having a Holocaust-denier to balance any report about the Second Word War?
I think if journalists were responsible for international policy we'd have a nuclear war every week.
The Green Party is full of motivated, driven people who want to make change happen as fast as possible.
I'd rather die on my feet making a speech than die of Alzheimer's - and that's what I'm planning to do.
Nuclear weapons remain a costly distraction from the real security threats we face, like climate change.
Continuing down a path where profit is king is unsustainable for our society, our health and our planet.
We must not let the response to the coronavirus crisis make the climate and inequality crises even worse.
The uncut diaries are 16 million words. It's very tiring to do your diary every night before you go to bed.
The 1973 Labour Conference will have before it the most radical programme the Party has prepared since 1945.
Fading are the days in which a cohort of towering power stations ran the game (and captured all the profits).
As more and more people demand fair pay, the Government and big corporations are going to have to take notice.
We should entrust our young people with a voice to express their views on what their futures should look like.
We have lived with deadly levels of air pollution for years, which have made us more vulnerable to coronavirus.
Choice depends on the freedom to choose and if you are shackled with debt you don't have the freedom to choose.
I did not enter the Labour Party 47 years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr Mori, Dr Gallup and Mr Harris
It is wholly wrong to blame Marx for what was done in his name, as it is to blame Jesus for what was done in his
A faith is something you die for; a doctrine is something you kill for; there is all the difference in the world.
A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.
We pride ourselves on our democracy, but when you see the way it actually works, I think it is worthy of contempt.
The New York Times said, "There are two superpowers in the world: the United States and the world peace movement."
Thanks to the tabloid campaigns I have many death threats and I was very pleased to get another one the other day.
We must have the right to name our fears and laugh at those who seek to scare us - or risk giving in to terrorists.
I stand alongside everyone campaigning for better pay and conditions - they are paving the way for a fairer society.
I think there are two ways in which people are controlled - first of all frighten people and secondly demoralize them.
Britain's continuing membership of the Community would mean the end of Britain as a completely self-governing nation...
I believe the more difficult the circumstances, the more people will be inclined to trust those in charge at the moment.
The peace movement didn't stop the Iraq but I think that Blair would not be able to go along and support an Iranian war.
Workers are not going to be fobbed off with a few shares...or by a carbon copy of the German system of co-determination.
Westminster's hardly a billboard for people-centred politics. Given its makeup, the term 'Commons' is pretty ironic, too.
Humanity's inclination to be kind during the coronavirus crisis is an unprecedented, uplifting demonstration of solidarity.
Through me the energy policy of the whole Common Market is being held up. Without opening old wounds, it pleases me no end.
There is no moral difference between a stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. Both kill innocent people for political reasons.
The people who have sacrificed their view in order to get to the top have very often left no footprints in the sands of time.
At the end of my life, I was told to vote for it for pensioners; I' m not in favour of means tests for pensioners or anybody.