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We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What’s more difficult is governing and setting out an agenda for government.
People create jobs, not the government.
If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what’s gone wrong, then you have to change your government.
Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government at the next election. In terms of international development, this choice is a very clear one.
If it does not serve the Iraqi people, there are only political means that must be followed to reform the government – a new government that we must give a chance to prove that it is there to serve the people.
You can’t win with some people. If you’re not in government, you’re criticised for being not serious. If you are in government, you’re criticised for wanting power. That’s the Labour party’s line of attack, and it’s a bit ridiculous.
Open the way before the new government to prove that it is for serving the people.
The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded – in part because it impedes the government’s ability to control institutions, like churches and families, which stand between the state and individuals.
We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.
The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.