Best quotes by John McDonnell on Government
Checkout quotes by John McDonnell on Government
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‟ The decision over Heathrow expansion exemplifies the style of policy-making that starts with capitulation to a powerful self-interested lobby, blatantly fixes a public consultation and then drives through a policy that destroys any vestiges of green credentials the government had left.
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‟ When I was a GLC councillor, we won and held London as Labour was imploding nationally - running popular campaigns against the Thatcher Government and fighting on our own agenda.
- John McDonnell
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‟ When governments fail us, what else can people do except take to direct action? When corporate power can so dominate government policy-making that whole communities are placed at risk, where else can people turn?
- John McDonnell
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‟ Labour will only survive in government if we can restore the sense of mission upon which it was founded.
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‟ Our supporters just want a Labour government. They want a Labour government that does what Labour governments are expected to do. They expect a Labour government to provide them, their families and their communities with the support and security they need, especially in difficult times.
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‟ The interests of big corporations have so permeated government that its major decisions are indistinguishable from the boardroom demands of the leading companies in each commercial sector.
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‟ If the government is injecting public money, it should also take the right to oversee board appointments, executive pay, and future business operations.
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‟ Heathrow expansion is an object lesson in the dominance of a rapacious sector of industry over government decision-making.
- John McDonnell