A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect. -Roy Jenkins

 

A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect.


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The politics of the left and centre of this country are frozen in an out-of-date mould which is bad for the political and economic health of Britain and increasingly inhibiting for those who live within the mould. Can it be broken?

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A substantial extension of public ownership is an essential pre-requisite of greater equality of earned income.

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There is a lot of talk about a centre party - and that I might lead it. I find this idea profoundly unattractive. -Roy Jenkins
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A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect.

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The fact is that Harold Wilson is a person no one can like, a person without friends.

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There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good. -Roy Jenkins
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