He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit.
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of BlackburnI remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war. They'd thought we'd won.
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of BlackburnWhy get rid of Chamberlain to put in Halifax? It's like getting rid of the organ-grinder to put in the monkey.
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of BlackburnIt was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else.
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn