Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.
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 BlackburnLarge motorway flyovers are the cathedrals of the modern world.
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of BlackburnHe 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 Blackburn