I do not think you can push public expenditure significantly above 60 per cent and maintain the values of a plural society with adequate freedom of choice. We are here close to one of the frontiers of social democracy.

We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected

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

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

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society

Many of the early nationalisation measures were right. They have remained part of the social fabric. I favour measures of that type.

Inheritance Tax; - it is, broadly speaking; a voluntary levy paid by those who distrust their heirs more than they dislike the Inland Revenue