If ever I left the House of Commons it would be because I wanted to spend more time on politics.
Tony BennI don't want to commit myself in advocating a definite republican constitution which will get bogged down with the question of who would elect the President and when.
Tony BennPeople would do well to ask themselves how many of their ambitions and aspirations derive from the type of economic system they inhabit and the insecurity and exhaustion it creates, and question the sense and purpose of a society where control of a large portion of life is abdicated under contract in the labour market, and where immense creativity and potential is stifled by the need to do difficult and repetitive tasks in order to earn a wage.
Tony BennChoice depends on the freedom to choose and if you are shackled with debt you don't have the freedom to choose.
Tony BennCabinet members are soon overwhelmed by the insistent demands of running their departments. On the whole, a period in high office consumers intellectual capital; it does not create it....The less ministers know at the outset, the more dependent they are on the only sources of available knowledge; the permanent officials.
Tony Benn