Harriet Harman quotes
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“Not all civil servants admire strong political leadership. But if you want to change things for the better you need strong political leadership.”
-- Harriet HarmanSource : "Brown Accused of 'Ruthlessness'". news.bbc.co.uk. March 20, 2007.
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“For many young people, social mobility now means a bus down to the job centre.”
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“I'm afraid you gave up the right to pontificate on social mobility when you abolished educational maintenance allowance [EMA], trebled tuition fees and betrayed a generation of young people.”
-- Harriet HarmanSource : "Clegg Announces Child Poverty and Social Mobility Commission" by Allegra Stratton and Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. April 05, 2011.
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“Now, many of us in the Labour Party are conservationists - and we all love the red squirrel. But there is one ginger rodent which we never want to see again - Danny Alexander.”
-- Harriet HarmanSource : "Harriet Harman Says 'Ginger Rodent' Comment Was Wrong". www.bbc.com. October 30, 2010.
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“The Chancellor has delivered his first budget but it's the same old Tories ; hitting hardest at those who can least afford it and breaking their promises. This is true to form for the Tories, but it includes things that the Liberal Democrats have always fought against. Surely they cannot vote for this.”
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“This is a very crucial period and we have got five fantastic candidates. All of them would make excellent leaders of the Party.”
-- Harriet HarmanSource : "Abbott Will Give Male Rivals a Good Run, Says Harman". www.bbc.co.uk. June 13, 2010.
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“While the happy couple are enjoying the thrill of the rose garden, the in-laws are saying that they are just not right for each other. We keep telling them that they cannot pay couples to stay together, and it is clear that it will take more than a three-quid-a-week tax break to keep this marriage together.”
-- Harriet HarmanSource : House of Commons Debates, publications.parliament.uk. May 25, 2010.
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“I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have men-only leadership.”
-- Harriet HarmanSource : The Times, August 02, 2009.
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“I am a very big admirer of Hillary 's and I am an admirer of Obama as well.”
-- Harriet HarmanSource : BBC's "Question Time", September 18, 2008.
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“The Labour Party is the sister Party for the Democrats and their progressive views are the ones that we are most aligned with.”
-- Harriet HarmanSource : BBC's "Question Time", September 18, 2008.
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“I am in the Labour Party because I am a feminist. I am in the Labour Party because I believe in equality.”
-- Harriet HarmanSource : The Times, November 10, 2007.
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“There are many women with children under five who want to work and who lack affordable, high-quality child care.”
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“In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.”
-- Harriet HarmanSource : "Swoop, apply lipstick, swoop again" by Tanya Gold, www.theguardian.com. August 7, 2009.
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“I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That's one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader.”
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“I'm sure nobody wants to know this, but my husband does all the cleaning - rather too much cleaning. It is too clean, the house!”
-- Harriet HarmanSource : Evening Standard, p. 16, October 31, 2011.
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