| Quote | Politician | Reason |
|---|
| 'I intend to join those tomorrow night who will vote against military action now. It is for that reason... and with a heavy heart, that I resign from the government' | |
| 'It is... like sending your...batsmen to the crease only for them to find, the moment the first balls are bowled, that their bats have been broken before the game by the captain' | |
| ' I have not wavered in this decision and it is irrevocable' | |
| 'There is only one hope for mankind - and that is democratic Socialism. There is only one party in Great Britain which can do it - and that is the Labour Party' | |
| 'I am not a pacifist. I am not against armed intervention. In 1992, I was one of the Labour members of parliament who called for much earlier intervention in Bosnia' | |
| 'To the PM I would say that he has achieved great things since 1997 but... he is in danger of destroying his legacy as he becomes increasingly obsessed by his place in history' | |
| 'That is why I am no longer prepared to tolerate the present situation. In short, it is time to put up or shut up. I have nothing more to say this afternoon. Thank you very much' | |
| 'It has not been easy being Chancellor of the Exchequer in this recession, continually and wrongly described as the longest and deepest since the war' | |
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