'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'
Opposition to Iraq War
'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'
Margaret Thatcher's Leadership Style
' I have not wavered in this decision and it is irrevocable'
Ill Health
'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'
Introduction of NHS charges for dentures and spectacles
'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'
Opposition to Iraq War
'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'
Opposition to Iraq War
'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'
Cabinet Infighting
'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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