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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.

    BBC's "Question Time", September 18, 2008.
  • 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.

    House of Commons Debates, publications.parliament.uk. May 25, 2010.
  • Leading the party is a privilege not a right.

    "Jeremy Corbyn ignores calls to stand down - how the day unfolded". www.telegraph.co.uk. June 29, 2016.
  • This is a very crucial period and we have got five fantastic candidates. All of them would make excellent leaders of the Party.

    "Abbott Will Give Male Rivals a Good Run, Says Harman". www.bbc.co.uk. June 13, 2010.
  • For many young people mobility has turned into a bus down to the job centre.

    "Labour attacks Nick Clegg over social mobility plan". www.bbc.com. April 5, 2011.
  • The Chancellor of the Exchequer has delivered his Budget. It is his first Budget, but we have seen it all before. This is a Tory Budget that will throw people out of work, will hold back economic growth, and will harm vital public services. Yes, it is the Chancellor's first Budget, but it is 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.

    House of Commons Debates, publications.parliament.uk. June 22, 2010.
  • There are many women with children under five who want to work and who lack affordable, high-quality child care.

  • I am a very big admirer of Hillary 's and I am an admirer of Obama as well.

    BBC's "Question Time", September 18, 2008.
  • Jeremy [Corbyn] earned the right to take up the leadership of the party with a big majority. But he has failed and he has no right or mandate to stay in office despite his failure and take the party down with him.

  • Not all civil servants admire strong political leadership. But if you want to change things for the better you need strong political leadership.

    "Brown Accused of 'Ruthlessness'". news.bbc.co.uk. March 20, 2007.
  • 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.

    "Clegg Announces Child Poverty and Social Mobility Commission" by Allegra Stratton and Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. April 05, 2011.
  • 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.

    The Times, August 02, 2009.
  • I am in the Labour Party because I am a feminist. I am in the Labour Party because I believe in equality.

    The Times, November 10, 2007.
  • 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.

  • 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 Harman Says 'Ginger Rodent' Comment Was Wrong". www.bbc.com. October 30, 2010.
  • 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!

    Evening Standard, p. 16, October 31, 2011.
  • In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.

    "Swoop, apply lipstick, swoop again" by Tanya Gold, www.theguardian.com. August 7, 2009.
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Harriet Harman

  • Born: July 30, 1950
  • Occupation: Leader of the House of Commons