Andrew Adonis

Politician

1963-02-22

British Labour politician, commentator, and member of the House of Lords who previously served as UK Secretary of State for Transport. Before entering government, he worked as a journalist and policy adviser in education and public policy.

Quotes by Andrew Adonis

I joined the SDP as a founder member a few days after my 18th birthday in 1981. I was a councillor, activist and parliamentary candidate for the SDP and its successor party, the Liberal Democrats, for 14 years before joining Labour when Tony Blair became leader and abolished Labour's old clause IV - committing to general nationalisation - in 1995.
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Theresa May has much to answer for, but it is not her fault that she couldn't square the circle of the Brexiteers' lies: nobody could.
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The Conservatives have been unusually badly led by David Cameron and Theresa May.
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Speaking to people in all parts of the country, it has become clear to me that there is a definite appetite for the option to reject Theresa May's Brexit and hold a referendum.
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Theresa May is singularly unsuited for high office and lacks political talent.
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It is important to understand that the WTO, like the United Nations, is a weak international agency which depends upon financing and support from its largest members.
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The strength of the British constitution is supposedly its ability, because it is unwritten in key respects like the incapacity of the prime minister, to adapt to crises with flexibility and urgency.
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For the Conservative Party to become the mouthpiece of energy monopolists is not only a political error; it is fundamentally at variance with the liberal economics they claim to espouse.
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In Germany, apprentices undergo a final examination in the vocational school and an oral examination and practical test in the workplace. The same should happen in Britain.
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Not one single country in the world is dependent for their trade wholly on WTO guidelines - they aren't 'rules,' because the sanctions for breaching the guidelines are puny.
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