Clive Lewis
Quotes by Clive Lewis
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Leadership and punching above your weight doesn't necessarily always have to mean gunboat diplomacy and bombing other countries into the stone age. It can actually mean leading by example, and helping other countries.
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I'm known for wearing tweed jackets, khaki pants and suede shoes. I've only worn a suit in parliament under duress, when I was on the front bench.
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Labour are determined to create a fair, sustainable tax system in an economy that works for everyone.
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Ultimately, if BEIS fails in the historic tasks Theresa May has given it, we will all pay a heavy price.
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Unanimous votes are rare in parliament.
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Good businesses are the lifeblood of the economy. But, as responsible business people up and down the country know, the system too often allows good businesses to be undercut by bad.
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I don't want to manage the labour movement, I want to unleash it.
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There is nothing efficient about firms spurning more productive technologies because years of unrelenting attacks on social safety nets and collective bargaining have created cheap labour in abundance.
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There is nothing efficient about destroying the planet as we know it because vested interests want to keep us addicted to fossil fuels.
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Ultimately, Boris Johnson and the political and financial support behind his Brexit project are probably the biggest threat to both British democracy and the post-war welfare state settlement we've faced in the post-war period.
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