I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias. Tony Benn
Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadn't believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that. Tony Benn
I’ve got four lovely children, ten lovely grandchildren, and I left parliament to devote more time to politics, and I think that what is really going on in Britain is a growing sense of alienation. People don’t feel anyone listens to them. Tony Benn
At the bottom this erodes the importance of the vote for people in this country … It prevents people using the ballot box … to change taxes and laws … We are being invited to give up those rights. Panorama, Tony Benn vs Roy Jenkins ***** with David Dimbleby, Benn, BBC 1975
Will destroy all that is most valuable in Britain. ibid.
Absolute sovereignty is nonsense. ibid. Jenkins
I think it’s about democracy. ibid. Benn
Pool our sovereignty. ibid. Jenkins
It would create jobs for our people – that was his [Heath] phrase. ibid. Benn
Common Market membership has been a disaster. ibid.
We’ve really got to have confidence in this country’s capacity to survive. ibid.
An economic and monetary union is a long way off … I think as a long-term objective, yes, it could be highly desirable. ibid. Jenkins
Bob Roberts is a stalwart American. Bob is a tireless worker … Bob is a people-person … Bob Roberts 1992 starring Tim Robbins & Giancarlo Esposito & Ray Wise & Gore Vidal & John Cusack & Peter Gallagher & Alan Rickman & Susan Sarandon & James Spader & Fred Ward & Brian Murray et al, director Tim Robbins
Time magazine once called him a crypto-fascist coward. ibid.
Bob Roberts announced his candidature for the US senate seat of Pennsylvania. ibid.
We must be strong and resolute whenever democracy’s threatened. ibid.
Drugs stink. Hang ’em high for a clean-living land. ibid. folk song lyrics
One body, one survivor. We have a survivor. State of Play I II III IV V VI, BBC 2003, rozzer
She went under a train. ibid. woman to Stephen re death of researcher Sonia
I’ve never screwed around before. ibid. Stephen to Cal
Don’t go home. Call me. ibid. Cal to Stephen
I don’t think Sonia Baker killed herself. We think she was murdered. ibid.
The Mail has information he was about to leave his wife. ibid. Cal to other journalists
We know Sonia Baker was on a hit-list. ibid. editor
Anne Collins Gives Dignified Performance. ibid. Anne Collins discovers Cal’s article
I knew Stephen was having an affair because somebody told me in July. I got a letter. Anonymous. ibid. Anne
You want everything I’ve got for little bits of truth. ibid. Cal to Stephen
Dominic, you’re safe here. ibid. Dan
If UEX Oil planted Sonia as a spy on the select-committee, we’ve got a major corporate crime, sure. ibid. Cal
You’re tying yourself in knots; just wrap it up. ibid. editor
Someone somewhere wants to see him hang for something he hasn’t done. ibid. Cal to Stephen’s secretary
She [Sonia] got herself pregnant to him [Stephen]. ibid. Foy
Sonia Baker was working for UEX Oil. She was put into Stephen’s office to spy on him. ibid. Cal to Anne
I’ll give you everything you need to blow this sky high. ibid. Stephen to Cal
Collins Confesses to Murder. ibid. Herald front page