Harriet Harman quotes

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. (Harriet Harman)

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.

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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!

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I am in the Labour Party because I am a feminist. I am in the Labour Party because I believe in equality.

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For many young people mobility has turned into a bus down to the job centre.

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

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

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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.

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This is a very crucial period and we have got five fantastic candidates. All of them would make excellent leaders of the Party.

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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.

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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. (Harriet Harman)

The Chancellor has delivered his first budget but it's 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.

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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.

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There are many women with children under five who want to work and who lack affordable, high-quality child care.

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In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.

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Although he is disappointed, I know he will step forward and play a really important part in Labour's future.

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Yes I did when I was at university 30 years ago, just for a short time.

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If he votes against, that's the only principled position. If he abstains, it's a cop-out; if he votes for, it's a sell-out.

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images of children should only be considered pornographic if it could be proven the subject suffered.

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It wouldn't be possible because there aren't enough airports for all the men who'd want to flee the country.

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He is demanding of his colleagues, but he is demanding of himself because he wants to change things for the better. (Harriet Harman)

Although it was a very close election, I don't think it was a polarised election. It was a tough fought contest but it was not a divisive contest. Although he won by a whisker I think the party will unite behind Ed Miliband.

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Next he will be foxtrotting down to the Tory party's fundraising ball, auctioning City internships for the children of the highest bidder. Is that not the Government's idea of social mobility?

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Actually, I don't ever think there will be a men-only team of leadership in the Labour party again. People would look at it and say, 'What? Are there no women in the party to be part of the leadership? Do men want to do it all themselves?' It just won't happen again.

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