Mps Quotes

• Vicars, MPS and lawyers were amont those who considered me to be the best hostess in London.

  Cynthia Payne

  London, Lawyer, Host

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• I knew how many MPs I had assigned to the brigade, how many military prison operations I would be running, but we needed to evaluate how many criminal prison operations we could support.

  Janis Karpinski

  Running, Military, Support

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• Jeremy Corbyn couldn't have won without Labour changing its leadership election rules in 2014, but which more importantly got rid of the electoral college that had given MPs a third of the say over who leads the party. That's why Diane Abbott came last when she ran for leader in 2010, even though in the absolute number of votes she came third out of five. It's one of those wonderful historical ironies that the change to the rules was a victory for the Labour right, the result of a push back against the unions who had been asserting themselves more forcefully within the party.

  Alex Nunns

  Party, College, Numbers

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• Members of the public would be forgiven for thinking that it is MPs who are lazy and that it is parliament that is failing to provide good value for money.

  Margaret Hodge

  Thinking, Lazy, Would Be

  "MPs look lazy with short parliamentary hours, says Margaret Hodge" by Rajeev Syal, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2013.

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• The problem is that many MPs never see the London that exists beyond the wine bars and brothels of Westminster.

  Ken Livingstone

  Wine, Bars, London

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• The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe the Conservative Party would abuse that trust by selecting someone who did not have the goods to do the job, just for the sake of media coverage.

  Adam Rickitt

  Trust, Jobs, Party

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• In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly.

  Lucy Powell

  Numbers, Trends, Cabinets

  "Despite Sarah Palin, the glass ceiling for women in politics remains" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2008.

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• I think it is a simple statement of principle that in a democracy you should make your MPs work harder for your vote and try and get at least majority support in their local area, and that in a nutshell is what AV does.

  Nick Clegg

  Hard Work, Simple, Thinking

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• Making money isn't something to be ashamed of. There's a feeling now that if you have money you must have got it by some kind of shady dealing or being an MP.

  Terry Pratchett

  Feelings, Kind, Making Money

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• When in that House MPs divide/If they've a brain and cerebellum, too/They've got to leave that brain outside/And vote just as their leaders tell 'em to.

  W. S. Gilbert

  House, Leader, Political

  Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert (2008). “The Savoy Operas: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan”, p.457, Penguin UK

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• Family law is institutionally anti-male. I've been lobbying MPs, and I'm not going to give up campaigning for equality until I get equality.

  Louis de Bernieres

  Giving Up, Law, Males

  "Louis de Bernières: My family values". Interview with Anita Sethi, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2012.

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• I think a good MP is someone who cares for their community and becomes their champion, which is why I will make my home in any seat I am lucky enough to be selected for. Looks play no part in the equation, what matters is your ideas and connecting them to the electorate.

  Adam Rickitt

  Home, Thinking, What Matters

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• I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.

  David Blunkett

  Hypnosis, Cities, Leader

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• The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP, they have run out of better ideas.

  Boris Johnson

  Running, Ideas, People

  "What's wrong with 40 Liverpool Road?". Daily Telegraph, September 18, 2003.

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• The only quality needed for an MP is the ability to write a good letter.

  Harold MacMillan

  Writing, Political, Quality

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• Who could be luckier than to be paid fairly well, which to be honest MPs are, for pursuing their hobby.? That's what politics is.

  David Penhaligon

  Hobbies, Politics, Honest

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• The next General Election isn't about electing yet another Labour or Tory MP to join the hundreds of other Labour or Tory MPs in London. It will be about electing a candidate who will put solving people's problems before scoring political points. Someone who will fight for the future of our communities here in Clwyd West.

  Llyr Huws Gruffydd

  Fighting, People, Community

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• I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.

  Diane Abbott

  Children, School, Labour

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• These modern means of communication are one reason why I recently opposed the Government's decision to grant MPs a new communications allowance. With new technology giving us the opportunity to communicate directly with voters very cheaply, why did Labour MPs vote for a £10,000 allowance to tell voters what a good job they do?

  Theresa May

  Jobs, Communication, Mean

  "Theresa May answers your questions". ConservativeHome Interview, conservativehome.blogs.com. May 18, 2007.

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• The MPs are not adopting villages; it's the villages that are adopting the MPs.

  Narendra Modi

  Empowerment, India, Village

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• Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana is not a scheme that can be run by money. This scheme has to run with people's participation under the guidance of the MPs.

  Narendra Modi

  Running, Motivation, People

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• Whatever position we may rise to, be it of MP, CM or PM, nothing can teach us the way villages can.

  Narendra Modi

  Motivation, Pms, Village

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• If we have to build the nation we have to start from the villages. I will present a complete blueprint of "Sānsad Adharsh Grām Yojana" where each MP, must establish model villages in their constituencies.

  Narendra Modi

  India, Village, Blueprints

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• I do love the idea of being able to take an MP to court for lying. There are ways and means of taking an MP to court just now, but it is very difficult.

  Mark Thomas

  Lying, Mean, Ideas

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• An MP is the only job where you have 70,000 employers, and only one employee.

  Tony Benn

  Jobs, Employers, Employee

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