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People Would Do Well To Ask Themselves How Many Of Their Ambitions And Aspirations Derive From The Type Of Economic System They Inhabit And The Insecurity And Exhaustion It Creates, And Question The Sense And Purpose Of A Society Where Control Of A Large Portion Of Life Is Abdicated Under Contract In The Labour Market, And Where Immense Creativity And Potential Is Stifled By The Need To Do Difficult And Repetitive Tasks In Order To Earn A Wage.

Having Served In Eleven Parliaments, It Would Be Difficult To Describe This As A Maiden Speech. It Would Be Like Elizabeth Taylor Appearing At Her Next Wedding In A White Gown.

I Think Democracy Is Not A Destination. I Don't Think Socialism Is A Railway Station And If We Catch The Right Train With The Right Driver, We'll Get There. I Think It's A Way Of Thinking About Things And Every Generation Has To Do It Again.

Remember, Imperialism Is Always Presented As Humanitarian: The White Man's Burden, The Cross Going Round The World, The Poor Benighted Natives, The Sun Never Sets. . . So You Have To Be Very Careful About Humanitarianism.

People Say That If We Work For The Single European Act, Women Will Get Their Rights, The Water Will Be Purer, And Training Will Be Better. That Is Rubbish. It Is Part Of The Attempt To Consolidate The Eec.