Betty Boothroyd Quotes

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I say to myself: ‘Come on, Betty, you can’t have everything in life. You’ve been very lucky.’

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The function of parliament is to hold the executive to account. We should never overlook the primacy of parliament.

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You’ve got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view.

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I’m a patriot, but I’m also a European. I think the two go together.

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The high reputation of Westminster abroad is not entirely reflected at home.

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Europe needs us just as much as we need Europe and it’s time to stop fiddling for a solution, it’s time to implement the solution.

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People talk often of Brexit as the biggest challenge since the Second World War. It is certainly proving to be a lot more difficult and complicated than was promised by those who won the referendum campaign in 2016.

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As a member of the House of Lords, I don’t have a vote. If I did, I would be motivated as much by what I don’t want as what I do. I do want a Final Say referendum. So I do not want a Johnson majority.

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My dreams of taking the West End by storm as a dancer flickered but then faded; my father‘s ambition to see me in a steady office job was tried and abandoned. But I had won a national speaking award, had stood for election to the local council, had begun to travel and took a job working for the Labour Party.

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We fought big time fascists when I was knee high to a grasshopper up in Yorkshire, when I grew up I fought fascists in the West Midlands in the form of the National Front.

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I travelled to Germany to witness for myself what nationalism, populism and the breakdown of peace between the great European nations had done. Amidst the rubble I made great friends who have remained friends for the rest of our lives.

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Whatever your age, think about the young generation. And try to give them back the future being taken from them.

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There are very good people in the Labour Party who I would like to see in leadership.

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I think it would have been nice to have a family; it would be nice to have grandchildren.

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