128 Quotes by John McDonnell

Nationally, unrestrained Heathrow expansion has prevented the balanced development of regional airports and their economies and the planning of an integrated transport system maximising more environmentally friendly modes of transport such as rail linked more effectively to Europe.

The arrogant view that young people don't count because they don't vote has thankfully been smashed for ever.

Since John Smith's death and the Blair/Brown takeover in 1994, party members have watched the way in which an elite leadership group has formed in the Labour party, cutting itself off from the party's traditions, values and norms of behaviour.

From nuclear waste to Northern Rock and Metronet, risk is never transferred to the private sector - the state will always be forced to step in where there is a clear public interest.

New Labour has created a society increasingly oppressed by the worry of personal debt.

I think that I was the first MP to call for the nationalisation of Northern Rock, although that is hardly surprising because I have been calling for the nationalisation of the financial sector for 30 years or more.

New Labour has deregulated, liberalised and privatised - but every time the private sector fails it is the taxpayer who pays.

Going to university is, and should be, so much more than a mechanical process of grinding out a degree qualification for a pre-determined career path.

I am categorically opposed to any fees for education - and I have voted and campaigned against their introduction at every stage.