33 Quotes by Tony Woodley

With the world divided, the United Nations divided, our country divided and our party divided, it would be inexplicable if we did not have a debate on this crucially important issue.

We won't be attempting to handle the animal while it's still free swimming. This would cause the animal great stress, and it is also quite dangerous to try and handle an animal of this size in the water.

Make no mistake, we will be looking, as a matter of the utmost urgency, to explore with the company as well as with ministers ways to have this devastating decision reversed.

Mr Blair has made history and no one's more pleased than me that we've got a Labour prime minister in for a third term. No-one's more pleased than me. We put our money, and our people and our efforts, where our mouth is. We've done that as a whole trade union movement not just the T&G.

I am afraid it had a convulsion and died at 1900 hours.

We've got to restore customer confidence, ... Let's not underestimate the marketplace out there.

He didn't tackle the big issues which are critical to the union movement, such as rights at work. It was the usual Brown speech and that is why he got a flat reception.

Jack Jones is the greatest living trade unionist and a fearless champion for standing up and fighting back for justice,

It always was a trade-off between the whale's health and the distance we could take it to deep water. It seems now the decision will have to be taken in the next couple of hours.