Scottish - Politician | July 11, 1957 -
We will renew our party, to rebuild our land - and we will do it by being a better Labour, real Labour, Scottish Labour.
Johann Lamont
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It's true across the U.K. that those who had least to do with causing the economic crisis are carrying the heaviest burden. That's unacceptable.
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We do students a great disservice by implying that one set of students is more important than another.
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I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.
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The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?
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I love hard political debate and I love beating somebody on a political point but what I'm more frustrated by is the politics where you play the man not the politics.
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I've taught fifth-year Christmas leavers last thing on a Friday afternoon. Basically, if you can face that you can face anything.
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Separation and devolution are two completely different concepts which cannot be mixed together. One is not a stop on the way to the other.
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I firmly believe that Scotland's place is in the U.K., and I do not believe in powers for power's sake.
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The Scottish Labour Party and its renewal are more important than me.
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Scotland has chosen to remain in partnership with our neighbours in the U.K. But Scotland is distinct, and colleagues must recognise that.
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There is a danger of Scottish politics being between two sets of dinosaurs... the Nationalists who can't accept they were rejected by the people, and some colleagues at Westminster who think nothing has changed.
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