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" Diversity in media is something that is intrinsic to a democratic society. We do not want the whole media owned by one person. "
Media
Society
Person
" Everybody aspires to an affordable home, a secure job, better living standards, reliable healthcare and a decent pension. My generation took those things for granted, and so should future generations. "
Better
Future
Generation
" I do not own a car, and my main form of travel to Westminster and in my constituency is by bicycle. I also take my bike on trains to meetings in other parts of the country, which enables me to see other cities and the other parts of the country. "
Car
Meetings
Travel
" I find if you are in an office, the crisis finds you. If you're not in the office, the crisis finds somebody else. "
You
Find
Office
" If you want a more productive economy, you need to invest in the skills of our workforce. "
Need
You
Want
" I have already said and will continue to say that I won't respond to personal abuse, and I never make any personal abuse, ever, to anybody. I just don't do that kind of politics. "
Say
Said
Politics
" I have always had a very busy life. The difference is that a lot more people are helping advise me what to do, and a lot more people are observing what I do. But in terms of time and working schedule, it is not that different from my normal working week. "
Busy
Week
Life
" I'm a leader, not a dictator. I want to persuade people rather than threaten or control them. "
Leader
Dictator
Control
" In my own constituency, the benefit cap has had the effect of social cleansing: of people receiving benefit, but the benefit is capped; therefore, they can't meet the rent levels charged and are forced to move. It's devastating for children, devastating for the family and very bad for the community as a whole. "
People
Family
Community
" I still have the Triumph Palm Beach I was given for Christmas when I was 11. By today's standards, it is heavy and slow, but was my pride and joy at the time. "
Beach
Joy
Pride
" I think we should talk about what the objectives of the party are, whether that's restoring the Clause Four as it was originally written or it's a different one, but I think we shouldn't shy away from public participation, public investment in industry, and public control of the railways. "
Control
Investment
Party
" It is important that politicians defend their ability to act without fear or favour, and it is in the public interest that they hold ministers and public servants to account. "
Ability
Important
Politicians
" It is opposition to economic orthodoxy that leads us into austerity and cuts. But it is also a thirst for something more communal, more participative. That, to me, is what is interesting in this process. "
More
Process
Interesting
" It is time we recognised the huge contribution that migration has made to the economic growth of this country. "
Growth
Time
Country
" I understand the principles of dissent in parliament. "
Dissent
Understand
Principles
" I want a world of peace. I'm not interested in bombs. I'm not interested in wars. I'm interested in peace. "
Peace
Not Interested
World
" Loyalty is about the party and the movement... if you want a better and more effective party, we've got to open ourselves up much more to our membership and our supporters. "
Open
Loyalty
Better
" Riding a bicycle is the summit of human endeavour - an almost neutral environmental effect coupled with the ability to travel substantial distances without disturbing anybody. The bike is the perfect marriage of technology and human energy. "
Bike
Technology
Travel
" The idea that somehow or other you can deal with all the problems in the world by banning a particular religious group from entering the U.S.A. is offensive and absurd. "
You
Problems
Offensive
" There is nothing wrong with my heart except for wanting a peaceful world. "
World
Wrong
Peaceful
" Tony Benn and I were very close, very close friends for 30, 40 years. We talked to each other a great deal, and we were great friends. And I was with him shortly before he died, talking about prospects of the world and prospects for peace. And I'm very sad that he's gone. "
Great
Friends
World
" Trade unions are a force for good - a force for a more equal society. "
Society
Good
Unions
" We oppose the benefit cap. We oppose social cleansing. We will bring the welfare bill down by controlling rents and boosting wages, not by impoverishing families and socially cleansing our communities. "
Welfare
Cap
Bring
" We're not going back anywhere, we're going forward, we're going forward in democracy, we're going forward in participation, we're going forward with ideas. "
Ideas
Going
Forward
" What I find appalling is the intrusive nature towards my extended family. "
Family
Extended Family
Nature
" You pay more in wages, get more in in tax, you get people living a higher standard, you get more money. It's a kind of circle. "
Circle
Kind
You
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