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" For the first time I'm free to be myself. "
First
Myself
Time
" I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1. "
Master
Because
Think
" I'm a very loyal person and I allowed myself to be defined as somebody who was doing Gordon's bidding. I should have fought back harder to define myself at an earlier stage. "
Doing
Who
Stage
" In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong. "
Gold
Back
Strong
" I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year. "
Back
Me
Weather
" I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now. "
Think
People
Say
" It was a mistake. On the information we had, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war. We shouldn't have changed our argument from international law to regime change in a non-transparent way. It was an error for which we as a country paid a heavy price, and for which many people paid with their lives. "
Price
War
People
" I would love to go on 'MasterChef'. But while I really like cooking, I'm doubtful anyone would ever want to pay for what I'd cooked. "
Cooking
Pay
Love
" My mobile phone battery runs out all the time because all the messages come straight to me. "
Phone
Out
Mobile
" Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wrong. "
War
Wrong
I Am
" The thing about politics is to plan 10 years ahead, and assume every year is your last. "
Year
Last
Plan
" We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a political view that the tougher you are, the more credible you are. "
View
Bold
You
" You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't think that's where the public's at. It wouldn't be responsible. "
Think
You
Saying
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