![]() ![]() Then the votes started pouring in: Johnson. I was never seen without my white shirt, long tie and new suit. People were either pro-Rubin or anti-Rubin. The people who weren't voting for me were my enemies. I began to look at people as 'votes.' The people who were voting for me were the finest people who ever walked the earth. I started saying to people: 'You're not serious.' I started kissing babies and shaking every hand I could catch. I saw relaxing as a personal attack on the campaign. "I woke up at 6am and started working till 2am. Press report, April 3rd 1983, the day after the start of the Falklands War. The Leader of the Opposition spoke for us all." "There are times in the affairs of our nation when the House should speak with a single, united voice. "The Government must prove by deeds, not words." Edward Du Cann (Tory backbencher): 'Michael Foot (Leader of the Opposition): "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on lunch" Jack Cunningham, Labour's national heritage spokesman, earns up to £30,000 from three consultancies." ![]() Journalism aside, the going rate appears to be between £15,000 and £25,000 for a banking consultancy and up to £10,000 for other work. Some 40 Conservative MPs and a handful of Labour MPs have not declared earnings. Others include Patrick Nicholls, Conservative MP for Teignbridge, who receives nearly £60,000 from his directorships, and Sir Dudley Smith, Conservative MP for Warwick and Leamington, who earns £45,000. Roy Hattersley, the former Labour deputy leader, emerges as the top earner, receiving £104,300 from two contracts with the Mail on Sunday and The Guardian - in a guide to MPs' outside earnings. "A dozen former ministers, from David Mellor to Douglas Hurd, have decided not to declare income from lucrative directorships in the first register of members' interests which requires MPs to disclose outside earnings. ![]() Short-term solution, long-term procrastination. as proved by the British Labour Party's past record. This is the text for this song that was ommitted from the North American version of the "Tubthumper" CD:Ī change of Government is no guarantee of getting policies which put people before profit. ![]()
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