Dennis Skinner Quotes

born 1932 England

Dennis Edward Skinner (born 11 February 1932) is a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover from the 1970 general election to 2019, when he lost his seat.

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Jubilee year, double-dip recession, what a start.

The Hon. Gentleman is making pretty heavy weather of the fact that he was kicked out of this gentleman's club for 20 days. I call it a gentlemen's club.

When posh boys are in trouble they sack the servants

Royal Mail for sale, Queen's head privatised.

She has been let off because she is a Tory.

Tell the House of Lords to go to hell.

During the 2004 fox hunting debate in the House of Commons Parliament.co.uk (2004)

Royal Expenses are on the way.

I bet he drinks Carling Black Label..

Is my right hon. Friend aware that in the 1970s and a lot of the 1980s, we would have thanked our lucky stars in the coalfield areas for growth of 1.75 per cent.? The only thing growing then were the lines of coke in front of boy George and the rest of them.

Skinner: "OK, half the Tories opposite are not crooks."

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Speaker: "Please retract that unparliamentary language."

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Skinner: "Half the Tories opposite are crooks."

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dennis Skinner (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.