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born 1950 England
Harriet Ruth Harman, Baroness Harman (born 30 July 1950) is a British politician and former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. Following Gordon Brown's resignation on 11 May 2010 after Labour's defeat in the General Election, she became the interim Leader of the Opposition until 25 September 2010 when Ed Miliband took over the role.
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It wouldn't be possible because there aren't enough airports for all the men who'd want to flee the country.
For many young people, social mobility now means a bus down to the job centre.
He is demanding of his colleagues, but he is demanding of himself because he wants to change things for the better.
Although he is disappointed, I know he will step forward and play a really important part in Labour’s future.
If he votes against, that's the only principled position. If he abstains, it's a cop-out; if he votes for, it's a sell-out.
This is a very crucial period and we have got five fantastic candidates. All of them would make excellent leaders of the Party.
Not all civil servants admire strong political leadership. But if you want to change things for the better you need strong political leadership.
I'm afraid you gave up the right to pontificate on social mobility when you abolished educational maintenance allowance [EMA], trebled tuition fees and betrayed a generation of young people.
Yes I did when I was at university 30 years ago, just for a short time.
The Labour Party is the sister Party for the Democrats and their progressive views are the ones that we are most aligned with.
I am a very big admirer of Hillary's and I am an admirer of Obama as well.
I am in the Labour Party because I am a feminist. I am in the Labour Party because I believe in equality.
Now, many of us in the Labour Party are conservationists - and we all love the red squirrel. But there is one ginger rodent which we never want to see again - Danny Alexander.
Next he will be foxtrotting down to the Tory party's fundraising ball, auctioning City internships for the children of the highest bidder. Is that not the Government's idea of social mobility?
I'm sure nobody wants to know this, but my husband does all the cleaning - rather too much cleaning. It is too clean, the house!
I don’t agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it’s a thoroughly bad thing to have men-only leadership.
images of children should only be considered pornographic if it could be proven the subject suffered
Although it was a very close election, I don't think it was a polarised election. It was a tough fought contest but it was not a divisive contest. Although he won by a whisker I think the party will unite behind Ed Miliband.
You have been there and seen it with your own eyes [...] If I was going at 100mph, and saw the speedometer saying 100mph, it would be a bit odd, wouldn't it, if I said somebody assured me that I wasn't? Because it's what you've seen with your own eyes.
While the happy couple are enjoying the thrill of the rose garden, the in-laws are saying that they are just not right for each other. We keep telling them that they cannot pay couples to stay together, and it is clear that it will take more than a three-quid-a-week tax break to keep this marriage together.