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The values of Catholicism are the inherent values of the Labour Party and the inherent values of socialism...

— John McDonnell

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It's time to turn this debate around, drive out politics of despair and offer a vision for Britain in Europe.

We should not pretend the referendum result can be undone.

Therefore now in the national interest we have got to come together and secure a compromise. If we can't do that, well yes, we have to go back to the people.

There are enough sensible people in the House of Commons to say 'this cannot happen, we cannot damage our country in this way'.

We will be cut off from our biggest trading partner. We will be cut off from the skills and contribution that EU nationals have made to our economy and society.

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Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Winston Churchill

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George Orwell

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